Thoroughly enjoyed A Passion for Sustainability on DVD this weekend – not exactly food related, but a very inspirational documentary for anyone in business and much to think about in terms of the food systems we choose to support. This 2007 film follows 14 Portland, Oregon businesses who have become more (or completely) sustainable via a program [...]
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Check out the blog of Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA at The Atlantic: http://food.theatlantic.com/author/josh-viertel/.
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Hurrah for the newest farmers’ market in DC, welcomed by Michelle Obama: “Instead of Traffic, Fresh Tomatoes.” (Also includes a video link.)
Slow Food USA posted about the USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative.
HealthyChild.org launched a new interactive online guide, “Eat Healthy.”
But on a sobering note, a truly horrifying story about water pollution near large-scale [...]
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We’ve been mourning the fact that we can’t seem to find decent Asian produce in Ann Arbor (this may finally commit me to a garden next summer!), but this past Thursday’s CSA share included some gorgeous, delicious purple bok choy. For more information on the vegetable, visit Kitazawa Seed Company. It was almost too fresh [...]
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Since college, I have been a firm believer in chiropractic: it treats the root of many symptoms, unlike conventional medicine, which often throws medication at symptoms without healing the cause of them. So I was deeply impressed by Michael Pollan’s op-ed piece, “Big Food vs. Big Insurance” in the New York Times in response to Obama’s [...]
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Repulsive as the idea may be to you and me, scientists have now forged a theory that dogs may originally have been domesticated in China – for meat: “In Taming Dogs, Humans May Have Sought a Meal.”
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In the throes of organizing a 10th (gulp!) birthday party, but couldn’t let the week pass without noting some sad news on the food front: Sheila Lukins, of Silver Palate fame, has died at the age of 66: read about it here. The Silver Palate Cookbook, now available in it’s 25th anniversary edition, was one of [...]
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