fast food nation is no. 1 homework piece. michael pollen's books bring us into the big picture around food. of course my own books. but we have to really think about what we are eating everyday. really pay attention to this. and thank goodness we have farmer's markets within 15, 20 minutes. >> i live in san francisco. >> i love organization like the people's groceries, taking food that is left from the farmer's market and taking it down to the poor sections of town and offering it. we need a big wholesale farmer's market in san francisco. >> we need to be able to have a place that gathers food that we can distribute it to the schools and hospitals and institutions around san francisco. so i think that funded by the city. it has to be affordable. >> you didn't hear my budget speech today. [laughter]. if people want to contact you and support the foundation? >> that is how they can, they can look up the website. and send their very big checks. we are trying to make the models, paying teachers to breathe life into this idea. that

why should we show up at slow food nation? food demonstrations? farmers. >> victory garden. well,>> what is this conference to you? what are you expectinging to get out of it? >> who is presenting? how many people are going to participate? why is it so important that everyone here and everyone watching at home participate in this? >> it is important that we see who is here, who is in this country? who believes in this set of values that we are talking about and we are empowered by that. it was something amazing going to italy, to the event they call taramadre. they have 5,000 farmers from 131 countries come. everybody looked at each other, they said oh, we all understand this. we are all here because we care about the land. it lifted us all up. this country is so huge. there are little pockets of people doing amazing things across this country. we want to bring them together to meet each other. what better meeting place than san francisco? because we have the beginnings. we have been working with farmers for a long time. it is not just people who care about food and farming,

so when you are out there, eating in fast food nation, and you are kind of, you know, eating in your car, quickly grabbing something, you are digesting, the sort of advertisement, the message from the person making that food. they are telling you, basically, that food should be the same no matter where you are. and that hamburgers and hot dogs are actually good for you. and they are telling you advertising can first value. there is always more where that came from. don't worry, resources are infinite. they are telling you food should be available 24 hours a day and eating with your family and friends is not important. that food should be fast, cheap, and easy. >> right. >> so i just understood a whole different set of values by eating differently. >> what are those values? >> food is precious. that um --, it is important to restore the land because that is where our food comes from. farmers are precious. and that um, nourishing ourselves and others is an activity that is unlike anything else. and that there is um, something really important to offering food to people that don't have i

united nations food organization does not see a crisis like it sought three years ago. but it does once you reduce turbulence in the global food commodity market. this man told me why the russian problem cast a low shot up. >> they have planted a lot less than they should have done. these are short-term factors, which will cause a spike in prices for 12 months or maybe longer. but we can confidently expect, i would say, prices will come down again when we get a pattern of high yield and less climate shocks in the future. >> so, the intergovernmental committee in rome may call for greater transparency in serial transactions. -- cereal transactions. others feel such moves are misguided. >> we saw the same thing happening in oil not long ago. it was the same exact thing. and union, speculators got burned. you can speculate, but you are playing a risky game. i do not think they will end up, eventually that cycle will end. >> today, food demand rises relentlessly. policymakers are trying to curb speculation and may end up reintroducing market controls. nigel cassidy, bbc new

they peaked at a touchy time for this food safety on the heels of a recall of millions of eggs that raised serious questions about the nation'sd supply and whether the fda has enough adequate resources to police what we each. >> now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> let's look at the al man knack knack -- almanac. we will be well above normal. the heat way in 1931 still in the books at 99 degrees. 6:04 sun up, and down at 7:04. this morning, we have a transition that is not quite adds chilly this morning -- as chilly this morning. we are going to be pumping in summer heat. we are going to be extending this from the south and the west. we have some strong storms that will be erupting nearby and try to move in to our direction. check yesterday's high? normal at 97. there's a widespread heat that is building north and east, and it is going to be heading in our direction. we are holding at a nice start at 67 degrees and we have a near full moon out there. we will be getting a taste of the warm temperatures heading through today, tomorrow, and friday. and we have t

