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...Case for Slow Food Thanks for your coverage of the Slow Food movement [Sept. 15]. It is misleading, though, to claim that industrialized food "is the only way to economically feed a global population." There is nothing economical about a system contributing a big chunk of our greenhouse-gas emissions. The drivers of deforestation are large-scale agribusinesses pushing into wetlands in Indonesia and rain forests in the Amazon - not Sunshine heirloom-tomato farmers from Sonoma. Anna Lappé, Brooklyn, New York...
...melamine experienced a resurgence in American kitchens, the material - in powdered form - has also come into use by certain unscrupulous food companies as a cheap and abundant filler substance for products ranging from livestock feed to pet food - and now, apparently, to baby formula. In some tests used to determine the nutritional value of a foodstuff, melamine shows up as a protein - so manufacturers can use the compound to make their products appear more nutritious. Melamine is not toxic, but inside the body it can cause kidney stones and renal failure. In 2007, material containing melamine - but labeled as wheat...
...India's markets, like those around the globe, are in the throes of financial turmoil. But even here, worries are starting to surface. Mumbai is India's financial capital, but it's also the center of the country's booming fashion industry and contemporary-arts community. Those three worlds feed each other here, just as they do in London, Tokyo and New York. As the markets plunge - the main Mumbai index, the Sensex, is down 36% since January - many of Mumbai's wealthy financiers are beginning to spend less in the city's galleries and luxury boutiques. "I'm extremely...
...lead paint used on toys. In March and April of 2007, Melamine emerged as the chief suspect in the poisoning of thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S. that were fed pet food made from Chinese ingredients. China responded by banning the substance for use in animal feed, but its reappearance in milk powder is a painful reminder just how far China still has to go to make its food supply safe...
...course, the country still has more growing up to do. The administration has failed to safeguard minority religious rights. Although the economy has grown at around 5.5% annually over the past five years, millions of Indonesians struggle to feed themselves. Yet for a nation with more than 17,500 islands and hundreds of ethnicities, Indonesia is holding together just fine and has made the transition from dictatorship to viable democracy in less than a generation. Nothing funny about that...