Gratuitous commercial plug

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 13:04

Not much news here, but I wanted to mention I heard from my good friends (whom I'm never met) at b.good, the growing burger empire in Greater Boston: Starting in a couple of weeks, their beef, which they already hand-grind each morning, will all come from local family farms.

This is less than momentous for me, personally, 'cause I don't even eat beef. But not only am I just an admirer of how these guys do business, I do think that everyone benefits when the beef that is consumed comes from smaller operations rather than vast feedlots and factory slaughterhouses.

The same e-mail proclaims that a fifth b.good, on Mass. Ave near Berklee, is under construction.

So sue me: I'm a shill. (Though an uncompensated one, which is how I prefer it.)

Speaking at Commonwealth Club

I will be speaking on the topic of food addiction at the Commonwealth Club of California, the oldest public affairs forum in the country, on Feb. 28. I'll be joining a fabulous panel of researchers and clinicians: Nicole Avena of Princeton and the University of Florida, Eric Stice of the Oregon Research Institute, Vera Tarman of Renascent Center of Toronto, abd Elissa Epel and Andrea Garber, both of the University of California at San Francisco. I am very excited to be part of the roster, not to mention to be appearing at such a great institution. Ticket information here; if you come, please stay afterward to say hello.

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