| Welcome to GoodFood World | March 18, 2012
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 Well, well, well... Just tell me how something like this happens!
Here in the Pacific Northwest is a clam called a geoduck - pronounced "gooey duck" - that is the butt of many lewd comments because of its unusual shape. Actually, it's just a case of outgrowing that way-too-small shell!
Geoducks are the largest burrowing clam in the world and Washington shellfish growers have only been raising them commercially since 1991. And now nearly 800,000 pounds of them - worth about $14 million - seem to be missing.
Geoduck meat is currently selling for about $150 a pound in China, and there has been a rise in organized crime, poaching (and we don't mean cooking), and illegal export of geoduck in recent years.
Read the details here. Then pick up Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature's Bounty by Craig Welch and learn what's really going on under the cover of deep water and night skies.
It's a cops-and-robbers tale set in a double-crossing world where smugglers fight turf wars over these bizarre marine creatures. Welch has been the Seattle Times environmental reporter since 2000 and he tells the story of environmental detectives who are trying to track down smugglers of the geoduck.
 On the much more sedate retail front, we attended the VIP Sneak Preview of the new Whole Foods MarketŪ here in Puget Sound. Located in Lynnwood, just north of Seattle, the new store is your quintessential Whole Foods store - constructed to be more environmentally friendly, filled with local and regional products, and offering classes and opportunities to learn more about cooking good food.
While Whole Foods is clearly much farther down the "sustainability" path than conventional supermarkets, there are still areas with room for improvement. Read more about our recommendations here.
There's more, keep reading! Get a cup of coffee and join us at GoodFood World, where we get to the source by talking to the people who produce, process, and deliver good food. Take care, eat well, and be well! |
Kate's in the Kitchen: It's All About Bread
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 Our Good Food on a Budget contributor, Kate Hilmer, has been busy baking. Here is what she has to say this week:
I've been way into baking bread lately. Once a week on my day off, it goes something like this: wake up, throw a loaf of bread together, and let it rise while I shower and get ready for the day. Deflate the dough for a second rise and have a fresh loaf by the afternoon.
We go through about a loaf a week, and I've been conducting careful weekly experiments in the hopes of perfecting the recipe for a whole wheat bread. Read the details here: It's All About Bread.
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 Our Minnesota shepherdess, Lea McEvilly, is back at her keyboard and filling us in on life on the farm. Here are her latest installments:
Keep reading, there will be more!
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 More and more people are eating organic food because they want a healthier and safer alternative to "conventional" food. They want food produced without toxic pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and genetic engineering. They want food that sustains both human health and the environment.
The Organic Food Handbook written by Ken Roseboro examines this important trend and provides a concise, simple guide to buying and eating organic food.
There are more books on GoodFood World and more coming every week.
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Urban farming is grabbing headlines from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between. Everyone from retiring baby boomers to twenty-something hipsters are getting excited about growing their own food.
 What fewer people realize is that urban agriculture has a history that stretches back thousands of years, and that in many places in the developing world, people are producing a significant portion of their fruits and vegetables inside cities.
Plant This Movie will highlight the successes of urban farmers around the world and will also serve as a public policy film to ignite the debate around this vital topic. Let's Get Plant This Movie to Bloom!
There are more audios and videos on GoodFood World and more coming every week.
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 We post a new food-related word or phrase every week. This week's phrase is: Pitch-in Dinner. We're in this together!
The Dictionary of American Regional English is a multi-volume reference that documents words, phrases, and pronunciations as they vary from place to place across the United States.
Read about today's GoodFood Word at DARE.
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