The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
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Martens, Elizabeth, 427
Martens, Klaas, 25–37, 40, 46, 49, 52–53, 57–71, 88–90, 103, 112, 175–76, 178, 181, 201–2, 216, 233, 246, 247, 269, 323–34, 336–38, 342–44, 351, 358, 366, 380, 391, 401, 405–6, 410, 419, 422, 423, 425–31, 433, 437, 438
Lakeview Organic Grain, 326–27, 330–31, 333
livestock acquired by, 425–28
pesticides and, 25–26
Martens, Mary-Howell, 25–29, 39, 53, 62, 64, 175, 323–28, 330–33, 370, 405, 423, 425–27, 429
Lakeview Organic Grain, 326–27, 330–31, 333
Martens, Peter, 428, 438
Martin, Aaron, 324
Masumoto, Mas, 135, 137, 141, 337
Mazourek, Michael, 388, 389, 438–39
McGee, Harold, 373
meat, 14, 16, 74, 103, 150, 153, 234, 235
animal suffering and, 159–60
beef, see beef
cost of, 153
cuts of, 152–53, 54
excess, 152–53, 154
lamb, see lamb
pork, see pork
third plate and, 17–18
meat-centric meals, 11–12, 14, 17, 432, 443
mechanistic approach to science, 268–69
Medialdea, Miguel, 237–46, 249–50, 260–63, 265–70, 276–77, 282–89, 291, 292, 294, 296–98, 302, 307, 309, 312–14, 318, 392
Melero, Pepe, 288–90, 291, 293, 300, 319
Mennonites, 31–32, 45, 51, 59, 179, 326, 428, 432
menus, 12, 135
dégustation, 140
ingredient sourcing on, 276, 281, 411
for 2050, 432–46
Mexico, 156, 157, 362–63, 364, 369
Michelin Guide, 137
microbreweries, 418, 445
micronutrients, 96, 97, 403
migas, 431
Mikumi National Park, 243–44, 314
milk, 149n, 327, 332, 333, 336, 435, 436
growth hormones and, 324–25, 326
organic, 427–28
sheep’s, 173, 179
Millau, Christian, 139
millet, 437
minerals, 94–99
trace, 95–96
Mississippi River, 245, 264
Mitchell, Dale, 335–36
Mitchell, Janet, 336
Mitchell, Rod, 277–80, 286, 315, 318
Browne Trading Company, 277, 279
mollusks, 218n
Monesterio, 131, 162, 197
monkfish, 255, 256, 280
monocultures, 9, 20, 73–74, 93, 103, 214, 215, 216, 235, 364, 367, 369
in greenhouses, 82
wheat, 49, 342, 412, 423, 434
Monsanto, 324–25, 328, 385, 390, 395, 400, 408, 412
Roundup, 395–98
Montgomery, David, 72
Mooney, Patrick, 365, 396n
Morell, Sally Fallon, 266, 267
Morrill Land Grant Act, 386
Morton, Frank, 31
Mountain Magic tomatoes, 384–86, 388, 389, 391
Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center, 398–99
Much Depends on Dinner (Visser), 149n
Muir, John, 20, 177, 423
mullet, 286–87, 298, 306–8, 310–11, 313–14, 315, 316, 318–19
mussels, 216
mycorrhizae, 91, 92–93
Nathan, Joan, 115–16
nature, 268–70
edge effect in, 201, 235
growing, 19, 180–81
Native Americans, 1, 351
Hopi, 371
Iroquois, 6
Three Sisters planting strategy of, 6, 378, 446
“Native Grasses and What They Mean, The” (Berry), 48
New Hampshire, 405
New Organic Grower, The (Eliot), 30
Newsweek, 105, 119, 138
New York Cooking School, 16
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 325
Nieporent, Drew, 108
NIR, 416
nitrates, 70, 89
nitrogen, 6, 45, 63–66, 71–75, 92–93, 245–46, 264, 286–87, 352, 358, 369, 417, 437, 440
algae blooms and, 216, 245–46, 287
nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N-P-K), 72–73, 76
North Atlantic Seafood (Davidson), 306–7
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 219
