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Karine Vann

Karine Vann

Karine Vann is a former editor of the Armenian Weekly. A musician who was deeply affected by the poverty and environmental degradation she observed living in Armenia from 2014 to 2017, she now covers topics at the intersection of consumerism and the environment for local and national publications as a journalist. In addition to writing for the Weekly, her work has appeared in Dig Boston, The Counter, Civil Eats and Waste Dive. To supplement her writing, she has worked in jobs traversing the Greater Boston area's food economy, from farming to fair trade spices. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and anxious beagle, Rasa.

7 Comments

  1. Good job Tatev, Thank you so much for your research, and this article. I have been visiting Yerevan twice a year from 2014 on, and have had some bad experience with packaged meat products, I myself do not eat processed food that much, but on my last visit to Yerevan in November 2017, I took my two dogs (Italian Greyhounds) with me to Armenia, I noticed that my dogs did not eat the so called American Style Hod – dogs that I actually purchased for myself to eat, I end up feeding the hod-dogs to street dogs.

  2. To counter misleading product labeling/marketing, penalties must
    go well beyond product recall. Consequences have to be severe to counter (criminal) capitalists. Prosecution, fines and even imprisonment is necessary to make an example of those who shorten the life of innocent consumers, especially children, the elderly and the infirm. Ultimately the goal of government and the medical community must be to aggressively promote consumption of nutritional natural food (i.e whole-plant based eating) and avoid processed food. Cucumbers, beets, whole grains, spinach potatoes, squash, beans, corn and eggs do not need labels.

  3. I’m very happy that you are doing investigative job on food products in Armenia! I live in Canada, and I’m a health-oriented person. I, stricly, follow the ingredient list on food products, and packages. I encourage you to continue your very important mission! I would like the citizens of my homeland to have safe food to consume! Very good job done Tatev! Continue your wonderful investigation! God bless you!

  4. Bravo a very good subjected article. I am absolutely and totally disappointed that the government has allowed (either being aware or unaware) this sort of manipulative food productions to go without any investigative methods or control in Armenia. Shame on those authorities to have closed their eyes to such pathetic manipulation in the food industry. Surely somebody MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. Wishing the investigator all the very best in uncovering more disgusting methods of food production. The Government and any responsible authority should be pulled into line and consider the health and the well being of the people of Armenia first. Prosecute those who do not take this matter seriously. This is disgusting.

  5. Actually, back in January, I ate a couple of hot dogs at a greasy spoon while driving from Yerevan to Vanadzor. They were actually pretty good.

  7. Re: Mary Mherian’s comment: Here’s all you need to know about the Armenian diaspora and why Armenian-Armenians don’t have much respect for you. You visit Yerevan (not Armenia) twice a year for three years and then feel qualified to comment on everything “Armenian.” Sorry about your designer dog’s diet. I know many Armenians who eat that processed crap all of the time because they can’t afford anything else. And, you said it all when you said “American Style” “hod (sic)-dogs.” The U.S. has sold the idea of processed foods, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, fast food, and U.S. ‘culture’ for all of its 25 years of “service” here. Next time, just send the money; you stay wherever your home is.

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