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    News: Organic Hops Aren’t, Reviewer Ethic Issues

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update September 10, 2018 22 Comments

    A standards board will soon vote on whether to require organic hops in all beer bearing the "organic" tag. Think about that one for a moment.From the Oregonian: After years of trying, organic hop growers, most clustered in the Northwest, are poised to win a bitter and bizarre battle: requiring organic hops in organic beer.The National Organic Standards Board will take … [Read more...] about News: Organic Hops Aren’t, Reviewer Ethic Issues

    Esquire Writer Gets Free Meals – and Writes Good Reviews

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 9, 2016 21 Comments

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    Should a restaurant reviewer state when he is provided free meals by the restaurant he is reviewing? Nancy Rommelmann seems to have been three weeks ahead when she wrote about how a restaurant like Olea gets named "One of the best new restaurants in the US". From Johnathan Nicolas column in the Oregonian today: "...This week the Los Angeles Times weighed in: "When Portland, … [Read more...] about Esquire Writer Gets Free Meals – and Writes Good Reviews

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