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Animal Production

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Andrew Coté, NYC Beekeeper, on Urban Apiculture (And Getting Bees in His Nose!)

    Last week, the Voice brought you news of bees(!), which have been swarming New York with the onset of warm weather. If the thought of thousands of stinging insects flying around the city en masse sounds scary, fear not! We had the chance to catch up with Andrew Coté, often billed as the city's "bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    FDA Calls for Reduced Use of Antibiotics in Animals

    After 35 years of urging farmers and ranchers to curb their use of antibiotics as growth inducers in animals, the FDA has announced a new collaboration with drug companies, vets and livestock producers to limit the practice.

  • Film

    March 7, 2012

    Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

    After 35 years of urging farmers and ranchers to curb their use of antibiotics as growth inducers in animals, the FDA has announced a new collaboration with drug companies, vets and livestock producers to limit the practice.

  • Voice Choices

    January 11, 2012

    FARM AID

    Grow organic food locally (real local)

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Target to Sell Only Sustainable Seafood by 2015

    ​First of all, Target sells seafood? Second of all, this is good news considering the deplorable state of our oceans right now. Overfishing has depleted populations of fish like cod and tuna to dangerous lows, making the fact that a chain with 1,762 locations is committing itself to sustainabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Farmers Forced to Fundraise After the Flood; Tainted Cantaloupes Kill 13

    After the government turned down Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to test a ban on food-stamp use for soda, experts are now urging that the government conduct its own study of such a ban. [NY Times] There is now such thing as a foodie magician. His biggest trick? Guessing what your favorite restaurant is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Eric Ripert, Dan Barber, and Jim Lahey to Headline Lopate & Locavores

    WNYCLopate loves locavores.​'Tis the silly season for food festivals, and for the second year in a row, WNYC host Leonard Lopate is getting in on the act with Lopate & Locavores, a three-day event that will explore zeitgeisty issues relating to today's food movement.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    The Humane Society and the Egg Industry Agree That Egg-Laying Hens Deserve Better Lives

    Rebecca Marx​ Consumers may not like the idea of spending more for healthy menu items, but studies have found they are willing to pay a bit more for eggs that come from chickens living in humane conditions. And that's a good thing, because thanks to a new agreement between the Humane Society o ... More >>

  • Film

    June 8, 2011

    Bad News From the Bees in Queen of the Sun

    Rebecca Marx​ Consumers may not like the idea of spending more for healthy menu items, but studies have found they are willing to pay a bit more for eggs that come from chickens living in humane conditions. And that's a good thing, because thanks to a new agreement between the Humane Society o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Fashion Enters the Dairy Business, Hilarity Ensues

    ​Skilled as it is at unintentional self-parody, the food world can't hold a candle - even a candle made from the wax of bees living in splendor on a Bushwick rooftop - to the fashion industry. Lest we forget that, the Wall Street Journal is here to remind us with the enlightening tale of Areth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: Taste Brooklyn, FiDi; Meet a Pig Farmer

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Tasting Brooklyn Century Loft Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. Sample dishes from the borough's best restaurants and food purveyors, including Barrio Foods, Clover Clu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Wavy Gravy Gets Clobbered at MSG

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 12, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 32 Who clubbed the clown? By Ron Rosenbaum Wavy Gravy, recovering from amoebic dysentery, tropical fever, opium addiction, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and a severe spinal condition, was out of Roosevelt Hosp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Small Dairies Thriving Once Again; Food Trucks as Marketing Stunts

    ​Decades after many small dairies were forced to close, new boutique dairies, like Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery and Heamour Farm in Madison, N.Y., are on the rise. [Wall Street Journal] Ever wonder why you overeat around the holidays? Neuroscientists say the stomach and intestines detect the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Here's the 2010 Dirty Dozen Seafood (Dubious) Honor Roll