nose-to-tail cooking, 229, 283, 304, 438
bone to blood, 439–42
Nouveau Guide Gault-Millau, Le (Gault and Millau), 139
nouvelle cuisine, 10, 137–41, 149, 254, 259, 306
nutrients:
micronutrients, 96, 97, 403
obesity and, 97
phytonutrients, 87, 88
separating out of diet, 98
oak trees, 166, 168, 178–79, 423, 440
acorns from, 104, 125, 128–29, 160–61, 164, 167–69, 172, 174, 176n, 177n, 179, 182, 183, 191, 298
cork from, 174, 177n
oats, 327, 367, 369–70
milky, 432–34
Obama, Michelle, 382
obesity, 9, 97–98
O’Blenness, Chris, 196–97
oceans, 209, 212, 216, 220, 222, 239–40, 264–65, 304
acidification of, 218n
carbon and, 218
edges of, 201, 235, 239–40
estuaries and, 264, 266
fishing industry and, see fishing industry
phytoplankton in, 217, 218
rivers and, 264–65
sea ethic and, 220, 265, 305
sunlight zone in, 264
Oland, Paula, 410
oleic acid, 169
olives, 88, 232
Omnivore’s Dilemma, The (Pollan), 11, 31
organic agriculture, 11, 18, 29, 30, 60, 65–66, 76, 266, 324–25, 331, 332, 358, 366, 368, 371, 426
in greenhouses, 82, 83
industrial (shallow), 93
late blight and, 383
milk and, 427–28
seeds in, 328
Orwell, George, 138
oxalates, 98–99
oxygen, 217
Padraic (livestock assistant), see MacLeish, Padraic
paella, 16
Palladin, Jean-Louis, 107–9, 115–18, 119, 140–41, 209, 227, 254, 277–80, 400, 444
Paris International Food Show (SIAL), 111
parsnips, 443–44
Pasternack, David, 277, 315
PBS, 329
peaches, 135, 136, 141, 337
peas, 71
Pée, Marie-Pierre, 111
Penn Yan, N. Y., 33, 69, 325, 326, 331, 332, 333
People, 149–50
Perdue, Arthur, 148
Perdue, Frank, 148–50, 152, 154
Perdue Farms, 148–50, 151, 156
Pesquerías Isla Mayor, 238
pesticides, 54, 93, 248n, 348
fungicides, 82–83, 87
Martens and, 25, 27
oceans and, 216
see also herbicides; insecticides
pests, 58, 60, 61, 68, 99n, 348, 358
management of, 53–55
Peterson, Roger Tory, 248n
Petrini, Carlo, 247
Philipsburg Manor, 445
phosphates, 70
phosphorus, 264, 286–87, 440
algae blooms and, 216, 287
N-P-K (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, 72–73, 76
photosynthesis, 217
phytonutrients, 87, 88
phytoplankton, 217, 218, 225–26, 229, 231, 240–41, 245, 247, 264, 278 305, 307, 315, 432, 442
bread, 224, 225
&nb
sp; pigs, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 161, 163, 167–74, 176n, 177, 179, 182, 298, 423, 439–42
pork from, see pork
slaughtering of, 160
pizza, 10–11
plankton, see phytoplankton
plant stress, 53–55
plows, plowing, 41, 44
Point, Fernand, 137
polenta, 2, 6, 7–8, 16, 18, 68, 136, 335, 351, 375–76
Pollan, Michael, 11, 31, 73–74, 93, 94, 214
pollination, 380
population, 368
hunger and, 365–66, 367, 369n
pork, 35, 150, 153, 154, 168–69, 298, 306, 327, 333, 441
cuts of, 179
ham, see jamón
Portland Fish Exchange, 253, 280
potassium, in N-P-K (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, 72–73, 76
potatoes, 103
late blight and, 382
pot-au-feu, 16
prairie, 41–45, 47–49, 51
prawns, 229, 230
protein-centric diet, 11–12, 14, 17, 432, 443
protein paradox, 153
Puck, Wolfgang, 10, 140
Pygmalion, 38
Rabalais, Nancy, 216
Rademacher, Bernard, 53, 57
rainforests, 218, 318
Real Ibérico, 164
Red Chief wheat, 401
Red May wheat, 344, 355
refractometers, 81, 93
Reichl, Ruth, 202–3, 206
