It seems like I keep writing about chicken. This time, I’m hot and bothered about Tyson’s antibiotic debacle. For those of you who don’t know what I am talking about: Tyson Foods, Inc., the company that manufactures all those chicken fingers and sells raw poultry in 2008 was sued for what some called questionable business [...]
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Well, there’s almost nothing more that I can say about the extremely disturbing story that was in The New York Times: E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection. You’ve probably read it or seen a friend’s Facebook post about it. The well-researched and achingly depressing story starts out with a woman — a dancer [...]
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Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods on Sep 11th, 2009
This morning, as I stood there making my daughter’s school lunch, I had to stop for a moment. Her lunch (a bagel with cream cheese) was slightly thicker than a sandwich. What, I wondered, could I wrap it in? It wouldn’t fit into my BPA-free sandwich container. None of my choices were what I would [...]
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