Tag Archives: McDonald’s

October 31, 2009

Rather Be Dead…

One of the joys of being a teacher is seeing where students end up after they graduate from high school. In some cases, we’re lucky to have the teacher-student relationship evolve into one where former students start to get comfortable … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "IT" film, activism, chocolate, clowns, environment, fair trade, fair trade chocolate, Food, food supply, forced labor, halloween, Health, human rights, junk food, McDonald's, pumpkin recipes, pumpkins, reverse trick-or-treating, scary, social justice, stephen king, students, teachers, teaching, terror, tony and the chocolate factory, tony chocolonely, trick-or-treating, UNICEF, youth activism

October 24, 2009

“Smart Choices” Reconsidered.

A few weeks ago I wrote about the food labeling program where certain food products were being marked as Smart Choices to encourage people to make better decisions about the foods they were purchasing. The problem I wrote about was … Continue reading →

Stephanie Smith, Differences in Aid, and Paul Farmer.

The conversation about food has been both lively and varied this week. Last weekend the New York Times released a feature about Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old dance teacher whose life has been ruined as a result of eating a hamburger … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Cargill, e.coli 0157, Food, food bill, food riots, food safety, food stamps, food supply, haiti, hamburger, Health, house of representatives, Josette Sheeran, Louvre, malnutrition, McDonald's, Mona Lisa, mountains beyond mountains, New York Times, partners in health, paul farmer, peru, russia, snap, stephanie smith, tracy kidder, united nations, vegan, wic, world food programme

June 13, 2009

“Food, Inc.” & the Cornivore’s Dilemma

School is out! Friday was the last day, my grades are turned in and I am looking forward to a summer of relaxation and playing in my garden. We started off our vacation with a trip to the movies today; a … Continue reading →

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Tagged as corn, eric schlosser, farmers market, fast food nation, film, Food, food inc., food inc. film, food system, garden, gardening, human rights watch, joel salatin, loca, local food, locavore, los angeles, McDonald's, michael pollan, movies, organic, participant media, polyface farms, robert kenner, south central farmers, summer vacation, take back the farm, the omnivore's dilemma

Tag Archives: McDonald’s

“Smart Choices” Reconsidered.

Stephanie Smith, Differences in Aid, and Paul Farmer.

“Food, Inc.” & the Cornivore’s Dilemma

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