    Copyright GreenpeaceBluefin tuna: don't eat it.​Navigating the increasingly murky waters of sustainable seafood isn't an easy task, particularly when it's abetted by grocery stores whose eco-conscious posturing doesn't quite extend to what's being sold at their fish counters. Fortunately, Food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Woodstock A Month Later: Going Back to See Max Yasgur's Farm

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 25, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 50 The Undulating Hillside: Going Back to Bethel by Mark Perlgut I went back to Bethel a couple of weeks ago. I said to myself, I'm visiting friends nearby and I might as well go back to the incredibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Lucian Truscott IV Makes his Voice Debut

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 2, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 12 A Stockingful of Love, But No Re-admission by Lucian Truscott IV "Wow!" I thought. A free thing on Christmas at the Electric Circus. How East Villageish and community closeness and everybody will be to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Hugh Romney, Before He Was Wavy Gravy

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 19, 1968, Vol. XIV, No. 10 The Hog Farm Commune: A Geodesic Christmas by Joe Pilati The 365-day expanse the Yippies have already designated "Year of the Pig" is almost upon us. It will be a time of bemoaning Richard the Chicke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Jamie Oliver Praises Mickey D's; Lady Gaga on the Baby Food Diet

    ​The Times Square Alliance is seeking proposals from local businesses to operate concession stands in the pedestrian plazas located on Broadway between 42d and 47th Streets. [NY Times] The National Milk Producers Federation is lobbying the FDA to require that plant-based beverages, like soy m ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    Surprise Me Mr. Davis

    ​The Times Square Alliance is seeking proposals from local businesses to operate concession stands in the pedestrian plazas located on Broadway between 42d and 47th Streets. [NY Times] The National Milk Producers Federation is lobbying the FDA to require that plant-based beverages, like soy m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    The New York Health Department Has Lifted Its Beekeeping Ban

    Here's some very sweet news for local beekeepers and those hoping to acquire some hives of their own: Earlier today, the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene voted unanimously to lift its decade-old beekeeping ban, which had lumped honeybees together with such dangerous creatures as poi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Super Secret 'Nduja Hits the Sausage Big Time; Food TV Is Prime Time's Darling

    ​Tabla is among a number of restaurants using psychological principles to overhaul their menus, such as dropping the dollar sign from prices or naming a dish after the chef's mom. [NY Times] 2009 was the year 'nduja, the spicy smoked meat with a cult following, became the "Lady Gaga of pork ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    American Catfish Farmers Want Vietnamese Catfish to be Called Catfish

    If it looks like a catfish and tastes like a catfish...​What, exactly, is a catfish? That's the question that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is being forced to consider, thanks to the efforts of American catfish farmers to get Vietnamese catfish labeled as catfish. The farmers are lobbying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    The Times Magazine's Year in Ideas: Food & Drink Edition

    JelleS/flickr​ The greatest ideas of 2009, according to the Times Magazine, include the conclusion that empty beer bottles make better weapons than full ones. Swiss forensic pathologist Stephan Bolliger endeavored to discover whether a beer bottle could be used to crack open a human skull. Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Chatting With Danny Abrams: The New Mermaid Oyster Bar, Celeb Chef Culture, and Seafood

    Photo: Melissa HomDanny Abrams​Prolific restaurateur Danny Abrams just launched Mermaid Oyster Bar on Tuesday. The restaurant joins his stable of establishments, including the two locations of the Mermaid Inn. Tell us a little bit about the Mermaid Oyster Bar concept--what distinguishes it f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    South Koreans Consider Classifying Dogs as Livestock

    The dog meat industry in South Korean has apparently long occupied a kind of gray area, in which dog is sold for human consumption, but is not subject to the same regulations as, say, the beef industry. This means not only that the quality of dog meat is not guaranteed (there has been a spate of rel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Yes In My Backyard: Download Naam's "Skyling Slip"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Diane Suarez​Brooklyn kraut-metal crushers Naam take the trippiest part of your favorite Hawkwind song and stretch it like space-taffy into hypnotic, riff-driven mush. Recorded at an abandoned dairy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    At the Greenmarket: Smoked Bluefish

