I didn’t want to write about Donald Trump’s most recent racist statements, as, to be honest, I didn’t see as how any good would come of it. It was just a week or so ago that we were talking about how he’d told four freshman Congresswomen of color to “go back” to the “crime infested” […]
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Invasivore efforts to install a nutria colony in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park
The New York Times Magazine had an interesting piece yesterday on the budding invasivore food movement. For those who missed it, here’s a clip: There’s a new shift in the politics of food, not quite a movement yet, more of an eco-culinary frisson. But it may have staying power; the signs and portents are there. […]
Posted in Environment, Food, Global Warming Also tagged asian carp, Canada goose, coypu, Eating Aliens, ecology, garlic mustard, giant rodents, Huron River, invasive species, invasive species and how they taste, invasive species diet, invasivore, Jackson Landers, Kentucky tuna, kudzu, lionfish, locavore, Louisiana, mouse-beaver, Myopotamus coypus, nutria, Rachel Kesel, Riverside Park, White Castle 34 Comments
Coon meat and Faygo – Dinner in the D
The Detroit News has an interesting little feature today on a Detroiter named Glemie Dean Beasley, who supplements his Social Security income by catching urban raccoons, slaughtering them, and selling their meat to neighbors. Beasley, who calls himself the Coon Man, says the carcasses can got for as much as $12, and can serve four […]
Posted in Food, Media, Michigan, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged Aubree's, cannibalism, carcass, coon, Coon Man, Detroit, Detroit News, entrepreneurism, Faygo, Final Four, Glemie Dean Beasley, NCAA, pizza, racoon, urban hunting 46 Comments