Food for Thought: January & February 2012

A collection of websites and links, Food for Thought offers an online smorgasboard of food, politics, art, ecology, and nearly anything else that qualifies as a meaningful or intriguing part of life.  No opinions, no conclusions, except those you draw yourself.
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ART as a Way of Life

• Dependance of Art on the "1%"
• Little Sketchers.com
• The Art of Science Field Notes
• Urban Sketchers

CULTURE & POLITICS

• Cultural/Political Implications of...Hummus
• Montana Supreme Court Decision - Rejects Citizens United decision
• Open Letter to My Congressional Representatives -a fruit.root.leaf. post
• Ponzi Planet: Danger Debt Poses the Western World
• Whither the Nonprofit Sector in the State of the Union Address?

ECOLOGY of Life

• Humanima - documentary program episode about Jerod's bison study in PANP (in French)
• The Official STUDENT Communication Network of The Wildlife Society
• 165 answers to "What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everyone's Cognitive Toolkit?"

FOOD.  Period.

• Farmers sue Monsanto
• Food Desert Locator - USDA map of rural and urban areas lacking access to basic foods
• Orion article about Terra Madre - a global gathering of small-scale food producers
• Pesticides on Produce: Dirty Dozen & Clean 15

WORD(s)

• A Perspective on Why Letter Writing Still Matters
• English Pronunciation - A nonsensical poem-test
• Google Privacy Tool - How to manage your Google accounts
• Small World of Words - word association study