Comments on: No S’more - Food Ethics at Summer Camp http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:15:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Dory http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-8037 Dory Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:12:29 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-8037 I'm cooking at Habonim Dror Camp Na'aleh in New York state this summer, and we've made a commitment not to use Agriprocessors meat. When my coworker was placing our first meat order, he said “oh, and one more thing” before getting off the phone and our meat supplier said “you don’t want any agriprocessors meat." But about the NYT article--it's quite infuriating! We manage to run a kitchen here, feeding the whole machaneh, without just heating pre-made processed food up in the oven. We've had cheese fries once, it was actually poutine on Canada day (with gravy, of course), but it's not hard or more expensive to make healthy kid-pleasing meals. We don't have any white bread, for example, and every meal has a salad bar. It turns out that kids like kale if you just bother to feed it to them. I’m cooking at Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh in New York state this summer, and we’ve made a commitment not to use Agriprocessors meat. When my coworker was placing our first meat order, he said “oh, and one more thing” before getting off the phone and our meat supplier said “you don’t want any agriprocessors meat.”

But about the NYT article–it’s quite infuriating! We manage to run a kitchen here, feeding the whole machaneh, without just heating pre-made processed food up in the oven. We’ve had cheese fries once, it was actually poutine on Canada day (with gravy, of course), but it’s not hard or more expensive to make healthy kid-pleasing meals.

We don’t have any white bread, for example, and every meal has a salad bar. It turns out that kids like kale if you just bother to feed it to them.

]]> By: jess http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7631 jess Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:47:44 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7631 Yasher koach to BBYO! The Rubashkins' gross violations of human/worker rights has been such an embarrassment to the Jewish community. I am so proud to see BBYO joining together with Jewish organizations around the country to take a stand against this exploitation (even though I'm a former USYer and still cling to the idea that we are way cooler). As the above post shows, the Agriprocessors PR machine and pressure machine are trying to misrepresent this debate in the blogosphere and in countless other ways those of us following the debate online can only guess at. PLEASE let BBYO know that you think they did the right thing - and they should keep it up and keep spreading the word! Email BBYO Executive Director Matt Grossman at mgrossman [at] bbyo [dot] org to tell him "yasher koach! keep it up!" Yasher koach to BBYO! The Rubashkins’ gross violations of human/worker rights has been such an embarrassment to the Jewish community. I am so proud to see BBYO joining together with Jewish organizations around the country to take a stand against this exploitation (even though I’m a former USYer and still cling to the idea that we are way cooler).

As the above post shows, the Agriprocessors PR machine and pressure machine are trying to misrepresent this debate in the blogosphere and in countless other ways those of us following the debate online can only guess at.

PLEASE let BBYO know that you think they did the right thing - and they should keep it up and keep spreading the word! Email BBYO Executive Director Matt Grossman at mgrossman [at] bbyo [dot] org to tell him “yasher koach! keep it up!”

]]> By: Jeff B. http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7629 Jeff B. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:05 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7629 Interesting that only one camp organization is not happy with AgriProcessors meats, but hundreds of others across the United States are still satisfied. AgriProcessors work with many schools, restaurants, and delis to provide kosher meats, chickens, and turkeys. There has never been a problem before. Once one accusation on their company came out, a second followed. Its sad to hear the Jews are not supporting other Jews. Interesting that only one camp organization is not happy with AgriProcessors meats, but hundreds of others across the United States are still satisfied. AgriProcessors work with many schools, restaurants, and delis to provide kosher meats, chickens, and turkeys. There has never been a problem before. Once one accusation on their company came out, a second followed. Its sad to hear the Jews are not supporting other Jews.

]]> By: phyllis http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7573 phyllis Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:56:17 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7573 check out this jewschool article about the same topic: http://jewschool.com/2008/06/11/13578/midwest-jewish-camps-to-serve-non-agriprocessors-meat-this-summer/ I'm off to OSRUI (another Wisconsin camp) myself and, while I don't eat the meat myself, I'm pleased to know that it won't be coming from Agriprocessors...Do you think the BBYO initiative came from the kids themselves or from the leadership...I think that our Jewish summer camps are the crowning glory of American Jewish life and are usually our best innovators and percolators in terms of teen activism - so go camps! I am going to include this article in Sunday's Haveil Havalim Carnival (camp themed, of course!)... check out this jewschool article about the same topic:
http://jewschool.com/2008/06/1.....is-summer/

I’m off to OSRUI (another Wisconsin camp) myself and, while I don’t eat the meat myself, I’m pleased to know that it won’t be coming from Agriprocessors…Do you think the BBYO initiative came from the kids themselves or from the leadership…I think that our Jewish summer camps are the crowning glory of American Jewish life and are usually our best innovators and percolators in terms of teen activism - so go camps! I am going to include this article in Sunday’s Haveil Havalim Carnival (camp themed, of course!)…

]]> By: Jo http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7572 Jo Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:41:49 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/no-smore-food-ethics-at-summer-camp/#comment-7572 I'm jealous! I called the camp my children attend to find out about what meat they use. Not surprisingly, it's Rubashkin's. I was told that the chef has tried to use other suppliers, but that they were more expensive and/or were lower quality. I put in our two cents about how we felt it was important for the camp to use other providers. One child is a vegetarian, so it doesn't affect her, but the other child no longer eats Rubashkin meat, and will be going meatless for the summer. I’m jealous! I called the camp my children attend to find out about what meat they use. Not surprisingly, it’s Rubashkin’s. I was told that the chef has tried to use other suppliers, but that they were more expensive and/or were lower quality. I put in our two cents about how we felt it was important for the camp to use other providers. One child is a vegetarian, so it doesn’t affect her, but the other child no longer eats Rubashkin meat, and will be going meatless for the summer.

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