food anymore. a lot of it comes in from all over the world. >> this nation is going downhill. if you want to exceed to an existing -- rather than try to correct it. >> make it an independent agency. don't put it over there. >> tackling the 41% of american food that gets wasted. those are official figures. >> we have enough. >> you had over 1400 people get sick because of the salmonella here. there was a breakdown between the agriculture department and the fda. the agriculture department was there at this site and they were there to grade the eggs, slapping grade a on all these eggs. the fda was supposed to come in and monitor what was going on. the agriculture department kept issuing reports to the fda saying dead bugs on the floor, standing rainwater, and the fda didn't do their job. >> let me give to this martin. do you think that congress would be opposed to taking food out of the fda because congress likes its committee ships and subcommitteeships? you follow me? >> i do indeed. congress also likes the campaign donations that they can get. >> correct. >> also i think that t

in rome, where the united nations is holding an extraordinary summit after weeks of spiralling food prices. the origins of that spike lie in russia. after drought and wild fires, the russians proposed a ban in exports. now, a two-year high. it has prompted fears of hunger and unrest in some of the world's poorest countries. is there really a shortage, or are profiteers manipulating the market? >> first, there were those parched russian wheat fields. then, a climate emergencies elsewhere. some say this was due to hedge funds. either way, crop specialists tell us the yield swings are here to stay. >> the good news is that a global harvest has been pretty good this year. the united nations food and agricultural organization says it does not see a repetition of the food crisis of three years ago, but it does want collective action to try to reduce turbulence in global food commodity markets. >> he told me why the russian job will cast a long shadow. >> russia harvested a lot less than expected to in 2010. it has now planted a lot less for the 2011 harvest. these are short-term factors, which w

disturb the volatility on the global grain market united nations food and agriculture organization is holding an extraordinary meeting on prices next week. do you think russia's in bargo could trigger a food crisis and underdeveloped countries ones that depend on grain imports do you think the situation in those countries could get out of control again would they blame russia for it. but they know this won't happen in the world has enough resources to compensate for russia's absence on the world market. world's weak stock east march larger now than three years ago when the world indeed faced the problem of food supply. at that time crisis including international ones worth one point five times higher than to d c would. the government imposed the grain export embargo in order to protect consumers from a drastic pries growth within the country how did this decision affect grain producers they must have lost money because of it i mean they would have benefited from higher prices right. yes of course you're right producers in our southern regions get a rather good harvest in spider. extre

i am with a new national organization, the food rights network. i am here with my colleague. we are a national non-profit, non-partisan research and advocacy organization, and we are opposed to drawing any food and toxic sewage sludge, which is called, by the sewage sludge industry, by a solid and organic compost -- biosolids an organic compost. attached to the statement i meeting is a packet of information regarding our ongoing of instigation of the so-called organic/biosolids compost program, started by the puc staff with the sinegro corporation act in 2007. we have released publicly and nationally the results of new independent scientific testing by dr. robert c. hale for the food rights network. it was found that the sludge product, that the puc has given away free to bay area home and school gardens is contaminated with flame retardants. our attached news release, which you all have or will have quotes dr. michael hansen of consumers union, whose organization is one of the many calling upon san francisco to uphold the precautionary principles and permanently halt these sl

there were fears that it could lead to rising food costs in africa's most populous nation. >> floodedelds in northern nigeria. the water is -- has forced more than 2 million people to flee from their homes. it began when the floodgates of two dams were opened. the authorities there deny this, saying that the heavy rainfall was to blame. the water is released to irrigate normally. this year, they drowned them. this woman has eight children purified had left the school when the flood waters struck. -- this woman has eight children. five of her children had left the school when the floodwaters struck. >> the water came suddenly when i was fixing breakfast in the morning. iran and took the kids from the house -- i ran and took the kids from the house. >> the waters cover 55 square kilometers of farmland. people are using whatever methods they can to move across the flooded land. some managed to limit the damage by using sandbags. >> it was a little area. it is sad. all of these houses -- it really contributed aloft. -- a lot. >> this is one of the breadbaskets of the country, providing fo

