Despite reservations I have about the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sunday Food section (see here, for one example), and the limitations to Michael Pollan’s book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, I found today’s column by Nestle to be right on.
Today, Nestle addressed the recent controversy over Omnivore’s Dilemma: many universities and colleges are distributing it as required reading for [...]
Archive for the ‘News clippings’ Category
Right on, Marin Nestle
Posted in Food, News clippings, tagged Bay Area, Books, NPR, Organic on 1 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pesticide drift in CA
Posted in News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Bay Area, Organic, Wayanad on 30 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A harrowing news story of (commonplace) pesticide poisoning from the California Report.
Note: even workers on organic fields are susceptible to drift from other farms. Makes me wonder how chemical-free our organic fruits and vegetables really are….
Listening to this story, I was reminded of a conversation I had with a certified organic farmer in Wayanad, [...]
Biodiversity and Sashi Tharoor
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Biodiversity, Organic, the Hindu, Western Ghats on 30 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Unrelated — or are they? This is where my PhD seems to be heading now….)
Rattan plants facing extinction in the Western Ghats
Sashi Tharoor wants more organic farming in Kerala
Chief Minister: encourage organic farming in the State
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Organic, the Hindu on 28 October 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Hindu:
Encourage organic farming, says V.S. Achuthanandan…this will save the soil from negative impacts
In honor of World Food Day, two stories from the Hindu
Posted in Environment, Food, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, TV and film, tagged GMO, the Hindu on 16 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Protests against genetically modified eggplant (bt brinjal).
Kerala’s Chief Minister reasserts his position against GMOs
And, randomly: the most expensive Malayalam film hits theaters today. Worth the money?
Malayalee Matrimonial Ads
Posted in Gender and sexuality, Malayalam, News clippings, Race, Women and feminism, tagged Fashion and beauty, Malayalam on 21 June 2009 | 2 Comments »
Malayalee Matrimonial Ads are fascinating, and give one strange insight into the ideals of this society. One the one hand, you have ads with the following language (usually in the so-called “cosmopolitan” section):
-Caste no bar
-Language no bar
-Mixed cultured man looking for bride
-Seeks educated bridegroom
-Seeks employed, educated bride
On the other hand, there is also this [...]
On NPR: Organic Farming in Punjab
Posted in Environment, Food, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Farmer suicides, NPR, Organic on 3 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In India, Bucking The ‘Revolution’ By Going Organic
Interesting quote from the article:
Environmental groups in India estimate that more than 300,000 farmers like Sharma have switched to organic growing methods in recent years, or have started the transition from conventional to organic farming. Comparisons between India and the U.S. are difficult because their economies and cultures [...]
Organic mango festival!
Posted in Food, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, tagged Organic, the Hindu on 18 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had meant to post this earlier.
Organic Mango Fest
Unfortunately, I think I reach Kerala just as the mango and jackfruit seasons end.
Child abuse in India
Posted in Gender and sexuality, News clippings on 18 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This isn’t directly related to my work in Kerala, but I found the article so disturbing, and given how much of the topic is shrouded in secrecy, I felt the need to post it:
India’s Incest and the conspiracy of silence
Some disturbing tidbits from the article:
“A 1985 study by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences revealed [...]
Organic news from Kerala
Posted in Environment, News clippings, Sustainable agriculture, Tourism, tagged Idukki, Organic, the Hindu on 15 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Hindu: Tribal communities continue to export organic pepper (grown in reserves) to Germany
(Some more background from other news articles: Apparently this scheme was set up to help members of these communities battle things like bad debt. A parallel eco-tourism scheme, aimed to attract well-off people to the Periyar Tiger Reserve, is also in [...]
