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Article Archive for March 2009

Definitions: Sustainability
March 31, 2009 – 3:38 pm | No Comment
Definitions: Sustainability

The language we all use in our day to day activities is extremely important to our cognitive understanding of our world and our interactions with that world. It’s a simple enough idea, but not a …

A Green Bodega Grows in Brooklyn
March 31, 2009 – 11:53 am | No Comment
A Green Bodega Grows in Brooklyn

Cute article in the times today, about a “green” Bodega opening up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Fascinating that one of the ultimate symbols of urban unhealthiness is being tweaked for the 21st Century obsession with green …

Food For Thought! The Interview…Part One
March 30, 2009 – 2:49 pm | One Comment
Food For Thought! The Interview…Part One

Carolyn Centeno is the founder of Food For Thought Tours, a terrific new service that bills itself as offering “adventures in local culture and organic cuisine.” This is such a great new business and I …

Are CSA's Enough?
March 30, 2009 – 1:43 pm | No Comment

Apparently not, but what a great, well informed and excellently communicated blog post over at Every Kitchen Table.
Why Community Supported Agriculture Is Not Enough
Read the whole thing…

"Natural" Meat: Still as Unnatural as Ever – The Atlantic Food Channel
March 30, 2009 – 1:30 pm | No Comment

“Natural” Meat: Still as Unnatural as Ever – The Atlantic Food Channel
As we all know, the language we use is extremely important to our cognitive understanding of the various stimuli in our lives. The language …

They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot (w green energy)
March 30, 2009 – 12:44 pm | No Comment
They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot (w green energy)

I found this story on GreenUpgrader.com about Solar Panels being arranged on the roofs of Parking Lots. They call it a Solar Grove, and I immediately seized on the language used. A grove! Of renewable …

Fast vs. Slow: David vs. Goliath The Fight for our Future
March 30, 2009 – 3:26 am | One Comment

Two interesting articles caught my attention this week and I’ve taken my time trying to wrap my head around the large issues that are involved. The first article is from the Times: It’s called “Slow, …

100 Reasons to Be a Hyperlocavore
March 27, 2009 – 1:22 am | One Comment
100 Reasons to Be a Hyperlocavore

Great list
My faves:
1. You want to pick your salad from your porch.
2. You are a former hedge fund manager with a lot of time on your hands now.
3. The bodega in your neighborhood doesn’t carry …

Food as a Sacrament
March 26, 2009 – 3:08 pm | No Comment
Food as a Sacrament

Food is a sacrament. It is our thrice daily connection to the earth, to the bounty of this world we have been given. For too long, the food we eat has been thought of as …

Peel it back
March 26, 2009 – 1:12 pm | No Comment

in the immortal words of Glenn Reynolds…Heh FDA Approves Use of Salmonella As Food Additive