One benefit of the AWEsome Book Tour: Catching up with old sources. I had the opportunity to catch up with Brahm Ahmadi, a food justice entrepreneur in Oakland, CA this week. It wasn’t a long meeting, but I did get a really good “perspective check” on discussions of food. Brahm’s smart thought for the day? … Read more
New brief published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that: Low-socioeconomic status supermarket shoppers purchase calories in inexpensive forms that are higher in fat and less nutrient-rich. Not much of a surprise, but still useful to see social science drawing these links.
I would like to know the true cost of water, roads and electricity. I would like to know whether what we pay for those things is anywhere near the actual cost. I suspect it is not, but if anyone has seen research on this, I am all ears.
This Lempert Report snippet indicates that: Supermarkets that don’t yet focus on dollar stores and the trip threats they pose, better wake up. They’ve proliferated in the down economy. The top four dollar chains in the United States (Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and 99¢ Only) have 21,500 stores – already more stores than … Read more
The American Way of Eating about to hit: Philly, Boston, Detroit. Coming soon to D.C and L.A. Is this email not displaying correctly? . 3/27: NEXT AMERICAN CITY 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. 2816 W. Girard Avenue – Brewerytown **FREE BEER AND SNACKS**3/28: PENN BOOKSTORE 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. 3601 Walnut Street – West Philly … Read more
Metro Times • March 13, 2012
Until last week, News Hits had been content to let others rail about Rush Limbaugh’s disgraceful three-day attack on Georgetown law school student Sandra Fluke. The reaction has been widespread and intense to Limbaugh calling Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute” simply because she advocated having all employer health insurance plans — including those of religiously affiliated employers — be compelled to provide women with birth control.
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