Farm to Table
Harvest Has Begun April 9th, 2008
Find Out What's Growing Near You
The Local Food Blog recently tipped me off to a cool resource by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Choose your state and time of year (early June, late July) and the Health: Food Miles application...more
Impending Corn Crisis April 2nd, 2008
Starting the 2008 Growing Season Off Right?
Spring is here, and with it, planting season. It’s not news that the price of corn is higher than ever (thanks to ethanol, feeding tons of corn to cows in CAFOs, etcetera). As we head...more
The story of Don Cheyo March 31st, 2008
We try to bring you from time to time bits of the work of our great planting partners, and today we have a mini-documentary about Honduran farmer Don Cheyo, who grows organic crops and lives...more
Organic Ketchup--Not What It Seems March 25th, 2008
Where Does Your Ketchup Come From?
Growing up, ketchup (catsup, whatever) was one of my favorite foods. I put it on everything—broccoli, baked potatoes, fries (of course), everything, that is, except scrambled eggs. When I spent a semester in Spain, my roommates...more
Kroger vs. Monsanto March 24th, 2008
The Milk Label Battle Heats Up in Ohio
The battle over milk labeling will reach new heights on March 31 when the current head-to-head over milk labeling between grocery store company Kroger and agri-business (chemical company, whatever) Monsanto goes to the Ohio Joint...more
Starbucks Helps Growers Enter Carbon Credit Biz March 24th, 2008
Some Fortune 500 companies are getting involved in ecosystem services. That is, finding ways to repay nature for the products it produces, according to an article by Marc Gunther in Fortune.Starbucks is the latest. It...more
Iowa, Food Policy and God's Creatures: An Interview with Documentary Director Aaron Woolf March 19th, 2008
King Corn is a not-so-new documentary film about food and agriculture. It is a sort of a reality documentary that follows Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, two friends from college on the east coast, who...more
March is Maple Season! March 11th, 2008
The Sap is Running in Michigan
I’ve blogged about maple sugar before, so I’m happy to report that March is maple season in Michigan. The Detroit News recently reported on maple production in Michigan (see article Michigan syrup producers are ready)....more
Green books series: The 100-Mile Diet March 4th, 2008
Today we have the pleasure to bring you a guest review written by John Miemeda, who writes the excellent blog Slow Reading. John generously allowed us to reprint his review of The 100-Mile Diet to...more
Meet the Salad King -- He Grows 35 DIfferent Shades of Green February 13th, 2008
Chris Regan, Green Farmer Extraordinaire
Chris Regan was schooled as a painter, but the palette he uses nowadays is various shades of greens. He’s the brains behind Sky Farm near Millerton in upstate New York. With his small crew he...more