. >> reporter: in a nation obsessed with fast food, the burger battle is big business and there is a new player in southern california. giving in and outburgary run for its money. it is called five friesburgers and fries. it is the best fast food burger in the nation according to a new survey by consumer report. >> we were very flattered with five guys to be tied with in and out. we consider them a california icon. >> reporter: consumer reports.org asked nearly 30,000 online subscribers to rate them on 18 national chains. in and out and five guys tied for best burger with high scores of 7.9. mcdonald's scored the lowest. burger king and jack in the box were near the bottom of the list. our effort to reach mcdonald's and burger king were unsuccessful. we asked the top chef famous for his kobe beef burger to splam patties from in and out, five guys, burger king and mcdonald's. the results were consistent. >> this has more crunch with the thicker pickles and a little better beef quality. >> reporter: he picked the five guys burger as the west and the mcdonald's as the worst. the full li

the united nations food agency has convened a meeting on the unusually high price of food. the decision to extend the ban has led to a hike on prices. that has affected the most poor people in this world. >> there have been signs that the world was once again heading for a food price crisis. riots in mozambique's earlier this month following a summer of drought which caused russia, one of the world's big grain producers, to impose an export ban. despite this, the u.n. experts concluded that there was no crisis at least not yet. >> i will be talking about this crop as a security crop. i did not want to undermine this. look at the spillover. this is nothing like we had in 2007. there are lots of other conditions which leapt to that sort of situation and these are completely not present. >> the harvest in many places back here has been good. this could be the third highest total on record so it might not be a crisis but prices remain high and those responsible for feeding the hungry have had to find new ways of reaching them. support to buy food might be the way to go. >> what

. >>> trying to find out what went wrong with the nation's food system leading to a recall of more thanillion eggs. today victims heard from victims. >> it was the first public apology from the owner of an iowa farm whose eggs sent hundreds of people to the hospital. >> we apologize to everyone with may have been sickened by eating our eggs. i have prayed several times aday for all of these people. >> reporter: but this wasn't the first offense. he has paid thousands of dollars in fines over safety violations. >> you are a habitual violate or of basic safety standards. >> reporter: lawmakers displayed photos of filthy conditions. >> this isn't something that just happened overnight. that manure pile is 7 to 8 feet tall. >> reporter: and the company apparently knew it had a problem. found right county eggs positive for salmonella hundreds of times. the fda is urging congress to pass new legislation, giving it more power to initiation recalls. >> reporter: some victims agree. >> the infection wiped me out to the point i was unable to function. >> reporter: 77-year-old carol laugh at oh al

the united nations food and agricultural organization is trying to help herder's. >> the crisis has brought affected production, but it has also affected the status of the animals, and these animals are the livelihood of these herder's. without these, they will be destitute, so that is why we need to save these animals. fao has been distributing animal feed to save these animals. >> of the harvests have improved somewhat this year, niger still faces a catastrophic hundred prices -- hunger crisis because the poor are so much norrish they simply cannot afford enough food to get strong again. this is a government-run from center that deals with children suffering from acute malnutrition. this mother has just brought her baby in to be assessed. this is the mother's third child. she is one year old. she will be admitted for attention, but the doctor said it is difficult to have to decide is accepted for treatment. >> there are places that have had to make choices between children. so far, we have not. it is difficult. >> the mothers here walk for hours, sometimes even days, across the searing he

this legislation is supported by the national retail federation, the retail industry leaders association, the coalition against organized retail crime, the food marketing institution, the national association of chain drugstores, e-bay, and the entertainment merchants association. i'd like to thank my colleagues again, chairman conyers, chairman scott, and congressman goodlatte for their dedication to this issue and for working together to draft this bipartisan legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. mr. speaker, i'm going to reserve the balance of my time because i'm hoping that the individual whom i i just mentioned, mr. goodlatte, is on his way to the floor, and i hope he'll be able to speak on this bill shortly. so i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i have no further requests at the time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve? mr. scott: and therefore i reserve the balance -- mr. smith: i appreciate the gentleman's indulgence, but since our expected speaker is not yet on the floor and i'm not entirely certa

as the eighth largest in the nation, the pet food express corporate headquarters is located in san leandro. at our hearing, a pet food express was a virus that when they expand operations, they might want to consider doing so in san francisco. it appears they are expanding but not in san francisco. they are completing work on a warehouse in oakland. next up is kathleen of the small business commission, which is one of the association's. thank you very much for your time in protecting the distinct and averse neighborhoods -- and diverse neighborhoods. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here to reconfirm the position of the small business commission, which has consistently regarded the applications as an unnecessary and endangering small businesses we already know are suffering from our recession right now. i also wanted to point out that the owners chose to reapply nine months later and less than 1 mile from where they were denied the first time. that is because they want to go after the same shoppers. reagathe reason why the indepent pet stores are you need is because of the business str

