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Scaling sustainability — and how to sell it

By Jane | Published: October 25, 2011
In a panel at the Chefs Collaborative Summit, experts discussed how to scale sustainable food and how to market it to their customers.
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Could Paula Deen help beat back obesity?

By Jane | Published: August 25, 2011
Food Network chefs such as Deen, Guy Fieri, Sandra Lee, and Rachael Ray are sneered at by the urban fooderati. But they have real power to influence American cooks to eat well. Wouldn't it be nice if they used it?
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Culture clash in Appalachia

By Jane | Published: July 27, 2011
The reason I vanished for more than two weeks is that I was felled by this terrible virus that’s kept me in bed and off email, twitter, web — everything. Still, I somehow managed to get the edits through on this piece for the New York Times about culture clash over local food in Appalachia. [...]
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Pork’s “inspired” campaign

By Jane | Published: April 25, 2011
In this era of conscientious (even militant) know-your-food-ism, food marketers want every product, from soda to ice cream, to seem authentic and wholesome. Big Meat, though, has a problem.
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U.S. Foodservice responds

By Jane | Published: February 11, 2011
U.S. Foodservice finally has something to say. A day after I posted that the giant food distribution company had pulled its financial support for Huntington’s Kitchen, I received an email from a company spokeswoman, Christina Koliopoulos, who maintained that the company had indeed fulfilled its obligation. Its year-long commitment actually began in November, 2009, not [...]
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A new front in the culture wars: food

By Jane | Published: November 27, 2010
Brent and I published an op-ed today in the Washington Post about food how food is the latest front in the culture wars and why food reformers must fight back. Here’s a cliff notes version of our argument: Until now, proponents of a more progressive food system have sought to avoid a paternalistic tone. They [...]
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