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\u00a0by Julie Hanus<\/a><\/p>\n In our September-October issue, we rounded up some of the most forward-thinking articles about food that the alternative press has to offer\u2026<\/p>\n We led off with an excerpt of Michael Pollan\u2019s \u201cFood Fight,\u201d<\/a> from the New York Review of Books<\/strong>, and followed up with Rachel Laudan\u2019s \u201cIn Praise of Fast Food,\u201d<\/a> from The Gastronomica Reader<\/strong>. We heard from Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton (\u201cThe Rich Get Richer, the Poor Go Hungry<\/a>,\u201d from A Nation of Farmers<\/strong>) and Nicole Miller and Michael Penn (\u201cWaste Not, Want Not<\/a>,\u201d from Grow<\/strong>). And we wrapped up the section with Heather Rogers\u2019 \u201cThe First Family\u2019s Fallow Gardens<\/a>,\u201d a muckraking essay from our 2010 Utne Independent Press Award winner The American Prospect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n But if one thing is true about the alternative press, it is that its bounty knows no end: There is more, so much more thinking about food than we could fit in our print edition. So here you go. Read until you\u2019re stuffed; debate until you\u2019re sated. More than ever, the future of food is in our hands.<\/p>\n \u00a0— The Columbia Journalism Review<\/strong>\u2019s Brent Cunningham interviews Grist<\/strong>\u2019s Tom Philpott on why class needs to be part of the food debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0— Read about a pair of activists (profiled in Permaculture Activist<\/strong>) working to reintroduce staple crops to regional farming<\/a>\u2014and why their work is at the heart of food security.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— We spotted ecologist and author Sandra Steingraber\u2019s \u201cOrganic Manifesto\u201d<\/a> reprinted in a recent issue of In Good Tilth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— Head over to Enviroblog<\/strong> to read about kids\u2019 food even a fly won\u2019t touch<\/a>, and if you are sufficiently grossed out, peruse our Cafeteria Chronicles<\/strong>, a series of blog posts about revolutionary school lunch reformers<\/a> and childhood nutrition.<\/p>\n \u00a0—\u00a0\u00a0Want to grow food in the city? Terrain<\/strong> has a great piece about urban farms vs. urban zoning<\/a>. And in our July-August issue, we excerpted a dispatch from Next American City<\/strong> about Cleveland\u2019s progressively zoned urban garden overlay<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— One family\u2019s experiment: crap food vs. sustainable food<\/a>. (We spotted it in the Sacramento News & Review<\/strong>).<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— What do you think: Should organic cattle finish on grain<\/a>? The Cornucopia Institute<\/strong> has a few thoughts on the matter\u2026<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— Read our report on a piece from Spacing<\/strong> about a truly organic community transformation<\/a>, spurred by front-yard gardens. Ready to go whole hog? Watch Chow<\/strong>\u2019s documentary short about Novella Carpenter and her urban livestock<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0—\u00a0\u00a0At his blog Wild Green<\/strong>, Utne Reader<\/em> senior editor Keith Goetzman talks about composting in the city\u2014the good and the rotten<\/a>. Plus, check out this dispatch from Governing<\/strong> about fighting food deserts\u2014with groceries at the library<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0— EcoSalon<\/strong> takes a firsthand look at the underground food craze<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image by\u00a0*clarity*<\/a>, licensed under\u00a0Creative Commons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Final note from Ellen:<\/p>\n If this doesn’t feed your food writing hunger, search our website for David Sommerstein’s recent broadcast and blog pieces on food and agriculture in the region. Also, if there’s a favorite or provocative article or book on food and agriculture you’ve read recently, share the title with us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From UTNE on-line, this list of recent articles about food. Not recipes. 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