Grist roundup

It's been a slow news week (unless you'd like me to link you to ash cloud developments and financial regulatory bill negotiations). I can direct your attention to Frank Rich's brilliant-as-usual column on "Confederate History Month." Apart from that, it's all about Grist. It is Earth Week, after all.

Unless you have your head up your @$$ or know your farmer, you probably already know that you eat meat at your own risk.

Michelle Obama may be getting slammed by military spouses, but people are coming around to her anti-obesity campaign.

Tom Philpott's always-worthy Choice Nuggets.

Don't settle for nutrition claims; read the ingredients label. And if you think Froot Loops is healthy, I have nothing to say to you. Eat it as dessert if you will, but not as a Smart Choice.