Dan Barber | Blue Hill Farm Executive Chef and Co-Owner Dan Barber is the co-owner and executive chef of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and the author of the forthcoming book, The Third Plate (May 2014, The Penguin Press). His opinions on food and agricultural policy have appeared in the New York Times, along with many other publications. Appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, Dan continues the work that he began as a member of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture's board of directors: to blur the line between the dining experience and the educational, bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table. Barber has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country's Outstanding Chef (2009).In 2009 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
Outsourced Call Centers Return, To U.S. Homes LA SOBRIÉTÉ ALIMENTAIRE ALLONGE LA VIE ET COMBAT LE CANCER - {sciences²} Schema C. elegans Inserm Mettre le petit ver Caenorhabditis elegans au régime strict permet d'allonger de 40% son espérance de vie et diminue son risque de cancer. C'est le résultat publiée dans la revue Aging Cell par l'équipe de Marc Billaud et Florence Solari du centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lyon (CNRS/Inserm/université Lyon 1/centre Léon Bérard). Cela fait assez longtemps que les biologistes savant que l'alimentation joue un rôle important dans la longévité des animaux, gros et petits. Et les études sur ce petit ver ont pu être extrapolées aux mammifères. Cette nouvelle étude montre qu'un régime alimentaire strict mais sans dénutrition provoque un double effet sur ce petit ver, animal de laboratoire très commun. Dans leur expérience, les biologistes ont obtenu les mêmes résultats finaux avec deux methodes. Le gène slcf-1 serait donc un gérontogène, lié au processus de vieillissement.
Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to fame with his work Capital in the 21st Century, a lengthy work on inequality. In this edition of Global Conversation Isabelle Kumar speaks to him about his vision of economics and society in an age of austerity. Who is Thomas Piketty? Thomas Piketty is a French economist He specialises in wealth and inequality Piketty has authored numerous books and articles His book Capital in the 21st Century propelled him to worldwide fame He is currently professor at the Paris School of Economics Isabelle Kumar “Your discourse on inequality really has hit a nerve and your book ‘Capital’ seems a lot more popular than one could have expected – did that surprise you?” Thomas Piketty “I certainly tried to write a book that would be readable by a broad international audience, but of course I could not expect that it would be so successful. Taxing times
docu - alert dans nos assiettes Revue de presse: L’obésité affecte près d’une personne sur trois dans la plupart des pays industrialisés. La moitie des europeens en surpoids ou obesesL’OCDE et la Commission européenne viennent de publier conjointement un rapport intitulé Panorama de la santé : Europe. Le constat est sans appel : le taux d’obésité a plus que doublé dans la majorité des pays européens ces vingt dernières années, et plus la moitié des Européens sont en surpoids ou obèses. Publié par Jean-Pierre Ndongo le 8 décembre 2010-> AfriqueActu.net <- Carte animée de l’épidémie d’obésité aux Etats-Unis qui donne une idée de ce qui est en train d’arriver en France… L’obésité est-elle (vraiment) un enjeu de santé publique ? Alerte dans nos assiettes On est foutu, on mange trop ! Nutrition, les bons conseils pour bien manger Épistémophilique...
Palm Oil: Global brands profiting from child and forced labour The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. The report, The great palm oil scandal: Labour abuses behind big brand names, investigates palm oil plantations in Indonesia run by the world’s biggest palm oil grower, Singapore-based agri-business Wilmar, tracing palm oil to nine global firms: AFAMSA, ADM, Colgate-Palmolive, Elevance, Kellogg’s, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever. Corporate giants like Colgate, Nestlé and Unilever assure consumers that their products use 'sustainable palm oil', but our findings reveal that the palm oil is anything but. "Companies are turning a blind eye to exploitation of workers in their supply chain. Systematic abuses in supply chain of major firms
America's good food fight - latimes.com Our holiday table got quite tense. We are a mixed family — Jewish, Christian, Republican, Democrat –— but the tension wasn't from differences over religion or politics. It was about food. At one end of the table sat my husband's nephew, who runs a food bank. Other family members sat between us. Our family dynamic mirrors an emerging national debate about how America's food should be produced. In other words, the sustainable food movement is characterized as uncaring and elitist. A recent Newsweek piece titled "What Food Says About Class in America" described "a national phenomenon" of people seeking non-industrial foods because they believe that eating organically and locally helps farmers and farm animals while contributing to the health and well-being of their families and the planet. Of course, similar concerns could be voiced regarding cars, housing or healthcare. Together, these public subsidies largely explain why food can be much cheaper at Wal-Mart than at your local farm stand.
