Clark Wolf is the host and organizer. The panel—on food and politics—includes me, talking about my memoir, Slow Cooked, An Unexpected Life in Food Politics; Chloe Sorvino, author of Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat; Alex Prud’homme, author of Dinner With The President: Food, Politics and the History of Breaking Bread at the White House; and Tanya Holland, author of Tanya Holland’s California Soul. Free, but register here. It starts at 5:00 p.m. and lasts one hour.
by Marion Nestle
Jan
30
2009
Food scoring-and-ranking systems: thoughts
Food Production Daily, a food industry website from the U.K., has some interesting things to say about food scoring and ranking systems, and especially about how their proliferation is so confusing to the public. There are so many now, that nobody can keep them straight. My sentiments exactly.
July 24 update: Fortunately, the website, fooducate.com, keeps track of them. This is a great place to get started!