tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post2303822314043275036..comments2008-05-17T09:06:01.178-07:00Caitlinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-73704443722855579982008-05-17T09:06:00.000-07:002008-05-17T09:06:00.000-07:002008-05-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

i thought a lot of what the speaker was saying made sense. although i would not have chosen the same examples to support a point.i especially liked his point about farm-grown organic salmon. when i think organic, i imagine something that derives from its most natural state. the idea is to consume something that has not caused an inordinate amount of harm to the earth or yourself. how natural and

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-44385803699357478632008-05-16T17:20:00.000-07:002008-05-16T17:20:00.000-07:002008-05-16T17:20:00.000-07:00

I agree with bananapants about the "...food wasn't important enough for men to pick up the burden..." bit. I didn't know how to express my feelings on that bit without drifting into a lot of feminism, and since I got to this blog via the Fatosphere feed I didn't want to derail the convo. Thanks bananapants, for saying succinctly what would have taken me paragraphs! :)

Llencelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198950584501536101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-68668961832378758192008-05-16T13:53:00.000-07:002008-05-16T13:53:00.000-07:002008-05-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

Even if he speaks from a viewpoint of privelege I did appreciate his comment that "...food wasn't important enough for men to pick up the burden...". Cooking is a skill and is often not treated as such. One thing I've noticed is that there are folk who have grown up with convenience foods and even if they wish to cook they may not have good luck with it. Cook books can only tell you so much, and

bananapantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-39184844805803919692008-05-16T12:33:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:33:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:33:00.000-07:00

*land* haha. sry

hope505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-34515527624376432112008-05-16T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:31:00.000-07:00

I can't view the little picture or film thingie, but I'm responding to the response, because.........I own a farm and that means absolutely zippo to my personal nutrition! *haha!*Also I wanted to point out that, at least in my state, lad and growing conditions have to be chemical-free etc. for like 8 years before you're able to classify what you've grown as "organic". To a person who actually

hope505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-85134598529057835182008-05-16T12:26:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:26:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

i stopped paying attention shortly after he started mocking the classism of eating locally. classist or not, reducing the amount of petroleum used from harvest to table would make an incredible difference on a large scale. many communities are developing coop programs to make local produce more accessible to less wealthy people. hell, my *school* has two such programs. are we wealthy classist

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-39603804751183208892008-05-16T10:22:00.000-07:002008-05-16T10:22:00.000-07:002008-05-16T10:22:00.000-07:00

I couldn't stop laughing. He is not a scientist and there was so much absurd and incorrect scientific and medical information in his talk, not to mention nutritional science and food production information, it is amazing anyone might take this stuff remotely seriously.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716229622173562484.post-80531374105121664882008-05-16T10:12:00.000-07:002008-05-16T10:12:00.000-07:002008-05-16T10:12:00.000-07:00

Hi, I got here via the Fatosphere feed from Shapely Prose.You ask for thoughts. I wrote mine out while I was watching, so that's the format I'm using. Here they are:First, this guy's just a cook, right? Where's his authority on this topic?I think there is a difference between fat-fear & dieting vs. being aware of how our eating habits impact the planet, and fortunately he seems to have focused on

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