Good Food
Perfect Picnic Food; Foodopoly; Fracking Our Food Supply
Are we living in a "foodopoly?" A journalist unveils how one company took control of 90 percent of the soy milk market and 40 percent of the milk market.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenAre we living in a "foodopoly?" Wenonah Hauter unveils how one company took control of 90 percent of the soy milk market and 40 percent of the milk market. Gardener and blogger Margaret Roach explains the importance of sourcing organic seeds and baker Ben Lester discusses his community supported grain and bean program. London-based blogger Kate Perutz shares her suggestions for perfect picnic food while Jonathan Gold muses on the kale and poached eggs at the new Muddy Leek in Culver City. Chefs David Myers and Kuniko Yagi talk about the unique lobster roll at Hinoki & The Bird. Plus, journalist Elizabeth Royte investigates the link between fracking and livestock health. At the market, Laura Avery talks to Richard Sager about peas and asks Jerusalem-based chef Assaf Granit how the markets in Israel compare to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market.
Banner image: Hinoki & the Bird Lobster Roll. Photo: Dylan + Jeni
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8 storiesMarket Report
Richard Sager is the farmer at Two Peas in a Pod farm. He is growing both sugar snap peas and English peas. He will have both varieties until the weather warms up to summertime temperatures.
Read the story7 minElevated Picnic Food
Kate Perutz chronicles her picnic adventures on her Tumblr page, The Saturday Picnic Society . As the weather warms and the days grow longer we asked her to share some of her favorite picnic meals.
Read the story5 minThe Kale Trend Lives On at Muddy Leek
Will kale salad ever go out of fashion? Jonathan Gold visits the Muddy Leek where he finds simple food on a farmers market inspired menu. Some of his favorite dishes were the melted leeks topped with a poached egg, the mushroom and spinach tart, spring vegetable risotto and artichokes with mint and garlic.
Read the story5 minAre We Living in a Foodopoly?
Wenonah Hauter is Executive Director of Food and Water Watch. Her new book, Foodopoly : The Battle over the Future of Food and Farming in America, investigates how twenty companies came to control most of the industrial food system.
Read the story8 minA Lobster Roll Unlike Any Other
David Myers is the chef and founder of Hinoki & The Bird , a new restaurant in Century City. His executive chef is Kuniko Yagi.
Read the story9 minThe Importance of Organic Seed
Margaret Roach has been gardening for over thirty years. She was the first garden editor for Martha Stewart Living and today she shares her knowledge via her blog, A Way to Garden , and her book, Backyard Parables : Lessons on Gardening, and Life.
Read the story7 minCommunity Supported Grain
Ben Lester is the founder of Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain , a community-supported grain and bean company. Each year his subscribers receive 150 pounds of between eight and 12 types of whole grains. Lester provides subscribers access to his mill where they can grind the grain into flour for baking.
Read the story8 minFracking Our Food Supply
Elizabeth Royte is a science writer and author. She recently wrote an article for The Nation, " Fracking our Food Supply ," in which she investigates the potential for hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - sites to contaminate our food supply.
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