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Food and Faith

Michael Pollan does Louisville

Michael Pollan was here last week in Louisville promoting his new book, “In Defense of Food” to a sell-out audience in the Kentucky Center. Food is hot! You can catch much of what he covered in this interview on CBC…

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GMO smorgasbord

Most of us are in blissful denial about the genetically altered “foodstuffs” we put into our mouths in the United States, but the absurdity of the situation is too much for me to contain myself. NOTE: If you are enjoying…

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Food, Faith & Groundhogs

If you don’t like the weather in ____________, just wait a minute. I’ve lived in four different states that each claimed this folksy quip as their own pronouncement of the unpredictability of their weather. Each attributed this to a favorite…

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30-minute homemade mozzarella?

Well, it might take 45 minutes the first time. But Fritz used the recipe from Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable Miracle book and it came out fine. I keep saying I’m going to make it over this Christmas break, but reading,…

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Hillary Clinton and Big Meat

Hillary and big meat? We’ll get to that in a minute. John Edwards, for his part, has opposed factory farming in North Carolina, the state with the highest number of hog factory farms in the country. In Iowa last week,…

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A child will lead us

Okay, a big child. He makes it look easy. And it is. Call (202) 224-3121 today! Or you can go to the Washington Office to write your email. Don’t procrastinate. Or you’ll miss your chance!

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