Author Archives: sfritschner

Grass fed beef and global warming: a closer look

Posted on August 5, 2015 by sfritschner

A resounding “huzzah” was released like so much methane gas among vegans and vegetarians when the UN Food and Agriculture Organization released its report “Livestock’s Long Shadow” in 2006. The well-annotated study alerted us all to “the very substantial contribution of animal … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged eating meat, grass fed, grassfed, local beef, local food, local meat, vegan, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Changing the world, one meal at a time

Posted on July 1, 2015 by sfritschner

Who can make a positive difference in this time of global climate change, regional strife and unrepressed hatred? All but the most distracted of us certainly wonder whether we will leave the world a little better than before we arrived. … Continue reading →

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Eating well: it’s not as simple as it looks

Posted on March 21, 2015 by sfritschner

I was in high school when I read that vitamin A deficiency was the leading cause of preventable blindness in children worldwide, a deficiency that led to premature death from ridiculously preventable diseases in Africa, Asia, anywhere poverty and malnutrition had settled … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antibiotic free, eating local, feeding 9 billion, food cost, industrial farms, nutrition, organic | Leave a comment

Institutions and local: It’s pay to play

Posted on July 9, 2014 by sfritschner

Many people believe that getting local food into a city is a simple, straight line that starts in one place and goes by the most efficient route possible to the destination. A ————– Z, where A is the farm and … Continue reading →

Posted in Barriers to buying local | Tagged barriers to buying local food, farm food, farm to institution, large volume food buying, local food, local food system, value chain food | Leave a comment

We can’t afford local.

Posted on February 14, 2014 by sfritschner

Large aluminum kettles at a Louisville processing plant hold 2500 gallons of simmering beef, beans, tomatoes and spices, bubbling away to create a chili that’s destined for public schools all across Kentucky. Mike, the plant owner, will eventually put the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barriers to buying local | Tagged farm food, farm to table, food access, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids, Kentucky food, know your farmer, local food, school food | 7 Comments

Healthy vs. local

Posted on December 12, 2013 by sfritschner

Those of us who work on local food issues often seem like a homogeneous group. We all believe the current food system is broken, and we all put our faith in local food to fix it. But on closer inspection, … Continue reading →

Posted in Enlarging the local food system | Tagged antibiotic free, community, eating local, healthy food, Kentucky food, local beef production, local food, local food system, sustainable agriculture, sustainable eating | Leave a comment

“Local” vs “direct farm impact”

Posted on June 7, 2013 by sfritschner

To the consternation of many, the University of Kentucky will be releasing imminently a request for proposals for dining services. Citizen, student and faculty groups have organized against replacing the self-operated dining services with one of the big food service … Continue reading →

Posted in What does "local" mean | Tagged AASHE, contract dining, dining services, direct farm impact, farm food, farms, institutional food, Kentucky, local food, locally grown, Marksbury Farm, university, University of Kentucky, Weisenberger | Leave a comment

Successful sales: so many hurdles, so little time

Posted on May 21, 2013 by sfritschner

, Just yesterday, I received a request from a wholesale distributor, who was working with a foodservice contractor on proposal for a new account. The distributer, I’ll call him Mike, sent me this list, and asked what I could do … Continue reading →

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Feeding the world

Posted on March 25, 2013 by sfritschner

Today, on a personal Facebook page, I received a message forwarded from Food Democracy Now. “We regret to inform you, but late last week Congress succeeded in passing Section 735, aka the Monsanto Protection Act . . . Once again, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainable agriculture | Tagged biotech, feeding 9 billion, feeding the world, Food Democracy Now, forage, GMO, grass fed, industrial farms, livestock, Monsanto, school food, solar energy, sustainable agriculture | Leave a comment

What “local” means

Posted on March 2, 2013 by sfritschner

Mac Stone, chair of the National Organic Standards Board, spoke yesterday at the annual conference of the Organic Association of Kentucky, making a case for what “organic” means these days, that the consumer can trust the term even as it … Continue reading →

Posted in School food, What does "local" mean | Tagged antibiotic free, community, local beef production, local food, local food system, school food service, school lunch, sustainable agriculture | Leave a comment

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