Today in Organic: January 7, 2010

All Natural Fast Food / Flickr user Beedle Um Bum

• In the food world, "we have are two armed camps deeply suspicious of one another shouting past each other," writes LA Times food writer Russ Parsons. He proposes some ground rules for the great debate as we enter a new decade. Tom Philpott responds.

• Save energy by cooking with your thermos? Sounds like a stretch. 

• A Yale Environment 360 report finds that pesticides are the culprit in the recent die-offs of amphibians, honeybees and bats. 

• Mother Nature Network has a list of organic fast food restaurants. 

• Great Britain has formed a long-term strategy to revolutionize the country's food system, and to make it more sustainable, The Guardian reports.