Posts By: Cooking Up a Story
Artisan Chocolate: A Minister’s Daughter (video)
There is something wondrous about people who make delicious, yet very creative items out of food. I admit that I was one of those kids who took their time eating the chocolate bunny. It was full of wonder and delight, and I wanted it to last a long time. Starting at the bottom (thus keeping [...]
Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food-Part 3
“Ecology is permanent economy”— Sunderlal Bahuguna, environmental activist and active crusader in the Chipko Movement Dr. Vandana Shiva founded the Research for Science, Technology, and Ecology, (RFSTE) organization, inspired by her earlier involvement with the Chipko movement. In 1973, in a mountainous region in the Himalayas, women villagers, in heroic and desperate fashion, clung to [...]
Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food, part 2 (video)
Dr. Vandana Shiva expresses her strong views on hunger in the developing world, and the struggle of small farmers in her native India.
The Grape Grower (video)
Known horticulturist Lon Rombough shares his lifetime passion for breeding plants and growing grapes.
Winery In Winter (video)
What goes on at a small winery during the winter months? CUpS visits the Penner-Ash Wine Cellars visit to find out.
Food Swap! (video)
A fun way of building a local food community – getting together with others for a food swap!
The Food Safety and Modernization Act: The Tester Amendment (video)
One small farmer’s perspective: In late December (2010), when CUpS sat down with Anthony Boutard, a local, organically certified small farmer to discuss the implications of the the Food Safety and Modernization Act (S.510), the final bill had not yet been passed, but the addition of the Tester amendment to the bill provided him a [...]
The Food Safety and Modernization Act: a Small Farmer’s Perspective (video)
The nation’s first comprehensive food safety legislation just barely passed the recent lameduck session of Congress.


