Posts Tagged as ‘iowa’

May 1, 2008

Food Politics: grassley Sucks

What does Iowa’s Republican senator do when confronted with the argument that using gas to grow corn in order to make more gas is contributing to the rise in food prices around the world? Well, to paraphrase, he says those selfish Chinese people should stick to eating rice and we’d all be fine.
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March 10, 2008

hello des moines!

i can’t help it. i feel an urge to move des moines, by sheer willpower, into a more veg-friendly place. you might be thinking, here we are in the middle of iowa, where bacon-eating contests are more likely events than anything vegetarian-friendly. but i’ve had some success and seen much [...]