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Article Archive for June 2009

The Movement is Growing
June 28, 2009 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
The Movement is Growing

It’s a great pleasure to be able to submit this post to Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s Real Food Wednesdays!
It is undeniable that the progressive food movement has found its footing lately, and momentum is starting …

The Spice of Life
June 18, 2009 – 1:26 pm | 7 Comments
The Spice of Life

Variety is the Spice of Life
It’s no coincidence that the above aphorism is food related. Think of the veggies we were ignorant of growing up but now know by heart. Arugula, Bok Choy, Napa Cabbage, …

Food INC to go Nationwide
June 18, 2009 – 11:14 am | No Comment

SlowFood USA has the scoop:
It performed better at the box office this past weekend than all the other independent films in release (based on its per screen average).  This is an amazing achievement for a …

Back to the Future
June 17, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 10 Comments
Back to the Future

In order to move forward, we’re going to have to look back. We’ve gotten to the point in our culture where the rapid acceleration of progress, of science and of pure, unadulterated technology enables us …

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's…A Rooftop Garden
June 17, 2009 – 10:40 am | No Comment

“The bottom line,” she said, “is that I harbor a secret desire to be a farmer, and my way of doing that is to use what I have, which is a roof.”

What is a CSA?
June 11, 2009 – 1:24 pm | 2 Comments
What is a CSA?

What is a C.S.A?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and it is a method whereby urban (and I suppose suburban) dwellers invest in a share of a local farm in exchange for the bounty of …

Organic Farming is High Tech, Oh Yes It Is!
June 11, 2009 – 12:29 pm | 3 Comments
Organic Farming is High Tech, Oh Yes It Is!

I’ve submitted this post to Food Renegade’s Fight Back Friday’s. Go check out the blog carnival and see some of the best collected content regarding local, sustainable food, nutrition and other issues.

There have been a …

Bruni on Savoy
June 10, 2009 – 1:18 pm | 3 Comments
Bruni on Savoy

The departing New York Times head restaurant reviewer, Frank Bruni, today published his review of Peter Hoffman’s 20-year old Soho stalwart, Savoy. Giving the restaurant a very good two stars, Bruni writes one of the …

Technology and the Progressive Food Movements
June 10, 2009 – 12:23 am | No Comment

Often the sustainable food movement gets a lot of flack for what some perceive as insisting “we go back to 19th century” agricultural methods. (this time the speaker was Nina Federoff*, GM food proponent and …

Food I really wanna eat
June 10, 2009 – 12:17 am | No Comment
Food I really wanna eat

the honest ABE. Asparagus, Bacon and Egg sandwich!

When the bacon starts to heat up in the skillet, add a bunch of asparagus spears to the pan–if they’re long ones, cut ‘em in half before you …