Good Food is Everybody's Business
The list of 50 Women Game Changers – women who have influenced today’s food world – includes the greats like Julia Child, Alice Waters, Martha Stewart, and more. But there’s something wrong with this list! As much as I love Julia Child, I cringe as I read how much butter she adds to her recipes. And aside from Alice Waters, who is championing local, organic, or sustainably grown products?
On May 20, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a summary order concluding a long-standing lawsuit over …
Good food is not just better for the environment, the people who grow it, and the people who eat it; it is also safe food. …
Sam Lucy, grain farmer and land conservationist in the Methow Valley of north central Washington, is a one-man search and rescue team for farmland. He has spent the last 15 years seeking out and reclaiming fallow farmland and bringing it back to viable production or transitioning it into native grasses and other plants.
Lisa Ono speaks about neighborhood and community support for Granville Island Public Market. Granville Island, Vancouver BC, is a artistic, cultural, and retail center built on the banks of the False Creek, opposite Vancouver’s downtown center.
Now, with 7 sheep… Missy, the dog… Cricket, the cat… Mickey, the canary… and the now pregnant Matushka… our menagerie was about to expand by leaps and bounds!
While 87% of American consumers surveyed said that taste is the most important purchase influencer, they are clearly looking for cheap – and maybe healthy – food. And it appears that consumers are rapidly approaching the time when price will become more important than taste.
Are we causing an immune deficiency in our crops? The conventional industrial ag system may be killing the community of microbes that act as our crops’ immune system. The organic philosophy of crop nutrition begins with proper care and nourishment of the organisms responsible for the soil microbes’ digestive process.
