I’m pleased to announce that I’m now a regular blogger for FRESH, a 2009 documentary film about the people and ideas transforming America’s food system. I’ll be sharing my take on sustainable food issues on their blog a couple of days each week. My first post, on “do-it-yourself” cooking projects, came out on Monday. I’d [...]
Archive for the ‘sustainable food’ Category
Blogging for FRESH the Movie!
Posted in organizations, sustainable food, writing, tagged FRESH, movie, sustainable food on March 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Reflections Over a Tomato
Posted in cooking, farming, sustainable food on July 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
My last day on the farm dawned foggy and already humid. The heat wave that the Northeast has been suffering through recently had fried the shelling peas and sugar snaps, which prefer cooler weather (much like myself). Elizabeth and I set to work pulling their desiccated roots from the ground, then chopping up their stems [...]
Staring My Milk in the Eye
Posted in farming, sustainable food on June 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Elizabeth doesn’t drink cow’s milk herself, but when I asked if we could get some so I could attempt to make my own yogurt and cheese, we hopped in the car and drove in the opposite direction of the grocery store. When it comes to milk, the organic dairy farm just down the road is [...]
Where Do Vegetables Come From?
Posted in farming, sustainable food on June 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Gusto has a temporary new home on an organic farm in rural Vermont, where I will be spending the next six weeks learning how to coax fruits and vegetables from the ground. As a lover of food and a proponent of sustainable agriculture, I felt I needed some practical experience with dirt and a shovel [...]
Gusto for All: Tough Questions to Ponder
Posted in conversation, food policy, organizations, sustainable food on May 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This post is a little outside of my typical vein, but I think that readers might have some interesting comments on these questions that I’m curious to hear. I’ll be leading a discussion of the book Closing the Food Gap: Resetting America’s Table by Mark Winne tomorrow at the first Slow Food DC Book Club [...]
Backtracking: What IS Slow Food?
Posted in organizations, sustainable food on February 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As requested in a comment on my post “The Future of Slow Food,” let me provide a little introduction to the organization itself. If you’re reading this blog, you may be interested in getting involved yourself. Essentially, Slow Food is an international nonprofit organization that seeks to inspire people to care about what is on [...]
The Future of Slow Food
Posted in organizations, sustainable food on February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently, I attended a Slow Food DC happy hour where I met Josh Viertel, the president of Slow Food USA. He’s young, articulate, and eminently approachable–another admirer’s two-year-old daughter used Viertel’s right leg as a backrest throughout much of his talk–and his goal is to turn Slow Food into the voice of the sustainable food movement. Judging [...]
