For the latest LGM podcast, I interview J.L. Anderson of Mount Royal University about his recent book Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America. This is a great overview of the role of pigs in
The Green Revolution certainly has produced a vast amount of crops that has fed the world. Can’t really argue with that. But the use of massive petrochemicals is also not sustainable and has a h
Rural America gets a bad rap for food. That’s especially true in the South, where the food is often seen as grease bombs. There’s some truth to this of course. But if you do your homework,
One of my summer projects is writing a big food literature review essay for a major journal. So I’m reading a lot and there will probably be a series of food posts over the next few months. Ther
The current culture war is over Democrats’ desire to put you in prison for eating beef or something, whatever Tucker is talking about. This is of course idiotic, but when did that stop the Repub
On April 20, 1946, the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (IFAWA) Local 46, a communist led union of largely Native Alaskans, walked off the job to demand wage increases, shorter wo
I’ve long been interested in food activism, more in theory than in personal interest in participation. What motivates my interest here is the connections between food activism and the larger atm
What the hell is actually in a Subway sandwich, which really doesn’t deserve the name? Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with cr