    Smoked bluefish salad with cherry tomatoes​ ​ Ever since Sam Sifton's reminder of just how good bluefish can be, it seems like the grayish, dense, oily, and delicious fish is everywhere--at every fish market in town for $6 a pound; mashed into rillettes at Fort Defiance; and either fresh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    No Farm, No Foul? Farmed Salmon on Drugs, Possibly Mad

    izik/flickr​ While it's not all bad news for fish lovers these days, navigating your local fish market can still feel like walking through a minefield of over-harvested, unsustainable choices. Now, Gourmet reports that we should also be worried about rife antibiotic use in certain fish farms. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Beekeepers Swarm Water Taxi Beach; Toll House Recall A Wake-up Call

    Beekeepers swarmed Water Taxi Beach Monday night for the Beekeepers Ball, which kicked off Pollinator Week, a week dedicated to promoting beekeeping. Beekeeping is illegal in New York City, but a bill to lift the ban has been introduced and is currently awaiting a hearing. [NY Times] Fast-food chai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Tainted Cookie Dough; Bees In Brooklyn; A Car Made of Food

    The latest food safety debacle involves Nestle's refrigerated cookie dough, which was recalled after 65 people in 29 states got sick. Microbiologists and food safety investigators are stumped as to how the E. coli 0157 strain, a bacterium that lives in the intestines of cattle, managed to find its w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Organic Farmers Suffer Losses; Prisoners Excercise Their Green Thumbs

    Organic farmers are feeling the sting of the organic food trend slowing. Dairy farmers, especially, are suffering, and many have been told to cut milk production by up to 20 percent. The slowdown, combined with the high cost of transporting organic feed from the Midwest has caused 32 dairy farms in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    No Fish by 2048? The End of the Line--Interview with Journalist Charles Clover

    Photo courtesy The End of the Line "Imagine a world without fish." That's the tagline of The End of the Line, a documentary that landed on my desk last week. The press release goes on to say that if we continue to overfish the oceans at the current rate, there will essentially be no fish to eat by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Popcorn Gets Booze Flavoring

    An enterprising University of Missouri student has created a line of alcohol-flavored popcorn called Pub Corn.[CNN]According to figures from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the cube steak is experiencing a resurgence in popularity.[NY Times]Noting that the Texas and Georgia peanut produc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Joy of Cooking Getting Fat

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    I, Locavore -- Part One

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Test Tube Meat?

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Our Man Sietsema and the Very Small Piglet

    A study comparing the 1931 Joy of Cooking to the 2006 edition found a 63% increase in calories in 17 of the recipes.[LA Times]Low milk prices are leading farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of dairy cows for meat because they can no longer afford to feed the animals.[AP via Chicago Tribune]Af ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2008

    A (Chinatown) Fish Story

    Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Thanksgiving: Dude, Where's Your Turkey?

    Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Slaughterhouse Jive: Jesus, Muhammad, Al Qaeda, and the World Series

    Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    Last Meal: Aar Sanchez and his granny

    Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2007

    Tuna: Seared, crusted, endangered

    Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

  • Theater

    June 27, 2006

    Faithing the Facts

    Busy World's wordplay belies lofty themes; Pig Farm's just a boar

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Hog Farm's Wayward Bus

    Pilgrims & Profiteers on A Cross-Country Crusade

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2005

    A Chicken in Every Plot

    Pilgrims & Profiteers on A Cross-Country Crusade

  • Books

    March 2, 2004

    A Q&A with Robert Newman

    Pilgrims & Profiteers on A Cross-Country Crusade

  • News

    December 30, 2003

    Slaughterhouse Jive

    Where's the Beef? Good Question.

  • News

    December 30, 2003

    Slaughterhouse Politics

    Ranchers Fought Rules That Might Have Prevented Mad Cow

  • News

    May 11, 1999

    So Shad

    A Great Hudson River Fishery Faces Its End

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Scales of Justice

    Striped Bass May Be New York’s Newest Contraband

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