Food advocates are beginning to imagine just how much influence a food-focused Obama could have when he takes office:
A chef who cooks local and organic food and picks some of it from a presidential garden could change things faster than any cabinet appointment, [Gourmet editor Ruth] Reichl said.
“It’s like the hat manufacturers being furious because [...]

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Updated 12/19
And it’s … Tom Vilsack.
The New York Times reported on it this morning and, conspicuously, their article mentions very little about his stance on food. Instead, the piece focuses on how Vilsack shares President-Elect Obama’s dedication to renewable energy and biofuel technology. Green power is a laudable goal, but excuse me for feeling that [...]

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You just can’t escape it - the importance of food is a subject on everyone’s lips. On Wednesday, in the New York Times, native-son (he’s from Yamhill!) Nicholas Kristoff railed against the status-quo at the USDA. In anticipation of Obama’s upcoming Secretary of Agriculture announcement, Kristoff wrote that during the last few administrations, oversight of [...]

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Over the last week, two particular op-eds have caught our attention. While they approach the subject of food security from different angles, their basic concerns each shed light on the other.
John Rockefeller of Pacific Rivers wrote a guest editorial for the Oregonian last week, in which he laid-out a fairly sobering scenario for how our [...]

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This year’s annual potluck was a great success, made all the richer by your delicious dishes and warm company. Slow Food Portland has had a strong year of involvement in our local food community and has traveled to share these experiences with others both nationally and around the globe. As we enter a new year, [...]

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