Photos from yesterday’s protest of the big corporate biotech convention that’s been happening in Boston for the past four days. Just posted a recap on the Phoenix’s news blog entitled, “Fuck GMOs: Ciclovida, Occupy Monsanto, and Occupy Boston protest corporate biotechnology conference in Boston”.

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What does the Supreme Court’s health care ruling mean for me?
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What does the Supreme Court’s health care ruling mean for me?

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thedailyfeed: Paula Deen hid her type 2 diabetes diagnosis from the Food Network for 3 years — and made $30 million for her fattening fare in the interim.  While keeping the Food Network and her fans in the dark about her diabetes, Deen continued delivering episodes on deep-fried butter balls and other artery-clogging fare as she raked in an estimated $10 million per year via her TV show, cookbooks, endorsements and appearances.  “I intentionally did it,” Deen admitted to NBC’s Al Roker of hiding the news from fans. “I said, ‘I’m gonna keep this close to my chest for the time being’ because I had to figure out things in my own head.” We’ve been lied to. You mean, butter balls aren’t as good for you as they are tasty?
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Paula Deen hid her type 2 diabetes diagnosis from the Food Network for 3 years — and made $30 million for her fattening fare in the interim. 

While keeping the Food Network and her fans in the dark about her diabetes, Deen continued delivering episodes on deep-fried butter balls and other artery-clogging fare as she raked in an estimated $10 million per year via her TV show, cookbooks, endorsements and appearances.

 “I intentionally did it,” Deen admitted to NBC’s Al Roker of hiding the news from fans. “I said, ‘I’m gonna keep this close to my chest for the time being’ because I had to figure out things in my own head.”

We’ve been lied to. You mean, butter balls aren’t as good for you as they are tasty?

scipsy: Seed samples from the ex situ Phaseoleae collection held at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium and chiefly centered on the conservation of wild forms of Phaseolusand Vigna (via Botanical Society of America)
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Seed samples from the ex situ Phaseoleae collection held at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium and chiefly centered on the conservation of wild forms of Phaseolusand Vigna (via Botanical Society of America)

fuckyeahpublicspace: The Roving Garden Project by Cindy Short. from her site: “The Roving Garden Project represents the failures and possibilities of a project I began this year. Initially, it was a small community raised garden box to benefit the Labor Exchange in Malibu, California, which is a non-profit serving the local homeless and day laborers. Shortly after its completion, the garden box had to be taken apart due to a complaint by someone opposed to the project, and my failure to acquire use permits for the site. What resulted was the transplanted potted garden photographed here. The Roving Garden Project challenges the habitual perception of a fixed location and community by prioritizing a symbol for something that is mutable and dynamic. The traveling form the garden has taken can act as a site for meaning to be continually reworked. Place can be created on the move.”
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The Roving Garden Project by Cindy Short. from her site:

“The Roving Garden Project represents the failures and possibilities of a project I began this year. Initially, it was a small community raised garden box to benefit the Labor Exchange in Malibu, California, which is a non-profit serving the local homeless and day laborers. Shortly after its completion, the garden box had to be taken apart due to a complaint by someone opposed to the project, and my failure to acquire use permits for the site. What resulted was the transplanted potted garden photographed here.

The Roving Garden Project challenges the habitual perception of a fixed location and community by prioritizing a symbol for something that is mutable and dynamic. The traveling form the garden has taken can act as a site for meaning to be continually reworked. Place can be created on the move.”

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Daily Dish | 100 Foods to Eat Before You Die

The initial prediction says that of the 100 foods on this list, most people would have only tried about 20 (or less) of them. I am a true lover of food and after crossing off the one’s I have tried - I don’t think I did too bad! Now where can I find Zucchini flowers?…

  1. Abalone
  2. Absinthe
  3. Alligator 
  4. Baba Ghanoush
  5. Bagel & Lox
  6. Baklava
  7. BBQ Ribs
  8. Bellini
  9. Birds Nest Soup
  10. Biscuits & Gravy
  11. Black Pudding
  12. Black Truffle
  13. Borscht
  14. Calamari
  15. Carp
  16. Caviar
  17. Cheese Fondue
  18. Chicken & Waffles
  19. Chicken Tikka Masala
  20. Chile Relleno
  21. Chitlins
  22. Churros
  23. Clam Chowder 
  24. Cognac
  25. Crab Cakes
  26. Crickets 
  27. Currywurst
  28. Dandelion Wine
  29. Dulce De Leche
  30. Durian
  31. Eel
  32. Eggs Benedict
  33. Fish Tacos
  34. Foie Gras
  35. Fresh Spring Rolls
  36. Fried Catfish
  37. Fried Green Tomatoes 
  38. Fried Plantain
  39. Frito Pie
  40. Frogs’ Legs
  41. Fugu
  42. Funnel Cake
  43. Gazpacho
  44. Goat
  45. Goat’s Milk
  46. Goulash
  47. Gumbo
  48. Haggis
  49. Head Cheese
  50. Heirloom Tomatoes
  51. Honeycomb
  52. Hostess Fruit Pie 
  53. Huevos Rancheros
  54. Jerk Chicken
  55. Kangaroo
  56. Key Lime Pie
  57. Kobe Beef
  58. Lassi
  59. Lobster
  60. Mimosa 
  61. Moon Pie
  62. Morel Mushrooms
  63. Nettle Tea
  64. Octopus
  65. Oxtail Soup
  66. Paella
  67. Paneer
  68. Pastrami on Rye
  69. Pavlova
  70. Phaal
  71. Philly Cheese Steak
  72. Pho
  73. Pineapple & Cottage Cheese
  74. Pistachio Ice Cream
  75. Po’ Boy
  76. Pocky
  77. Polenta
  78. Prickly Pear
  79. Rabbit Stew
  80. Raw Oysters
  81. Root Beer Float
  82. S’mores
  83. Sauerkraut
  84. Sea Urchin
  85. Shark
  86. Snail
  87. Snake
  88. Soft Shell Crab
  89. Som Tam
  90. Spaetzle 
  91. Spam
  92. Squirrel
  93. Steak Tartare
  94. Sweet Potato Fries
  95. Sweetbreads
  96. Tom Yum
  97. Umeboshi
  98. Venison
  99. Wasabi Peas
  100. Zucchini Flowers
Brain Food of the Day: “What have you got in your head?” by Sara Asnaghi: Human brains sculpted from various foods, including chili, hemp seeds, sprinkles, bird food, and bread crumbs. [cakehead.]
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Brain Food of the Day: “What have you got in your head?” by Sara Asnaghi: Human brains sculpted from various foods, including chili, hemp seeds, sprinkles, bird food, and bread crumbs.

