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What's Going on with Eleven Madison Park is What's Going on with the Conversation about Meat In General

Am I supposed to be impressed that people looked past the vegan veneer in the fine-dining restaurant review sphere?

Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighJuly 4, 2022meat, foodforthought, food systems

On Sentimental Activism

about succumbing to a guilty pleasure of the (aging?) activist, that is comfortable, and deadly, and usually not doing a damn thing.

Food, Land, Food For ThoughtMeredith LeighJanuary 15, 2021activism, food, food systems Comments

On Fat

If you’ve watched a pig ambling through a field, and seen it stop, and snuff the earth, then you know what I am talking about. Stop, snuff about you, as if to thoroughly ask: What is the offering? How will the body take it on?

Food For Thought, Land, Charcuterie, Food, Meat, ButcheryMeredith LeighOctober 27, 2020#fat, #goodfat, #storedbounty, #ethicalmeat, #ethicalmeathandbook, #confit, #rillettes, #terrine, #lardo, #foodforthought Comment

Light a Good Fire

As I build fire and tend fire for smoked charcuterie, I've been musing on the building and tending of culture, which is, I feel, perhaps the greatest calling of our particular moment.

Food For Thought, Food, Charcuterie, MeatMeredith LeighOctober 6, 2020#ethicalmeat, #ethicalmeathandbook, #culture, #charcuterie, #smokedfoods, #smokingmeat, #smokedmeat, #onlinecourse, #realfood, #fire, #fall, #autumn Comment

Conversation: Dr. Tristan Reader on Indigenous Food Sovereignty

An intro to Indigenous Food Sovereignty, and how it can inform positive activism.

Land, Food For Thought, FoodMeredith LeighJune 26, 2020#conversations, #realfood, #agriculture, #culture, #activism, #justice, #foodjustice, #foodsystems, #foodforthought, #nativepeople, #indigenousfoodComment

Sausage as Muse

Food. Art. Resistance.

Charcuterie, Food, Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighJune 12, 2020#sausage, #sausagemaking, #salami, #salumi, #pâté, #realfood, #ethicalmeat, #charcuterie, #purecharcuterie, #purecure, #agriculture, #resistance Comment

Meat School Episode 4: The State of Local

Meat Supply & Farm to Table

This is a transcript from an IGTV broadcast. To watch the video, click here.

Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighMay 22, 2020#ethicalmeat, #meatschool, #covid19, #meatprocessing, #localmeat, #resilience, #communityfood, #farmers, #butchery, #agricultureComment

Meat School Episode 3: Humans as Part of Nature

Catastrophe is required.

Food For Thought, Land, MeatMeredith LeighMay 15, 2020#ethicalmeat, #nature, #sustainability, #business, #unlearning, #foodsystems, #foodactivism, #foodforthought, #food, #farmingComment

Meat School Episode 2: Buying Meat In Community

Taking back the meat supply.

Butchery, Food For Thought, Meat, FoodMeredith LeighMay 8, 2020#meat, #ethicalmeat, #communityfood, #community, #diy, #butchery, #agricultureComment