For your extended attention span:
•Now that childhood obesity is in the national spotlight, more and more people are discussing the fact that USDA guidelines fail to incorporate economic status as a factor. Last week, the organization announced that "local-zoning" would begin to be taken into account when creating policy. This means good news for children, since these guidelines heavily influence school lunches and federal funding. [Salon]
•A few weeks ago, we reported on the possibility of genetically altered salmon making its way into the marketplace. Now, advocates in favor of organic production are speaking out against the potential "frankenfish." While products like corn and soybeans are already engineered to grow larger than their normal size, people are calling for such goods to be labeled as such, arguing that the general public is unaware the food is anything but natural. [Huffington Post]
•And finally, Top Chef judge and chef Tom Colicchio spoke with CNN about his ongoing crusade to improve school lunches. Colicchio traveled to Washington DC to speak in front of a House committee on the subject. Was he nervous? "I was nervous because you sit there and you realize...they say there are two things you never want to see made - sausage and law. And I know how to make sausage, so now I'm just making law." [Eatocracy/CNN]
