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June 03, 2006 12:57 AM EDT -- When my father began his hobby, he never realized that he'd tapped into a beloved backyard gardeners' tradition that second- and third-generation Italians were struggling to keep alive. Love of . . . more
Healthy Food Choices
by OneWorld United States
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December 06, 2006 02:25 PM EST -- In conjunction with Perspectives E-zine Farm to Table, we hosted a live online chat with Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher at Worldwatch Institute on Tuesday, December 5, 2-3 pm (EST). Brian talked about . . . more
November 08, 2007 10:44 AM EST -- The Debate Rages over Local Foods, Air Travel, Industrial Organic, and Food Elitism By Chuck Benbrook On October 24th, the Soil Association announced that airfreighted food would have to meet . . . more
June 05, 2007 01:50 AM EDT -- Our apartment building's small urban garden is divided into three raised beds, officially dubbed the herb bed, the strawberry bed, and the veggie patch. Actually, several types of plants are mixed . . . more
August 01, 2007 04:41 PM EDT -- From the good folks at the Community Food Security ListServ comes this ironic tidbit:   The June 2007 ODE magazine reports on page 15 that:   “Monsanto goes GMO-free in its cafeteria” . . . more
December 05, 2006 01:47 PM EST -- We are pleased to welcome Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher at Worldwatch Institute to this afternoon's live chat.  Brian will be talking about how you can connect the dots between what you eat . . . more
September 11, 2007 09:28 AM EDT -- All of this lovely food came from over in the next valley where a couple of my friends have spent the last six months toiling away from dusk to dawn, building an organic farm for a new bed and breakfast. . . . more
June 03, 2007 03:22 AM EDT -- "Mother Earth News" magazine has a "GREAT CUCUMBER CHALLENGE" contest going.  To score points: Try various types of cucumber (Give yourself 1 pt. for each type)  Match supply . . . more
December 04, 2006 11:24 AM EST -- In conjunction with Perspectives E-zine Farm to Table, we invite everyone to participate in a live online chat with Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher at Worldwatch Institute on Tuesday, December 5, 2-3 . . . more
June 15, 2006 12:05 PM EDT -- It's About the Food By Chef Kurt Michael Friese Of Suicide Genes and Speaking Truth to Power   My rights were reduced a little more recently.   The Iowa Legislature voted to support . . . more
November 17, 2008 09:36 PM EST -- The Bush administration is Up Against the Clock and working every minute they have left to gut hard-won consumer protections. Please act now to stop them!   more
August 15, 2006 11:17 AM EDT -- The Cook's Garden - Tomatoes By Chef Kurt Michael Friese AUGUST. This IS a special kind of heat, the kind that seems unique to Iowa, the kind that keeps those of less hearty stock from settling here, . . . more
July 30, 2006 06:21 PM EDT -- Originally published March 2006 in The Little Village visit the author at www.KurtFriese.com March is a fickle month.  It dangles a couple of warm days out in front of us, enticing us to believe . . . more
February 10, 2008 01:13 PM EST -- The FDA earlier this month declared that food products from cloned animals is safe and will be allowed for sale in the U.S.  Despite a lack of data to support these findings, particularly concerning . . . more
November 30, 2006 04:49 PM EST -- As so many of us sit down to holiday feasts over the coming month, why do close to 1 billion people still go hungry? How do our choices of what to eat affect our communities, the environment, and workers . . . more
May 31, 2007 11:13 AM EDT -- Taking a great opportunity to preach to other-than-the-choir, Chef Paul Kahan of Blackbird and Avec restaurants in Chicago joined other luminaries to discuss the benefits and challenges of local, sustainable . . . more
April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT -- As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . . more
July 10, 2006 10:11 AM EDT -- Mackey/Pollan Debate: New Light My friend Chris Bedford wrote this on the ComFood listserv, and it was so good I had to share. I couldn't find a word I disagreed with. Also, be sure to check . . . more
September 24, 2008 11:11 AM EDT -- September in Iowa always brings the same delicious dilemma -- what to do with all that basil. Few herbs are as surrounded by mythology and folklore as basil. Its origins are debated, but most seem . . . more
June 03, 2007 09:13 PM EDT -- I'm taking the Great Cucumber Challenge from Mother Earth News: I hope to grow five different kinds of cucumbers, three or four plants of each variety, in our tiny urban garden, among all the other . . . more
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