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Family Owned and Locally Made? 6 Companies That Had Us Fooled


Last night on 30 Rock, Liz Lemon found a pair of jeans that makes her ass look amazing. Liz loves them even more because they’re handmade in the U.S.A. and sold in a little, locally-owned boutique in Brooklyn, giving her a free pass to gloat about her A+ consumer behavior. Or so she thinks. It turns out that “Brooklyn Unlimited” is actually owned by Halliburton, and the jeans are made by orphans on a remote island called Usa.

That soul-crushing feeling of realizing that your favorite “local” company is just a “regional” subsidiary of a giant corporation is all too familiar. … More »

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Family Owned and Locally Made? 6 Companies That Had Us Fooled

Family Owned and Locally Made? 6 Companies That Had Us Fooled


On last night’s 30 Rock, Liz Lemon finds a pair of jeans that makes her ass look amazing. What’s even better about these pants? They’re from a little local boutique called Brooklyn Unlimited and they’re handmade in the U.S.A, which gives Liz full gloating rights for supporting her local economy. Or so she thinks. It turns out that Brooklyn Unlimited is owned by Halliburton and made by orphans on a remote island called Usa.

We know that soul-crushing feeling that you get when you find out that your favorite “locally sourced” company is actually just a subsidiary of a giant corporation. … More »

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Family Owned and Locally Made? 6 Companies That Had Us Fooled

Dangerous Orange Juice and Ethical Foie Gras: Morning News Round-Up


A Glass a Day — Your daily orange juice could give you gout. (via The Daily Mail)

What Lies Beneath — The fat that makes your jeans bulge might be the least dangerous fat in your midsection. (via The Montreal Gazette)

Conscientious Cuisine — Does ethical foie gras exist? (via The Atlantic)

From Scratch — The best cookbooks of 2010. (via Publishers Weekly) … More »

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Dangerous Orange Juice and Ethical Foie Gras: Morning News Round-Up