How did I miss @bittman‘s piece on Alzheimer’s being Type 3 Diabetes? http://t.co/kztJBmAU Suspect I need to lay off the sugary treats.

Meantime, check out Rupa & April Fishes’ new tracks http://t.co/jhbtoQBq, and La Semilla’s Well campaign http://t.co/PbN8hMV7

Aaaand we’re back. The @FoodGeneration team was in Malawi and has returned with some incredible stories. Watch this space for more, soonish.

Two contributions to the organic/nutrition bun fight – Miguel Altieri’s http://t.co/JIcCZ4ts and mine http://t.co/moLcmcwj

Join us at the Stateside at the Paramount for an inspirational evening featuring writer and activist Raj Patel.

The author of bestsellers on food (Stuffed and Starved) and economics (The Value of Nothing), Patel is working on a new multimedia project with award-winning documentary filmmaker Steve James, the director of “Hoop Dreams” and “The Interrupters.” The “Generation Food” project will show how ordinary people around the world are overcoming obstacles and “setting the table” for themselves, their communities, and generations to come using better, smarter ways of growing food and feeding the world than the industrial agriculture system.

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In the US, a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine has been causing a furore. My friend and comrade Miguel Altieri shared these ideas on a discussion list, which I’m reposting here with permission. Keep Reading »

No justice, no piece. Support the striking Palermo Pizza workers – boycott, donate and picket! http://t.co/VLlo6nIt

More than fifty million Americans were food insecure last year – up 1.3m from 2010. http://t.co/jmHtFER4

WIsh I were a graduate student again, if only to take Andrej Grubacic’s classes http://t.co/jz3yhMhy

You wouldn’t regulate slavery. Why regulate #LandGrabs GRAIN makes the case against the grabbers code of conduct. http://t.co/RxpBge7p