Skip to content

Occasional Planet

Progressive Voices Speaking Out

  • Home
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Click Quotes
  • Who am I?
  • Infographics

Category: Food

Cheerio, GMOs!

January 13, 2014 Renee Shur Activism, Consumer issues, Corporations, Food Leave a comment

2013 was a mixed year for advocates of labeling GMO ingredients in our food. On the plus side, the movement gained visibility and succeeded

Continue reading

No milk in the dairy case? Climate change is to blame.

November 27, 2013 Renee Shur Climate Change, Environment, Food, Science Leave a comment

If you think the effects of climate change on our food supply are something only our children or grandchildren will have to deal with,

Continue reading

Accidentally kosher

November 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Food, Humor One comment

Although the worship [what does that mean, anyway?] service was long, the bar mitzvah boy did himself proud, and this here atheist survived another

Continue reading

An apple a day equals $17 billion a year

August 23, 2013 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Food, Government, Health, Health care Leave a comment

Right now is the time of year when the most bountiful pickings from our local family farmers are ready for the table.  Peppers, eggplant,

Continue reading

The quinoa [“keen’-wah”] quandary

August 13, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Economy, Food, International, Poverty 2 comments

Is a good thing to eat a bad thing to buy? That’s essentially the quinoa quandary that foodies, advocates of healthier eating, and social

Continue reading

Bees matter. We need to protect them, before it’s too late

August 1, 2013 Renee Shur Business, Consumer issues, Economy, Food, Science, Technology Leave a comment

Did you know that 40 percent of our food is thrown into landfills every year? That shocking statistic comes to us courtesy of the

Continue reading

Asparagus disparity: Mountain, molehill or symbol of racial inequality?

July 25, 2013 Mary Clemons Cities, Civil Rights, Consumer issues, Food, Missouri region, Poverty 2 comments

In the national response to the Zimmerman trial, at rallies across the country, we hear from the bullhorns the outrage over police profiling minorities

Continue reading

Posts navigation

«Previous Posts 1 2 3

In case you missed it

  • Neera Tanden’s Behavior Actually is That Bad
  • My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State
  • Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words
  • The Incoming Biden Team: A Review
  • Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?
  • Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom

A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

Follow Occasional Planet on social media

Newsletter
Twitter
RSS
Facebook

Top posts

  • Bernie Sanders' accomplishments
    Bernie Sanders' accomplishments
  • 3,500 economists call for carbon tax/carbon dividend. America isn't listening.
    3,500 economists call for carbon tax/carbon dividend. America isn't listening.
  • The Waltons and Walmart: a fortune built on food stamps
    The Waltons and Walmart: a fortune built on food stamps
  • The Amalgamated: a socialist-inspired housing co-op in the Bronx
    The Amalgamated: a socialist-inspired housing co-op in the Bronx
  • Republicans are more charitable than Democrats and Europeans
    Republicans are more charitable than Democrats and Europeans
  • Evil and the garden
    Evil and the garden