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...French protesters have taken on single issues. But that has nearly always been as part of a mass movement. "Think of the feminists, the antiracism movement, the defenders of the needy - even the union demos that used to end by marchers helping themselves to whatever they found on supermarket shelves. All these things were earlier manifestations of what we're seeing with these collectives - only with much larger bases, and nowhere near the media and communication sophistication," says Groux. In some ways the movement harks back to the early 20th century absurdist art of the Dadaists in places like Zurich...
Then there's the fancifully named group the Call and the Pickax, which wants the state to stop profitable supermarkets increasing prices on food. At a prearranged time its members gather in a supermarket aisle, help themselves to the food for sale and hold a "free" picnic for financially squeezed shoppers. Somehow, television cameras and photographers always seem to be on hand...
...already has a million unique visitors each month, does a pretty good job. To tout a contest for the best food photography, it showcased a fried-egg-and-bacon burger on a bun made of two doughnuts (above). A recurring segment called "WTFood??!" featured a British supermarket that was selling a Wimbledon special--sausage, strawberries, crčme fraîche and mint--that sounded bad even for British food...
...have the luxury of philosophizing about food. With the exhaustion of the soil, the impact of global warming and the inevitably rising price of oil - which will affect everything from fertilizer to supermarket electricity bills - our industrial style of food production will end sooner or later. As the developing world grows richer, hundreds of millions of people will want to shift to the same calorie-heavy, protein-rich diet that has made Americans so unhealthy - demand for meat and poultry worldwide is set to rise 25% by 2015 - but the earth can no longer deliver. Unless Americans radically rethink...
...pit” rather than the entrances by the Body Shop or Eastern Mountain Sports, especially late at night.) The “outbound” ramp on the right will take you to Porter Square and its 24-hour Shaw’s supermarket, and a little bit further you’ll find Davis Square with its cafes and vintage shops. The “inbound” direction will take you into the depths of downtown Boston and even Quincy, should you ever need to venture so far from Harvard. The inbound Red Line will also take...