The Kansas City Food Circle is hosting the 9th Annual Farmers Exhibition WHEN:Saturday March 24, 9 AM to 2 PM WHAT: The Kansas City Food Circle is hosting the 9th Annual Farmers Exhibition: Meet local organic farmers who can supply high quality organic fruits and veggies and free range, natural meats for the coming seasons, Seedlings for a nearly start on your garding, and Pick up a fre copy of the 2007 Food Circle Producers Directory. Original music by eco-troubadour, Stan Slaughter. WHERE: Civic Centr, 13817 Johnson Dr.,Shawnee, KS (Free Admission and Parking)
For more info: Craig Volland, KC Food Circle, 913-334-0556, hartwood2@mindspring.com
The FDA's recent approval of cloned animals for introduction into the food supply offers no direct or immediate benefit to the general carnivorous public.
Cloned beef? No, thank you.
The FDA's recent approval of cloned animals for introduction into the food supply offers no direct or immediate benefit to the general carnivorous public.
Already our beef is plentiful. Kansas is second in the nation for the number of beef cattle on feedlots with 2.3 million head, according the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the total number of feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head is 10.7 million nationwide.
Also, cloned animals produce offspring with genetic abnormalities, as attested by K-State's own experts, so the long-term viability of cloned beef cattle is limited at best.
Certainly the element of cost does not work in its favor. Anything that is experimental and lab-intensive isn't likely to be economical. Reasonably priced cloned beef still is years away.
Petri-dish burgers also are not likely to taste any better than your average mass-produced cow. Their genes might be strong, but it's the way they're raised and fed that ultimately affect their sapidity.
If you're looking for superior taste or redeeming nutritive value, try grass-fed beef as an alternative to feedlot cattle, whose meat often is laced with antibiotics. Beef from cows that are allowed to graze is lower in calories and fat and higher in omega-3 fatty acids. For its slightly higher grocery store price tag, at least grass-fed offers some quantifiable benefits.
To date, cloned meat has shown no such benefits. Perhaps down the line it will be practical to have of pens of cows with identical genes, but ultimately, it won't improve the condition of the pot roast sitting on our dinner table.
Setting aside the debate over the ethical soundness of cloning, currently, there is no reason to support the introduction of cloned meat into our food supply.
Heard the term "Web 2.0"? Not sure what it is? Here is the latest digital analysis from Dr. Wesch (Anthropology Professor at Kansas State) that helps put things into perspective in an appropriate medium. This video helps explain what this coblog is after, and why it can be given the label "Web 2.0".
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
9th Annual Farmers Exhibition
The Kansas City Food Circle is hosting the 9th Annual Farmers Exhibition
WHEN:Saturday March 24, 9 AM to 2 PM
WHAT: The Kansas City Food Circle is hosting the 9th Annual Farmers Exhibition:
Meet local organic farmers who can supply high quality organic fruits and veggies and free range, natural meats for the coming seasons, Seedlings for a nearly start on your garding, and Pick up a fre copy of the 2007 Food Circle Producers Directory.
Original music by eco-troubadour, Stan Slaughter.
WHERE: Civic Centr, 13817 Johnson Dr.,Shawnee, KS (Free Admission and Parking)
For more info: Craig Volland, KC Food Circle, 913-334-0556, hartwood2@mindspring.com
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Cloned Animals not Necessary to Sustain U.S. Food Supply
The FDA's recent approval of cloned animals for introduction into the food supply offers no direct or immediate benefit to the general carnivorous public.
Cloned beef? No, thank you.
The FDA's recent approval of cloned animals for introduction into the food supply offers no direct or immediate benefit to the general carnivorous public.
Already our beef is plentiful. Kansas is second in the nation for the number of beef cattle on feedlots with 2.3 million head, according the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the total number of feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head is 10.7 million nationwide.
Also, cloned animals produce offspring with genetic abnormalities, as attested by K-State's own experts, so the long-term viability of cloned beef cattle is limited at best.
Certainly the element of cost does not work in its favor. Anything that is experimental and lab-intensive isn't likely to be economical. Reasonably priced cloned beef still is years away.
Petri-dish burgers also are not likely to taste any better than your average mass-produced cow. Their genes might be strong, but it's the way they're raised and fed that ultimately affect their sapidity.
If you're looking for superior taste or redeeming nutritive value, try grass-fed beef as an alternative to feedlot cattle, whose meat often is laced with antibiotics. Beef from cows that are allowed to graze is lower in calories and fat and higher in omega-3 fatty acids. For its slightly higher grocery store price tag, at least grass-fed offers some quantifiable benefits.
To date, cloned meat has shown no such benefits. Perhaps down the line it will be practical to have of pens of cows with identical genes, but ultimately, it won't improve the condition of the pot roast sitting on our dinner table.
Setting aside the debate over the ethical soundness of cloning, currently, there is no reason to support the introduction of cloned meat into our food supply.
Megan Moser, Kansas State Collegian, 7/8/2007
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Monday, February 05, 2007
Web 2.0
Heard the term "Web 2.0"? Not sure what it is? Here is the latest digital analysis from Dr. Wesch (Anthropology Professor at Kansas State) that helps put things into perspective in an appropriate medium. This video helps explain what this coblog is after, and why it can be given the label "Web 2.0".
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