by Brian Halweil on June 10, 2009 Last night I settled into a seat at the Angelika Film Forum in SoHo alongside celebrities like Robin Quivers (shockjock Howard Stern's longterm co-host and a new vegan), actress Kirsten Dunst, Village Voice columnist Michael Musto, and designer Zac Posen for a screening of Food Inc., the new film set to open from coast to coast this week and galvanize American audiences with the horrors and hopes of the way we eat.
by Brian Halweil on June 4, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of strolling through the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket at 47th and 2nd in Manhattan. I was actually rushing through, on my way to Private Dining Rooms 6-8 at the United Nations for the Nordic Council of Minister's luncheon on the preservation of the world's crop and livestock breeds.
by Brian Halweil on May 11, 2009 This past week, two thoughtful voices from the United
Nations suggested a new direction for global efforts to eliminate hunger.
by Brian Halweil on May 1, 2009 Listening to President Obama's press conference a couple nights ago reassured me that the U.S. government is doing all it can to prepare and avoid hysterical measures. But few politicians, health officials or farmers are speaking about the broader causes and implications of this outbreak, or how the way we farm and eat could help prevent future outbreaks.
by Brian Halweil on April 15, 2009 NPR's two-part series on the challenges facing India's Punjab region, the nation's breadbasket, offers some nice first-hand cultural color. But the report fell short on offering serious solutions to falling water tables and rising farmer debt.
by Brian Halweil on February 13, 2008 There’s been a lot of talk the last few days about the
"ingredients" that go into making biofuels. Two recent studies have shown that biofuels are actually contributing to climate change and global
warming.
How? The answer is pretty simple.
by Brian Halweil on January 29, 2008 Last week brought a perfect storm of bad PR for the world’s
seafood. Or, it might have actually been good PR from the beleaguered fish’s
perspective.
by Brian Halweil on November 6, 2007 Two recent campaigns hope
to make a difference by enlisting people around the world to make
small but effective changes in the seafood they eat.
by Brian Halweil on November 1, 2007 We assume that the world’s water bodies are big enough to dilute sewage,
industrial waste, farm runoff, and any other pollution we send their way. But two recent studies show that
the pollutants running into our water aren’t helping our already beleaguered fish
populations.
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