Farm to Table
Greener Eating: Look for Grass-Fed Meat May 26th, 2008
Be A Compassionate Carnivore
The chickens at Kris Hirth’s Old Pine Farm in Manchester, MI spend their time strutting around the farm, happily ruffling their feathers and ignoring barn cats. Instead of being cooped up in a huge CAFO...more
Something's Killing the Bees -- and Your Diet Will Suffer May 16th, 2008
New Film Looks at Vanishing Bees and the Threat to the Food SUpply
A work-in-progress documentary The Vanishing of the Bees is following the current collapse of bee colonies around the world. In short, bee colonies are being plagued by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) when adult bees leave...more
Book Review: Trespassing May 8th, 2008
A Glimpse Into Life Near A Southeast Michigan CAFO
Recently, Wayne State University Press published “Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes” by Janet Kaufman, a professor of English at Eastern Michigan University. It’s a combination of short stories and essays inspired by Kaufman’s experience...more
The Whole Hog May 6th, 2008
More Pig News
The blog post about Pigs As Pesticides has gotten quite a response. So, in the spirit of Porky, Babe, Wilbur, here’s more news in the world of pigs. Handel’s Hog Heaven Pigs, it seems, are...more
Want to Feed the World? April 24th, 2008
Become a Vegetarian
While we’re all scrambling to figure out how to deal with the rising cost of food, there’s one statistic that may be a solution: according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 2.13 billion tons...more
PCBs To GM Seeds To rBGH April 18th, 2008
The "Seed Police" Expands Into Milk
Imagine that you’re a farmer. You’re working the land in rural America, dutifully planting the corn seeds that you think are best (those you’ve saved generation after generation, without genetic modifications). Only one day, you...more
Locavore Governments April 10th, 2008
City, State, and Local Governments Join 100-Mile Diet
I recently came across a Governing Magazine article that peaked my interest. The article, Fresh Fight: Governments Want Local Food From Family Farmers on the Menu. It's Not Easy to Find. by Zach Patton shed...more
"Ode to a Burrito" Indeed April 10th, 2008
Chipotle Cooks Up Earth-Friendly Burritos
The April 2008 issue of Fast Company Magazine has an intriguing article that explores all there is to know behind those huge burritos that, if you’re a fan, you’ll wait in line for 15 minutes...more
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
