Okay, so I’ve now placed myself on the Bascule and secured my own neck with the Lunette for you—I’m ready for the slice of your guillotine. Before you pull the blade’s release handle, though, grant an already-condemned writer, guilty of apostasy against the Church of Organic, the reassurance that you will at least ask and consider why it is you buy and defend organic food from … [Read more...]
Bridging The Grocery Gap
When Utahns Against Hunger talks about “food insecurity,” they’re not referring to people being anxious in relation to certain foods. Tens of thousands of Utah households are in a state of food insecurity, defined by the USDA as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Federal programs such as the Supplemental … [Read more...]
How to Open a Farm-to-Table Restaurant Among Suburban Chainstores
When Ken Rose started Tiburon in Sandy, he planned to eventually put blacktop over the top of a gravel parking lot. He then learned that Sandy City would “allow” him to blacktop his parking lot, but only if he also invested over $200,000 in a sidewalk, curb and gutter, street lamps, and an incredibly expensive storm drain system. “They wanted the property to be set for a … [Read more...]
New Red Stickers Warn of Opioid Use Dangers
Check out this article from CBS News that talks about a new campaign initiative targeting opioid addiction in Utah. A long-overdue, although temporary, safety measure went into place May 1st throughout Utah in hopes of curbing the opioid epidemic that has plagued the United States for decades. The Utah Health Department, the Utah Pharmacy Association and the Utah Department of … [Read more...]
Red Air Update
In our February issue, Utah Stories featured a cover story about the problems related to Utah’s Red Air, its causes, and its negative health and economic effects: Inversion Alert! Never Trust Air You Can See—Update on Utah’s Red Air. One of the few positives mentioned in the story was that the state of Utah would be the recipient of court-ordered fraud-related penalties … [Read more...]
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