Farm to Table
Energy-Efficient Freezers Help You Store Organic, Local Food All Year Round September 16th, 2008
We're off to a big organic food festival this weekend, and plan on coming home with a trunk full of local fruits and vegetables -- more than we can eat any time soon, but enough...more
What's For Dinner? September 12th, 2008
You May Be Eating More Cloned Meat Than You Think
At the start of this year, the FDA declared that the meat and milk from cloned cows was safe. Last week, as Gourmet.com reported, they admitted that it was “’theoretically possible’ that the meat from...more
Compliments of the Farmer: Local Cuisine at Blue Hill Restaurant in Manhattan September 5th, 2008
Sitting down to dine at Blue Hill Restaurant, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, you'll have the chance to meet all the people who make your meal happen: the host, your waiter, perhaps the chef... and your...more
Getting To The Core September 5th, 2008
What You Should Know Heading Into Apple Season
News flash: this year has been a bad one for Michigan’s apples. Spring frosts and summer hail storms wrecked havoc on apples, with a potential loss of 20 percent or more, and we haven’t even...more
Revolutionary War Hero Revived August 29th, 2008
Randall Lineback Cows Are Making A Comeback
The Randall Lineback breed of cattle with their white belts down their back, black sides and muzzle, may have helped win the Revolutionary War, but that didn’t save them from near extinction. The breed of...more
Green Dreams August 27th, 2008
New Yorkers Trade The Office For The Barn
A Harvard MBA, six-figure job as an investment banker, and TriBeCa apartment didn’t stop Torrey Reade, 56, from wanting to go back to basics, trading her city life for a 126-acre farm in southern New...more
The Power Veggies of Late-Summer August 26th, 2008
An In Season Update
In August and September, beets, apples, raspberries, spinach, and chard are in full-harvest. An article in the Chicago Tribune outlined just how good each of these summer treats are for you: Apples are full of...more
Napa Wines Delivered by Hybrid Vehicles August 15th, 2008
VinLux Fine Wine Transport will begin using two new Peterbilt hybrids to deliver wines from its Napa warehouse to restaurants and retailers in San Francisco, Press Democrat reports. The medium-duty trucks are expected to be...more
Community Supported Agriculture: Hiring a Personal Farmer July 11th, 2008
TreeHugger has covered community supported agriculture many times; one contracts with a farmer for delivery of a season's worth of food. It is great for the farmer, who gets a secure income; it is great...more
Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel June 23rd, 2008
Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million gallons of animal fat annually, has announced plans to convert its animal byproducts to 75 million...more
