Forget Cattle, Farmers. Raise Bugs

In an article in Wired magazine, Erin Biba writes about the issue of water shortage on Earth and proposes a solution: farm bugs rather than traditional livestock. "Farming insects generates one-tenth the methane that livestock produces for an equivalent amount of foodstuffs." The article is appropriately titled "Gross National Product" and makes some good points. Although Americans are repulsed by the thought of eating bugs, we actually already are since the government has set up guidelines for insect and rodent parts, feces, etc. in our processed foods.

Study: Junk food laws may help curb kids' obesity

In a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers attempted to determine if laws regarding junk food sales in schools were making an impact on student weight. According to a review in USA Today, "Children in the study gained less weight from fifth through eighth grades if they lived in states with strong, consistent laws versus no laws governing snacks available in schools. Also, children who were overweight or obese in fifth grade were more likely to reach a healthy weight by eighth grade if they lived in states with the strongest laws."

Burger King's Bacon Sunday: Decadent or Disgusting?

Photograph by Noel Barnhurst/Burger King/AP

Really? Bacon on a sundae? Who comes up with these food items? I guess ice cream and chocolate and caramel sauce are not fattening enough. Besides the issue of fat, what about the taste? Also, it is just wrong--mixing cow with pig.

The New Yorker's Rachel Arons writes about the sundae in her article "Why Does Fancy Food Make Us Mad?" She notes the current trend of fast food restaurants creating more upscale offerings and comments on their acceptance, but mostly lack of acceptance, by the public.