Mama Food
Writing books and essays about food, I hear a lot of stories about what people ate growing up.
Food & Water
UN: only small farmers and agroecology can feed the world
Modern industrial agricultural methods can no longer feed the world, due to the impacts of overlapping environmental and ecological crises linked to land, water and resource availability.
How do we make our water supply sustainable?
Like many things in modern life, the vast majority of our current water and wastewater infrastructure is completely dependant upon fossil energy to keep the toilets flushed and the taps running.
A Fig in Minnesota!!
f you find yourself in a climate like mine, know that it is not completely impossible to enjoy this exotic fruit, you just have to work a lot harder to realize a harvest.
Farmers Refusing to Follow the Herd
By producing, processing and packaging the milk themselves in smaller operations, dairy farmers can bypass the big processors and retailers and sell directly to local consumers.
Fighting Hunger with Street Smarts
In a city that has nearly 30 farmers markets and the most restaurants per capita nationwide, it may be hard to believe that thousands of adults don’t have access to healthy, nutritious food.
Ur-ganic: An Alpine Township Considers Banning Pesticides
Should agricultural pesticides be banned to protect the health of the residents, the surrounding ecosystem and the integrity of the township’s historical agricultural practices?
Growstuff Uses Open Data to Help Local Gardeners
Growstuff provides information gathered from local gardeners on crop-planting times, best-suited varietals, and more for the regions growers calls home.
10-Day Local Food Challenge Update: 9/16
Local food as a consumer preference is definitely on the rise.
How to Make Farm-to-Table A Truly Sustainable Movement
Chef Dan Barber says the farm-to-table movement that he helped build has failed to support sustainable agriculture on a large scale.
New Urban Ag Study Touts Potential of Small Cities
To see beyond the hype to urban agriculture’s true potential to meet the growing need for healthy food in cities, a recent study published by IOPScience looked at how much food (specifically vegetables) the world’s “urban clusters” could actually produce.
To Cook or Not To Cook: The Question of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Most, but not all, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are toxic.
