Comments for Thoughts On the Table http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com A Blog on Soil, Food, and Merry Collaboration Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Op-Ed: The Marathon for Health by Deborah Barnett, PhD http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/oped-the-marathon-for-health/#comment-360 Deborah Barnett, PhD Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:49:44 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=694#comment-360 Getting the hospitals on board by having them serve healthy food makes so much sense! I have been pleased to see that that the "slow food" movement has been spreading, especially in independently owned restaurants. Healthy change is possible! Getting the hospitals on board by having them serve healthy food makes so much sense! I have been pleased to see that that the “slow food” movement has been spreading, especially in independently owned restaurants. Healthy change is possible!

]]> Comment on The Only Grease by wayne http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-only-grease/#comment-357 wayne Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:05:24 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-357 Beautiful blog Annie. Slick, subtle style you've got going on. It made me think, so. . . .this is what a real blog looks like! Now, how about that Eliot Coleman trip? Beautiful blog Annie. Slick, subtle style you’ve got going on. It made me think, so. . . .this is what a real blog looks like! Now, how about that Eliot Coleman trip?

]]> Comment on The Only Grease by Stool http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/the-only-grease/#comment-354 Stool Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:23:46 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=784#comment-354 Like the photos. Like the photos.

]]> Comment on The Making of a Middlewoman by Andrew http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/the-making-of-a-middlewoman/#comment-340 Andrew Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:05:35 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-340 I'm excited! Nice photos Annie. I’m excited! Nice photos Annie.

]]> Comment on Vitalizing the Vacant by Annie Myers http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/vitalizing-the-vacant/#comment-253 Annie Myers Tue, 05 May 2009 20:50:45 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-253 Kristin, Thank you! The link works for me...do you think it might just be your computer? Anyway, of course I'll email it to you in a second. I'd love to see your report when you finish! Cheers-Annie Kristin, Thank you! The link works for me…do you think it might just be your computer? Anyway, of course I’ll email it to you in a second. I’d love to see your report when you finish! Cheers-Annie

]]> Comment on New Amsterdam by caterers Boston http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/new-amsterdam-market/#comment-251 caterers Boston Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:33 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?page_id=335#comment-251 Enjoying reading your blog. Hard work always pays off. Enjoying reading your blog. Hard work always pays off.

]]> Comment on MEX by taylor http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/mex/#comment-241 taylor Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:41:18 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?page_id=614#comment-241 these are really cool shots and I think the layout is awesome I will be putting this on the green spaces website with a link to your blog! these are really cool shots and I think the layout is awesome I will be putting this on the green spaces website with a link to your blog!

]]> Comment on Op-Ed: The Marathon for Health by Tracy http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/oped-the-marathon-for-health/#comment-238 Tracy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:13:55 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=694#comment-238 I think we agree much more than we disagree here, Annie. Good food for all is central to health at every size. As long as manufacturers can profit by cheap, highly processed, junky food (and low-fat, low-sugar, low-sodium and other health-aura versions of the same stuff, marketed as the solution to any and all possible diet-related health problems), we'll have plenty of work to do towards food justice. I think we agree much more than we disagree here, Annie. Good food for all is central to health at every size. As long as manufacturers can profit by cheap, highly processed, junky food (and low-fat, low-sugar, low-sodium and other health-aura versions of the same stuff, marketed as the solution to any and all possible diet-related health problems), we’ll have plenty of work to do towards food justice.

]]> Comment on Op-Ed: The Marathon for Health by Annie Myers http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/oped-the-marathon-for-health/#comment-236 Annie Myers Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:30:37 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=694#comment-236 Tracy, Thank you for your comment! I have to say, I disagree with you about where obesity fits into this picture. I think it is central. It's not about waistlines, body sizes, or body shapes...it's about a whole lot of people who are or will be really sick for their whole lives because they don't have access to healthy food. It has nothing to do with them not dieting - it has to do with a system that does not value their health, but only their ability to consume. This isn't to say that Americans have a remotely healthy idea of what is beautiful in a body, but obesity is a problem for many people who are trying to get healthy, not skinny. Thanks for reading *) Annie Tracy,
Thank you for your comment! I have to say, I disagree with you about where obesity fits into this picture. I think it is central. It’s not about waistlines, body sizes, or body shapes…it’s about a whole lot of people who are or will be really sick for their whole lives because they don’t have access to healthy food. It has nothing to do with them not dieting – it has to do with a system that does not value their health, but only their ability to consume. This isn’t to say that Americans have a remotely healthy idea of what is beautiful in a body, but obesity is a problem for many people who are trying to get healthy, not skinny.

Thanks for reading *)
Annie

]]> Comment on Op-Ed: The Marathon for Health by Tracy http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/oped-the-marathon-for-health/#comment-235 Tracy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:06:18 +0000 http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/?p=694#comment-235 You changed the title of this piece while I was in the middle of writing a comment, and I thank you. I wish everyone who talks about food and public health would leave obesity out of the discussion --- and the changed title version of this essay almost does, except for the conclusion, so thank you for that as well. Good food is good for everybody, regardless of body size or shape, and stigmatizing fat does no one any favors, except the diet industry, which profits from toxic food environments (can you tell I just turned in a paper about weight loss dieting?) Industrial (monocropped, factory-raised, processed, etc.) food is terrible for everybody, no matter what we weigh. The less we fixate on our waistlines, the more energy and resources we can focus on creating a future where everyone eats good, clean, fair, healthy food. You changed the title of this piece while I was in the middle of writing a comment, and I thank you. I wish everyone who talks about food and public health would leave obesity out of the discussion — and the changed title version of this essay almost does, except for the conclusion, so thank you for that as well. Good food is good for everybody, regardless of body size or shape, and stigmatizing fat does no one any favors, except the diet industry, which profits from toxic food environments (can you tell I just turned in a paper about weight loss dieting?) Industrial (monocropped, factory-raised, processed, etc.) food is terrible for everybody, no matter what we weigh. The less we fixate on our waistlines, the more energy and resources we can focus on creating a future where everyone eats good, clean, fair, healthy food.

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