Cotton is up and food stocks may suffer

NYTimes: Amber Waves to Ivory Bolls
This is a good piece on the cycle of chasing prices.

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Our daily bread

Today's bread is a light, airy whole wheat boule made with a biga and a soaker. The bread is meant to be a sandwich bread, which results from the honey and slight bit of oil in the dough.

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When organic is not organic

The temptation when there is a new lucrative market is to rush to that market. Organic food has boomed in recent years as affluent and not-so-affluent consumers have decided that the flavor, ethics, or support to small-scale farmers was worth the extra cost. Predictably, others such as Walmart and Target have gotten into the business. However, whenever profit is involved, there is incentive for some to cheat. Apparently the USDA has actually caught some organic certifiers in the act of, well, not certifying correctly. Read more about it at the Food Politics blog.