Q&A with John T. Edge, author of “The Potlikker Papers”
John T. Edge is a preeminent food and cultural scholar whose work focuses on the modern South. He serves as director of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), a membership-based organization …
Profiles of Activism and Service in Food Movement
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Next week, we will celebrate the life and work of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. For …
Antibiotics in meat, we have no bananas, family recipes as history
It’s a Friday…and a wrap. On the menu, in no particular order. Antibiotic use in meat production. Many scientists and public health groups have grown concerned “that the livestock industry’s …
A letter to the future…and a look to the past
Good morning. Some good reads, in no particular order. The people behind our food. One of the best books we have ever read is Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. The …
Adverse weather pushes food prices up. The meaning of organic. 2016 food trends.
It’s a wrap! Here are some of our top picks. Have a great weekend! Wage equity: fast food strike; Senate Dems boycott cafeterias. Fast-food and other low wage workers …
Good morning and welcome to the second day of September! We provide some key stories for you to read as you begin your work day. On the menu, in no …
The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu: 1. Research: Americans’ eating habits are changing for the better; calorie …
The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …
In time for Father’s Day…a history of fathers and sons
A son records an oral interview with his father, a baker and millwright (a term for “mechanic”) at Leidenheimer Baking Company in New Orleans, a company that also employed his …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: a UC Food Observer …