NIBBLES BLOG: In the Valle de Guadalupe for a history of carnitas

In last year’s Food Issue cover story, I wrote my experience killing a pig for food, and the importance of using every last bit of meat on a beast that gives its life for our sustenance. In the December 3, 2014, issue of CityBeat, Joshua Emerson Smith profiled controversial animal rights activist-attorney-politico Bryan Pease in a story about his successful effort to bring a Death for Food event to its knees through a viral www.change.org petition. The event, originally planned for Suzie’s Farm, never happened.

But despite the public bruising, organizer Jaime Fritsch was neither chastened nor stopped. On April 10, 2015, he will be hosting an event…