Food News, Videos and Podcasts

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This topic archives news briefs about agriculture, food and drink. Please keep posts brief (two paragraphs max). The standard format is

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Materials may be included as reference items for the 2008 Food, Health and Building Communities E-Conference.

REFERENCES

Wild Food
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/wildfood.html

Local Food
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/localfood.html

Food Industry
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/food.html

Recipes
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Agriculture
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/ag/ag.html

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UPDATED FEATURE -- Radish Night (Noche de Rabanos) is one of the most unique folk art festivals in the world and takes place every December 23rd in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Feature
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico ... banos.html

Slideshow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/sets/1401300/show

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Livestock a major threat to environment, Remedies urgently needed - FAO
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/200 ... index.html

29 November 2006, Rome - Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars?

Surprise! According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent

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New features on Planeta.com

Wild Food
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/wildfood.html

Local Food
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/recipes/localfood.html

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Food miles: The true cost of putting imported food on your plate - Independent
http://environment.independent.co.uk/gr ... 600309.ece

If we want to help growers in poor countries, we must appreciate the difference between Fairtrade and organic labels - whether or not we are about the environment. Fairtrade guarantees that individual producers have earned a living wage and that their community has accrued some further benefits from the trade. Organic certification agencies have always been silent on the question of wages and are not a guarantee of food that is ethically or equitably grown.

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Food Miles: Is Local Always Better?

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recommended viewing

the vegetable orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY

http://www.vegetableorchestra.org

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Updating Planeta.com feature Food, Health and Building Communities
http://www.planeta.com/food.html

Food, Health and Building Communities - Art
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2149718544

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Flor de Maguey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLekIm35g8s

Cooking tips for preparing Flor de Maguey given by Fidel Domingo Clemente Rodriguez at the Pochote Market in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Recommended Forum

Chowhound: For those who live to eat
http://www.chowhound.com

Places
http://www.chow.com/places/regions

Stories
http://www.chow.com/stories

Videos
http://www.chow.com/videos

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Melbourne, Australia - A Taste of Slow
http://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/ ... f-slow.asp

Cycles of Seasons - True Australian Fusion

Our hosts, Boonwurrung elder Carolyn Briggs and chef Mark Mills, invite you to join Slow Food Victoria at Tjanabi in experiencing and celebrating the truly distinctive tastes of Australian bush food heritage. Supported by Tourism NT, the degustation menu will showcase a diversity of indigenous produce and flavours sourced from the Northern Territory and Victoria and matched with Victorian wines.
http://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/ ... dinner.asp?

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Greetings, all

FYI- The first week of March I will be videoing a few of the events at the Culinary Secrets of Oaxaca tour
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2281969813

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Greens highlight role of food in climate change
http://www.thamenews.net/readmore.asp?C ... bNav_ID=42

IN an address to the Green Party Spring Conference in Reading Town Hall last weekend, Caroline Lucas, Green MEP for the South East, revealed just how important eating local, organic produce can be in tackling climate change. Mark Stevenson, Green prospective parliamentary candidate, is putting Green policy into action locally.

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Indigenous Food Festival and Tamale Fair
http://www.mexicopremiere.com/?p=623

Teotitl

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Vanilla pollination in San Felipe Usila
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxgks6weknY

Related

San Felipe Usila
http://oaxaca.wikispaces.com/sanfelipeusila