Pig Manure Reveals More Reason To Worry About Antibiotics - NPR The Salt

The Meat Industry Now Consumes Four-Fifths of All Antibiotics - Mother Jones

Horse Meat in Food Stirs Furor in Britain and Ireland - New York Times

Why Russia Is Saying ‘Nyet’ To U.S. Meat Imports - NPR The Salt

Time For the Livestock Industry to Move in the Right Direction on Antibiotic Use - Civil Eats 

Our current food system is far too industrialized, opaque and segregated to be sustainable. While there are many factors that contribute to this, from production to distribution, by being an informed consumer you take back some of the power that is held by a select few. (About four giant companies control 80% of the beef market.) Seek out alternatives that provide greater transparency and if possible are sourced directly from the farm.

Photo from Keith Haring, Brooklyn Museum, 2012

Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine are the team behind an online documentary series known as The Perennial Plate. In their adventures to seek out real food - and the people who grow, produce and prepare it - Daniel and Mirra give a voice to those who are often not heard from in our food system today.

Their storytelling is “dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating”. It is more though than just a series on food. It offers an alternative medium through which people can learn more about the condition of the current system and how people are working to change it.