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SINGULAR BEAUTY This is an amazing Kickstarter photo project by NEWSWEEK photo editor Cara Phillips — featuring haunting color portraits of the insides of plastic surgery offices, shot using the original lighting setup in each surgery room. Cara was a child model; ultimately, she turned her lens on the beauty industry in an effort to question the role beauty plays in our culture. See her Kickstarter page for Singular Beauty — and donate even the smallest bit ($1) if you can. 
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SINGULAR BEAUTY

This is an amazing Kickstarter photo project by NEWSWEEK photo editor Cara Phillips — featuring haunting color portraits of the insides of plastic surgery offices, shot using the original lighting setup in each surgery room. Cara was a child model; ultimately, she turned her lens on the beauty industry in an effort to question the role beauty plays in our culture. See her Kickstarter page for Singular Beauty — and donate even the smallest bit ($1) if you can. 

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unconsumption: This Insane Kitchen Of The Future Powers Itself With Leftovers It’s called the Microbial Home. Created as part of Philips’ Design Probes program to “explore far-future lifestyle scenarios,” it is a vision for a collection of household appliances and fixtures that all work together in an “integrated cyclical ecosystem.” The Microbial Home takes kitchen composting to its extreme, with a closed-loop system in which the waste products from one process are used as energy inputs for another. The central hub is a “bio-digester island” which has a cutting surface, a gas range, and a bio-digester. Bacteria in the bio-digester feed on organic waste such as vegetable trimmings to produce a methane gas that powers the range and the lights and heats water. Dehydrated sludge from the digester can be used as compost. Models of these concepts were shown at Piet Hein Eek gallery [mentioned previously on Unconsumption here] in Eindhoven for October’s Dutch Design Week, but it’s unlikely that we’ll actually working elements of the Microbial Home in stores anytime soon. Philips’ Probes are exercises in speculative design, intended to spark conversation and spur innovation. The Microbial Home does serve as a nice illustration of one way we can make our homes more sustainable though. America wastes 27 percent of the food available for consumption and about half the energy we produce. A domestic bio-digester can only help. (via Co.Exist)
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This Insane Kitchen Of The Future Powers Itself With Leftovers

It’s called the Microbial Home. Created as part of Philips’ Design Probes program to “explore far-future lifestyle scenarios,” it is a vision for a collection of household appliances and fixtures that all work together in an “integrated cyclical ecosystem.”

The Microbial Home takes kitchen composting to its extreme, with a closed-loop system in which the waste products from one process are used as energy inputs for another. The central hub is a “bio-digester island” which has a cutting surface, a gas range, and a bio-digester. Bacteria in the bio-digester feed on organic waste such as vegetable trimmings to produce a methane gas that powers the range and the lights and heats water. Dehydrated sludge from the digester can be used as compost.

Models of these concepts were shown at Piet Hein Eek gallery [mentioned previously on Unconsumption here] in Eindhoven for October’s Dutch Design Week, but it’s unlikely that we’ll actually working elements of the Microbial Home in stores anytime soon. Philips’ Probes are exercises in speculative design, intended to spark conversation and spur innovation.

The Microbial Home does serve as a nice illustration of one way we can make our homes more sustainable though. America wastes 27 percent of the food available for consumption and about half the energy we produce. A domestic bio-digester can only help.

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politicaldirtylaundry: Genetically Modified Chicken
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Genetically Modified Chicken

crookedindifference: Haiti Doesn’t Need Your Yoga Mat great article, I wanted to point this out Every year, the NFL stockpiles tens of thousands of shirts from losing teams in warehouses. The merchandise is not allowed to be sold in the United States, so as part of a long-standing agreement with the evangelical Christian charity World Vision, the NFL donates these t-shirts for a tax exemption. Garth Frazer, an economics professor at the University of Toronto, has written in detail how donated clothing imports tend to cannibalize local production of goods. This is a really interesting article that is worth attention.
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Haiti Doesn’t Need Your Yoga Mat

great article, I wanted to point this out

Every year, the NFL stockpiles tens of thousands of shirts from losing teams in warehouses. The merchandise is not allowed to be sold in the United States, so as part of a long-standing agreement with the evangelical Christian charity World Vision, the NFL donates these t-shirts for a tax exemption. Garth Frazer, an economics professor at the University of Toronto, has written in detail how donated clothing imports tend to cannibalize local production of goods.

This is a really interesting article that is worth attention.

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Chinese farmer Hao Xianzhang has perfected the process of growing pears inside Buddha shaped plastic molds.  Why? Why not!
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Chinese farmer Hao Xianzhang has perfected the process of growing pears inside Buddha shaped plastic molds. 

Why? Why not!

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New from the fine folks @ UnderConsideration: Art of the Menu
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New from the fine folks @ UnderConsideration: Art of the Menu

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