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Article Archive for May 2009

10 Questions for Farmers About Farms
May 29, 2009 – 11:31 am | No Comment

Taking just the briefest look at Rob Smart’s most recent post at Every Kitchen Table should give you all you need to know about the seriousness and intellectual heft that Rob brings to the idea …

What Happens When You Get Will Allen, Joel Salatin, Dan Barber, Joan Gussow On Stage All At Once
May 29, 2009 – 1:01 am | 2 Comments

I’ve submitted this post to Food Renegades’ Fight Back Fridays.
Well, for one, you get a really great discussion group. Led by Jackie Berger from NYC’s Just Food, the discussion followed the screening of Ana …

How to eat more fat
May 28, 2009 – 1:11 am | No Comment

I’ve been advocating eating more fat for awhile on the blog. The truth is fat is good for us. Plain and simple. Just stay away from industrialized fats, and stick to the ones that human …

My Interview with Ana Sofia Joanes, Director of Fresh
May 28, 2009 – 12:44 am | One Comment

I’ve just reviewed the new movie Fresh from Director Ana Sofia Joanes. You can read that review here. Ana was introduced to me through my good friend Brendan, and Ana gratiously allowed me to interview …

FRESH: The Movie
May 28, 2009 – 12:30 am | 2 Comments

I was lucky enough to score a ticket tonight to a screening of Ana Sofia Joanes’ new movie Fresh. I am particularly eager to see how the movie is received both critically and popularly, because …

Introducing Marissa Lippert, Local Foods Nutritionist
May 25, 2009 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Introducing Marissa Lippert, Local Foods Nutritionist

I personally believe that local foods will be one of the essential ways in which our country rescues itself from the enormous hole we’ve dug for ourselves. Eating local foods begins the reparation process in …

Slow Food in Amsterdam
May 24, 2009 – 2:30 pm | No Comment

During our early-spring visit, the market menu began with a plate of tuna crudo, flavored with lime juice, blood orange, avocado and fennel. The dish radiated freshness.

Poets Into Farmers
May 23, 2009 – 8:25 pm | No Comment

I’d bet Wendell Berry would love this story. Allen Tate and John Crowe Ransom too.
“I no longer wish I was born in the ’60s”
’nuff said

Nutrition and Local Foods
May 23, 2009 – 8:07 pm | 3 Comments

As someone who has struggled with health issues for long stretches of my life, I find the word nutrition to be shaming. It embarasses me just to hear the word as it conjures up images …