Do read this op-ed in the New York Times in which Nicolette Hahn Niman, of the Niman Ranch meat family, convincingly argues that meat does not have to be bad for the environment. And since we believe a plant-based diet is nutritionally inferior, we are glad to hear it.
Niman, who is also a lawyer and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'meat'
Say Yes To Meat
November 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Industrial agriculture, Sustainability
Tags: global warming·meat
School Food Solutions: Sugar-Free or Half-Baked?
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Wellness, food news, kids
With ever increasing buzz around the idea of feeding kids real food at school, some local jurisdictions are actually taking steps in the right direction. Here in the District of Columbia, the food providor for public schools, Chartwells, a division of the international conglomerate Compass Group, plans to introduce fresh-made meals to replace the re-warmed [...]
Say Yes To Meat
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Sustainability
With pollanistas everywhere urging the public to stop eating meat as a way of slowing global warming, it’s refreshing to see people who know a thing or two about raising meat sustainably speak out in defense of one of our most nutritious foods.
Not long ago, Eliot Coleman, the acclaimed produce farmer, was roused to argue [...]
Tags: global warming·grassfed·meat
Meatless Mondays? Really?
September 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Sustainability, Wellness
A vocal segment of the food and environmental movements would have us abandon meat and embrace a plant-based diet on grounds that cattle contribute too much to greenhouse emissions. It’s a simple-minded approach to complex problems posed by world overpopulation that overlooks the nutritional consequences of such a radical change in food habits. Over 2.6 million years, [...]
Tags: goat·meat·pollution·vegan·vegetarian
Eliot Coleman Likes Beef
August 12th, 2009 · 17 Comments · Industrial agriculture, Sustainability
Those of you who read this blog regularly know what we think of “Meatless Monday.” There’s hardly been a more idiotic idea to come down the pike than the one that would have us give up eating meat because of climate change. There are so many other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, why would [...]
Tags: global warming·meat·pollution
Pot Roast From The Dairy
May 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Blog, dinner
Al0ng with milk, cream, yogurt and cheeses, our local dairy will deliver a variety of meat products. And not just from their dairy herd. They’ve arranged with other farmers to make pork, lamb and chicken available, too. But you have to check the website periodically to see what’s on the menu. Recently I put in [...]
Tags: dairy·local farming·local foods·meat
Better Burger, No Bun
May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog, dinner
Did you say meatless Mondays?
Hell no. Not in this house. We are firm believers that humans were designed to eat meat, and we get ours pasture-raised from our dairy, South Maintain Creamery, in Middletown, MD. The ground beef we use for burgers (it’s delivered, just like the milk and other dairy products) is a bit [...]
Tags: beef·carbohydrates·cheese·fats·greens·insulin·meat·pastured·spring
It’s Not the Burger, It’s the Bun: A Defense of Meat
April 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments · Blog
Does red meat cause cancer? How about heart disease? Or could we solve global warming if we just stopped eating beef?
Every day the headlines declare another reason not to eat meat. But I’m thinking of three million reasons why red meat has been very, very good to the human race. That would be about the [...]
Tags: carbohydrates·fats·food fads·food news·Food Politics·meat·nutrition·pickles
Kids Make German Meatballs
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
More than a month ago the kids in my “food appreciation” classes here in the District of Columbia peeled a bunch of turnips and turned them into sauerruben, basically the turnip equivalent of sauerkraut.
The turnips were mixed with sea salt and pressed into a heavy-duty plastic bucket, where they have remained in one of the [...]
Tags: fermentation·German·kids·meat·turnips
Calling All Pork Butt
May 3rd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
I was preparing to grind meat for sausages yesterday and for the second time in two weeks called my local Whole Foods for pork shoulder (aka pork butt) only to be told there wasn’t any.
That’s not a problem any more. We are so used to the local Whole Foods not having what we need [...]
Tags: butchering·flavor·meat·pork·Whole Foods
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
