I'm concerned about how the dramatic increase in corporate control
over food production, processing and sales are affecting our health
and the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries. Equally I am
angered by the new celebrity and fusion food culture produced by the
increasing corporatisation of food. Much written or presented in
newspaper food reviews, "gourmet" magazines and fast moving cooking
shows trivialise the complexity of ages old cuisines. All in all we
are facing a world with less choice for the producers and consumers of
food while profits soar for corporations.

I started a website at http://www.eatmanifesto.com to promote a
traditional and sustainable food culture. Please visit.

On 14 Dec 2003 05:08:44 -0800, (Eat
Manifesto) wrote:

>I'm concerned about how the dramatic increase in corporate control
>over food production, processing and sales are affecting our health
>and the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries. Equally I am
>angered by the new celebrity and fusion food culture produced by the
>increasing corporatisation of food. Much written or presented in
>newspaper food reviews, "gourmet" magazines and fast moving cooking
>shows trivialise the complexity of ages old cuisines. All in all we
>are facing a world with less choice for the producers and consumers of
>food while profits soar for corporations.
>
>I started a website at http://www.eatmanifesto.com to promote a
>traditional and sustainable food culture. Please visit.



"Eat Manifesto" ???

Is that an Italian dish ?

Should that be "Eat More Manifesto" ?

How do you prepare "Manifesto" ? ;o)
<rj>

wrote:

> "Eat Manifesto" ???

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On 14 Dec 2003 05:08:44 -0800, (Eat
Manifesto) wrote:

>I'm concerned about how the dramatic increase in corporate control
>over food production, processing and sales are affecting our health
>and the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries. Equally I am
>angered by the new celebrity and fusion food culture produced by the
>increasing corporatisation of food. Much written or presented in
>newspaper food reviews, "gourmet" magazines and fast moving cooking
>shows trivialise the complexity of ages old cuisines. All in all we
>are facing a world with less choice for the producers and consumers of
>food while profits soar for corporations.
>
>I started a website at http://www.eatmanifesto.com to promote a
>traditional and sustainable food culture. Please visit.

This is a *very* complex subject. There are good and bad things about
industrialized food production. "Traditional and sustainable" often
means either boutique operations or hardscrabble poverty. Often, not
always. Successful food items tend to travel. I don't think "fusion"
has much to do with corporate culture. What was Italian food like
before the tomato? Or Indian before the chile? Papaya and pineapple
both originated in the Americas. Apples (as in "as American as apple
pie") apparently in the Caucasus.

I've read many of the 'bad food' books and articles, but the remedy
isn't turning the world into a series of small farms. Through
industrialized methods and global trade, we in the US have some of the
cheapest and most varied food in the world. We also have the
McDonald's potato and a 'choice' of red or yellow "delicious" apples.
And what can't be ignored, a *tremendous* market for these products.

Much of the world, incl. folk in the US, isn't concerned with the
available variety of artisan cheeses. It's more focussed on being able
to nourish a family. Good thing there are groups and watchdogs
pointing out the bad sides of food production, marketing, etc. And
cumbersome and imperfect government agencies trying to keep poisonous
practices out of the food chain.

>How do you prepare "Manifesto" ?

Same as pesto, but substitute old packing slips or invoices for the basil.