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Video: Edible Education: Food Politics (Cal Berkeley)

Edible Education: The Politics of Food Sep 23, 2011 Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Paulette Goddard Professor in Dept. of Nutrition at NYU. A fantastic overview of the state of the American food system from food safety to marketing to children (Frosted Flakes & Froot Loops marketing budgets = $20million+), corporate lobbying against soda sugar tax, …

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Worth a Look: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

Amazon Review ‘This is an engaging, brilliantly argued and very well-written text. It is among the best books about agri-food issues I’ve read in recent years. Its structure is logical, its arguments are coherent and practical, and it draws on a huge, diverse and up-to-date literature.’ Geoffrey Lawrence, Professor of Sociology, University of Queensland, Australia …

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John Robb: Soros Dumps Gold, Could Local Virtual Currencies and Local Water, Food, Energy, and Production be Next Big Thing?

BIG QUESTION: Gold or Virtual Currencies? As anticipated, we’re on the brink of a global economic depression (again). There’s a strong possibility that a long running global depression will lead to a reshuffling of the global economic and political landscape.  IF that happens, many of the fiat currencies we currently use will simply evaporate. Given …

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