Reisch, Bruce, 388
restaurants, 137, 305
expediter’s table (pass) in, 202
farm-to-table, 8, 9, 12
rhubarb, 98–99
rice, 34, 35, 265, 344, 345, 348, 352, 375–77, 446
Anson Mills and, 349–54
black, 444–45
Carolina Gold, 345, 348, 352, 353–54, 376–81
Carolina White, 353
interrelated crops and, 351, 352
miracle, 364
red, 346
rice kitchen, 345, 347–48, 352, 353
Riegleman, Bill, 4
Rimas, Andrew, 71
Ripert, Eric, 315
risotto, 437–38
Ritz, César, 137
rivers, 264
Roberts, Glenn, 1–2, 5, 343–55, 356–62, 364–70, 371–81, 388, 390, 392, 402–4, 408, 417, 444–47
Anson Mills, 343, 349–55, 356, 371, 373, 379
Roberts, Kay, 444
Roberts, Paul, 153
Rochester, N.Y., 39
Rockefeller, David, 12–13
Rockefeller, John D., 12–13
Rockefeller, Peggy, 13
Rockefeller Foundation, 362–63, 369n
Rodeo, 84–85
roller mills, 39–41, 44, 45
Rosen, Jonathan, 249, 265
Rostang, Michel, 124–25
Roszak, Theodore, 340
Roundup, 395–98
Ruscalleda, Carme, 272
Russia, 156
rye, 349–50, 352, 358, 437, 438
Safina, Carl, 209–12, 214, 220, 260–65, 271–75, 280, 282, 296–97, 300, 304, 305, 316
Sailhac, Alain, 252
Salatin, Joel, 31, 428
salmon, 218, 219
Copper River, 251–52, 257–58, 290
salts, in soil, 70
Samuels, Dave, 253–57
Sand County Almanac, A (Leopold), 177
Santiago (fisherman), 308–11, 319
Sant Pau, 271–72
sardines, 219
sauces, 139, 227, 444
sausages:
blood, 441–42
fish, 305–6, 307, 311, 315, 316
Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Farming (Avery), 329
scallops, 278–79
Scheckter, Jody, 30, 427
Schiek, Ron, 324
science, mechanistic approach to, 268–69
sea, see oceans
sea bass, 236–37, 241, 242–43, 255, 276–77, 285–86, 306, 307, 313, 314, 315, 318
sea bream, 231–32
“Sea Change” (Bates), 211
sea ethic, 220, 265, 305
seafood, see fish, seafood
sea urchin, 255
seeds, 347, 361, 379, 387, 388
dwarf, and fertilizers, 365
hybridized, 360
organic, 328
paying breeders for, 396
saving of, 358, 359–60, 397, 398
wheat, 360–61, 397, 398
Seeds, Sex & Civilization (Thompson), 34
seedsmen, 328, 331
Seneca Lake, 63, 216, 323
sesame, 352, 372
Shakespeare, William, 19
Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity (Fowler and Mooney), 365
Shaw, George Bernard, 412
sheep, 112, 113, 143–44, 166, 172–73, 177, 179, 423
Merino, 173
wool from, 166, 167
see also lamb
sheep’s milk, 179
cheeses, 173, 179
shellfish, 229, 230, 315
Shiva, Vandana, 365, 367
shrimp, 216, 229–30, 241, 242, 245, 297n, 308
Silent Spring (Carson), 209, 239, 248n
Silverton, Nancy, 341, 411, 419
Simon, Dominique, 258–59
Skagit Valley, 392–93, 394, 399–400, 404, 430
skate, 219, 254–55, 280
slavery, 347–48, 376
Slow Food, 247
small farms, 103, 107, 329, 330, 410
small towns, 325–26
Smith, Bud, 82–83
Smith, Margaret, 388
Smith-Lever Act, 386
soil, 43–44, 53, 57, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68–77, 90–92, 98, 263, 327, 426, 427
clover and, 63, 71
compost and, 85, 88, 89
Dust Bowl and, 46–48, 50, 363
fertility of, 44, 61, 64, 70–73, 76–77, 85, 94–95, 327, 328, 330, 333, 351, 431, 433, 439–40
fertilizers and, 58
flavor and, 85–90
humus in, 70, 76
manure and, 64, 70, 71–72, 79, 427, 439–40
minerals in, 94–99
nitrogen and, 45, 63–66, 71–75, 352, 440
