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Farm Transparency v. Farm Secrecy

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: April 11, 2013

A foie gras farmer feeding her ducks. Photo by Michael Ruhlman.

A foie gras farmer feeding her ducks during the brief period of gavage. The ducks at the bottom of the photo showed no signs of illness or discomfort (they were quite merry, actually, if that's possible). Photo by Michael Ruhlman.

Last summer, on assignment for Condé Nast Traveler, I visited a farm that raises ducks for foie gras, driven there along harrowing roads in southwestern France by Kate Hill. I'd never seen the practice, vilified in America, of force-feeding ducks and, being in the land of foie gras and confit de canard, I had to see for myself. The farm, Souleilles, run by Yves and Geneviève Boissière, is wide, wide open in the town of Frespech. The husband and wife were warm and welcoming and ...

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Vote! (a question to readers
& a free signed Ruhlman’s 20)

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: November 5, 2012

Bipartisan sautéed scallops? Photo illustration by Donna Turner Ruhlman.

Last election, I put up a big "Vote Obama" post in light of what I considered to be eight disastrous years of Bush, unnecessary war, and an economy that was going to take well more than four years to fix. I was at first surprised by some of the angry comments I got. A reader named Art wrote, "You’re a consommate [sic] chef. Leave it at that. Keep your friggin’ political opinions to yourself," followed two minutes later by Joe: "Because you can cook, you can tell me for whom I’m to cast my vote? I don’t think so. Keep it in the kitchen—not the voting booth." My response was more or less, "This site is my fucking yard and I can put up whatever sign I want." ...

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One Million Wasted Fish

By Emilia | Published: November 22, 2010

It has been reported that North Sea fishermen are throwing away nearly half their catch, dead.  Wasted food, decreasing numbers of fish, and political intervention, via Independent UK.

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