Food Noise
Noise from across the food system through a curious vegan's lens with lots of hyperlinks, memes, Oxford commas, and existential dread.
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Cherry-picked: Delusions about meat, food safety, & worker’s rights🍒 (opens the original)
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hi hi, Wow, I know the news has always moved quickly, and it seems like every story is out of date the second someone publishes it, but lately my attempts to cherry-pick news feel more futile by the hour. Even though I start most of my days scanning newsletters, Substacks, and listening to podcasts related to my niche food systems interests, I still feel incredibly uninformed. This psychs me out—how can I curate news for other people infused with my own commentary, if I’m constantly behind? So,
The conspiracy of diarrhea lettuce (opens the original)
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Doesn’t it seem a little tooooo convenient that there’s suddenly a tick making it so people can’t eat meat at the same time there’s an outbreak of a parasite turning fresh produce toxic and Salmonella outbreaks aaaalllll at the same time as lab-grown products and processed foods are on the rise? <div class
How to lose a vegan's trust (opens the original)
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Being vegan in a non-vegan world involves a lot of trust.When I’m at a non-vegan restaurant and ask staff if dishes are or could be prepared fully animal-free, and they say yes, I have to trust that’s the truth. Same goes for local bakeries, pop-ups, or packaged goods that label a product is vegan. If I ask for oat milk in my latte at a coffee shop where I can’t see them make my beverage, I have to trust that the busy baristas made it with oat milk. You get it.If the person I’m asking hesitates
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