. >>> time is running out for congress to fix flaws in the nation's food safety system. whe interest and food safety groups have joined forces, the bill is still lingering on capitol hill and lawmakers have only two weeks left to pass it. carol han has more. >> reporter: every time you head to the grocery store to pick up produce -- consider this, there are no safety rules for farmers who grow our food and there have been links. it's not often you see the captain of the food industry and consumer grps stand together, let alone work together. >> we don't always agree. >> reporter: but after millions of people got sick eating peanuts, greens, they decided to join forces and basically offer an ultimatum. >> pass this legislation. >> reporter: the legislation she's talking about overhauls food safety laws for the first time in decades and beefs up the fda's powers to pull suspect food off store shelves. the house passed its version last summer. and the bill, which has bipartisan support, was supposed to sail through the senate until it hit a brick wall. >> we heard about the

shenandoah national park is a wonderful place to visit not only for hikers and campers, but they have fabulous food, i've been there. the chef, peter bison from shenandoah national park. he carved this out and has a beautiful setup of lovely plates, but today he's fixing something special for me. what is it? >> we have a winter squash bus bisque we use with the local vegetables. the cinnamon, squashes and onions, then add flour, cream and puree it and you have the final product. >> that's the final product right there. how long does it take from here to there? >> about 15 minutes. >> on the 15 minutes? >> that's it. >> by the way, the recipe is on our website, wusa9.com. you shared that with us. >> absolutely. >> and so therefore, they can prepare this at home. but if you want to have it done perfectly, you go to shenandoah national park because the chef is over all of the resorts. there's several resorts there and the food is very good. not just for campers and hikers. >> the other thing is the mushroom tart, a real quick recipe. we have wild mushrooms that come from fredericksburg, a local farm t

. >> the project is supported by the united nations, which donates food to the value of half the workers' salaries. instead of receiving unconditional aid, local workers are compensated for their labor. this has the added benefit of giving them a sense of pride and self-reliance. >> translator: rather than relying on foreign aid, we need to take action ourselve otherwise, we won't be able to change the current situation. >> three years after the project started, new forests have reclaimed this village from the desert. residents are returning to start new lives. if africa's greenbelt takes root, it is hoped this kind of homecoming will become a common event. nhk world, dakar. >>> earlr, hides hara spoke to jean-baptist in paris about details. >> the great green wal details is a huge scheme. how might it improve the living standards of africans? >> the project wishes to fight several problems. and the main goal is do reduce the poverty. but some observers do not see it as realistic, and it is legitimate. in fact, many similar projects have failed because they were designed and implemented

. >> on national coffee day? (laughter) >> foodes this morning. >> today is national coffee day. >> is it? >> i'll do a cup of coffee later on. medium rare. (laughter) >> 5:50 this morning. coffee, yeah. kind of warm out. you guys drink coffee when it's this warm? >> iced coffee. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> i'll go for that. >> you'll still need water today if you're working outside. it's going to be hot once again in a lot of areas. but we do have not so hot weather in some areas. i hate to say the word cool because i think that insinuating it's going to be really nice. it's still a challenge for some of us. ballmer peak temperatures in the 80s. into the deeper valleys like the north bay, mid-50s. 57 san francisco and you see some of the cooling around half moon bay at 50. 76 fremont and 78 los gatos. the rest of us 60s. 60s monterey bay and salinas. about 61 gilroy. highlights, high clouds and sunshine today, not quite as hot as yesterday. coastal clouds, we'll see more tonight and some of those could spill into the bay but mostly clear

food we always go out four it. this seems pretty easy. >> we whip it up in no time. this is all part of our new program we're launching at baltimore national college. food enthusiast classes. thursdays evenings around 6:00. we're really looking forward to bringing the whole community into our college, our state-of-the-art building and starting something new. >> is this an opportunity for somebody who says "i like to cook, but maybe i'm not ready for a full-time commitment?" >> pretty much, yes. they get to work right in our classrooms, in our laboratories, with our instructors, they're all certified executive chefs that work for baltimore national college. if you're a little leery about something, we're going to show you the skills to really bring it home and make a beautiful dish at home and entertain your families and friends. >> this is one of those things you can do at home. >> you haven't been working on this long, it seems easy right? >> less than ten minutes. >> reporter: what is peeking shrimp? >> it's a little bit spicy. >> what is it that we're smelling? it smells amazing in here. >> like a curry, but no coconut in there. >> whit