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Green Green Beans (video)
We travel from the field to the factory, to see how the freshest green beans are picked, processed, and canned at a “Food Alliance” certified plant.
Growing Local Campaign: From Field To Fork
From American Farmland Trust, a short video about what producing local food means to communities, and why it is so important a goal to accomplish. The American Farmland Trust is a non-profit organization that began with farmers and conservationists in 1980, whose central purpose is to protect valuable farmland from being lost. Working across Federal, [...]
Cooking With Love: Alice’s Kitchen (video)
A cookbook author, gardener, and artist? I liked the idea of doing a story on someone with such a rich family history in which food played such a major role.
Preserving Local Farms in Oregon (video)
Farmer, and local food activist, Laura Masterson shares her concerns for the future protection of urban farmlands in Oregon, and across the country.
Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Herbs
Check out the related video story: Food Network: Food Network: Community Supported Agriculture Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one urban farmer who successfully uses the CSA model to produce long-term sustainable crops that are fresh, cost [...]
Caponata Pasta
Check out the related video story: Food Network: Community Supported Agriculture Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one urban farmer who successfully uses the CSA model to produce long-term sustainable crops that are fresh, cost efficient to [...]
A BBQ Master Delivers: Tips for Preparing Chicken
From the Award-Winning DVD (full disclosure: yes, it’s ours), BBQ Secrets: The Master Guide to Extraordinary Barbecue Cookin’, world champion cook Mike Davis demonstrates some tips for preparing chicken for the cooker. For many of us, the notion that cooking barbecue requires much experience and know-how to do a good job—it doesn’t! But, for those [...]
The New Film: Food Inc.
CBS News Interviews journalist Michael Pollan, along with Food Inc. producer and director, Robert Kenner. Watch CBS Videos Online Tomatoes that don’t taste like a tomato (but hey, they also don’t bruise), cloned animal meats (really?), and a look behind the curtain of food production in America; this film presents a grim view inside our [...]