organisms in, 69–70, 86, 88–92, 94, 263, 264, 338, 342, 366, 422, 427
root systems in, 90–92
sandy, 93
in South, crisis in, 346, 347–48, 352
tests of, 64–65
weeds as clue to health of, 57–59, 65, 246, 247
Soil Conservation Act, 47
sonar, 214, 274
Song for the Blue Ocean (Safina), 209–10, 211–12, 260, 297, 300
Sousa, Eduardo, 105, 111, 119–34, 141, 145–46, 158–65, 167–72, 174, 180–84, 187–98, 221, 233, 236, 243–45, 249, 251, 269, 273, 284, 291, 302, 305, 310, 319, 330, 392, 423, 433, 441
South, 369n
agriculture in, 346–48
cuisine of, 344–48, 373, 375
slavery in, 347–48, 376
soil crisis in, 346, 347–48, 352
soybeans, 66, 67, 88, 103, 324, 328, 367, 372, 395, 437
Spago, 10
Spain, 134
Cádiz, 274, 275, 283, 293
dehesa in, 104–5, 124, 125–26, 128, 163–68, 170, 172–77, 180–82, 193, 196, 211, 233, 262, 269, 284, 330, 332, 423, 428, 430, 440, 441
Extremadura region of, 104–5, 120–21, 142, 165–66, 179, 194, 195, 431, 440
Ibérico, see Ibérico
tierra concept in,
163, 167, 173, 177–78, 211
wool industry in, 166, 167
spelt, 57, 62–64, 66, 90, 333, 334
Spence, Ted, 29
spinach, 98–99
sports, 361, 402
squash, 389, 438–39
Three Sisters planting strategy, 6, 378, 446
squid, 257, 317
Steele, Cecile, 147, 148
Steinbronn, Adolph, 380
Steiner, Rudolf, 75, 83–84, 265–70, 302, 309
Steingarten, Jeffrey, 208, 341
Stoll, Steven, 48–49
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, 1, 2, 6, 13–14, 30, 78–79, 83–85, 96, 103–4, 112, 123, 145, 147, 168–69, 173, 263, 268, 284, 316–17, 327, 330, 377, 378, 431
Adam Kaye at, 441
Blue Hill at, see Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Chris O’Blenness at, 196–97
Craig Haney at, 13, 14, 113, 115, 116, 142–45, 148, 150, 160, 168–69, 183–85, 190, 191, 194–96, 198, 204, 207, 327, 438, 440–41, 443
Eight Row Flint corn and, 1–2, 5–8, 18, 361, 377–79
geese at, 183–91, 194–98
greenhouse at, 13, 81, 84, 85, 88, 263, 317, 337, 445
Jack Algiere at, 2–3, 5–8, 79–94, 98, 104, 182, 207, 262–63, 317, 338, 361, 377, 378, 383–85, 387, 422, 434–35, 438, 439, 442, 443–47
Jill Isenbarger at, 440
Padraic MacLeish at, 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 123, 184, 185, 190, 191
Shannon Algiere at, 83
stone mills, 39–41
Strauss, Ann, 3–5, 55, 56, 112, 435
Striffler, Steve, 148
sugar, 339
sugar content (Brix), 81, 85, 92, 93
sulfur, 65, 66
Sullivan Street Bakery, 339, 411
sushi, 204, 209–10, 211, 255–56
sustainability, 12, 17, 21, 30, 95, 175–76, 182, 208, 212, 329, 330, 332, 429–30, 440
farm-to-table and, see farm-to-table
nose-to-tail cooking, see nose-to-tail cooking
seafood, 210–11, 282
and surface level of agriculture, 19
whole farm cooking and, 431–32, 438
sweet potatoes, 352
swordfish, 219, 280–81
Syngenta, 390
Table des Cordeliers, La, 107
Tarifa, 300–301
Tassajara Bread Book, The (Brown), 341
Telepan, Bill, 256
Texas Rice Improvement Association, 353
Third Plate, 17–18, 21, 22, 182, 305, 333, 432, 447
Thompson, Peter, 34
Thoreau, Henry David, 249
Three Sisters planting strategy, 6, 378, 446
tierra, 163, 167, 173, 177–78, 211
Time, 119
tomatoes, 15, 103, 124, 382, 403, 422
Flavr Savr, 385
genetically modified, 385–86
late blight and, 382–85, 386–87
Mountain Magic, 384–86, 388, 389, 391
tonaso, 226–27