Une nouvelle pyramide alimentaire qui fait ses preuves 25 novembre 2002 - En scrutant le régime alimentaire de 100 000 hommes et femmes, des chercheurs de l'École de santé publique de Harvard sont parvenus à des conclusions très intéressantes pointant vers la nécessité de « reconstruire » la pyramide alimentaire américaine afin d'y inclure les dernières connaissances en nutrition. Ainsi, les personnes dont le régime alimentaire se rapproche le plus de cette nouvelle pyramide sont moins susceptibles de développer une maladie chronique ou cardiaque que ceux dont l'alimentation respecte les recommandations actuellement en vigueur aux États-Unis. Ces résultats ne sont pas sans remettre également en question le Guide alimentaire canadien (datant de 1990 et en cours de révision) puisque les recommandations qu'on y retrouve sont sensiblement les mêmes que celles de la pyramide américaine. Une mise à jour semblait donc nécessaire. Les recommandations se lisent comme suit, de la base de la pyramide jusqu'au sommet : Les résultats sont éloquents.
Nutrition and the School Lunch Line When a school lunch is nutritious and tasty, it’s one of the best health bargains around. Lunches provided through the National School Lunch Program, which is subsidized by the federal government, cost parents about $1.25 to $2, typically less than it would cost to make the meal at home. For lower-income families, the bill is less, or even free. P.S. 29 students are lucky; their school participates in Wellness in the Schools, a nonprofit program that places culinary school graduates in New York City public schools to create appealing meals from wholesome ingredients. Across the country, many other school districts are beginning to make healthy food a priority by starting school gardens, using local produce and involving parents in the meal planning. Still, at many schools, lunches are neither tasty nor nutritious. School lunches must meet a minimum calorie limit set by the government, but it’s up to individual schools to decide how the are apportioned.
Child Nutrition Bill Clears Congress lobbied for the bill as a way to combat obesity and hunger. About half of the $4.5 billion cost is financed by a cut in food stamps starting in several years. Mrs. Obama said she was thrilled by passage of what she described as a groundbreaking piece of legislation. By a vote of 264 to 157, the House on Thursday passed the bill, which was approved in the Senate by unanimous consent in August. On the final roll call, 247 Democrats and 17 Republicans voted for the bill. Some liberal House Democrats and advocates for the poor railed against the bill in September, saying it was wrong to pay for the expansion of child nutrition programs by cutting money for food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Democrats put aside their disagreements on Thursday, after concluding that it was better to take what they could get than to gamble on their chances in the next Congress when Republicans will control the House. Democrats and a few Republicans praised Mrs. Mr.
How do you eat well? Share your ‘food rules’ Last year I published Food Rules, a short book offering 64 rules for eating well. Food Rules struck a chord with many people, who found that it helped them navigate what has become a treacherous food environment, whether in the supermarket or restaurant. Many of the rules were submitted by readers, and since publication I have received a number of excellent new ones. So I’ve decided to publish an expanded edition, with additional rules and also illustrations, which the painter Maira Kalman has agreed to create. The premise of Food Rules is that culture has much to teach us about how to choose, prepare, and eat food and that this wisdom is worth collecting and preserving before it disappears. I’ve also found that many ethnic traditions have their own memorable expressions for what amounts to the same recommendation. Will you send me a food rule you have found memorable and useful? Please send your suggestions to pollan.foodrules@gmail.com. Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
Guérir du cancer ou s'en protéger Synopsis Peut-on éradiquer le cancer? Oui, si nous changeons notre conception de la maladie : tel est le message d'espoir du professeur Dominique Belpomme, président de l'Association française pour la recherche thérapeutique anticancéreuse (ARTAC). Démonstration scientifique à l'appui, l'auteur en arrive à la conclusion que ces recherches sont aujourd'hui dans l'impasse. Nous sommes à un tournant : c'est une politique de santé absolument nouvelle qu'il s'agit de mettre en oeuvre, fondée sur la précaution et la prévention. Commentaire Selon la croyance populaire, on rencontre plus de cancers aujourd'hui parce que la population est vieillissante; autrefois, les gens mouraient avant que cette « maladie de vieux » n'ait le temps de se manifester. Même si, reconnaît-il, la preuve est encore difficile à établir, il dit avoir la quasi-certitude de ce qu'il avance. Pr Belpomme exhorte donc les gouvernements à prendre leur responsabilité dans ce dossier d'une gravité extrême. Lucie Dumoulin 1.
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