Posts Tagged ‘fresh food’

Stockbox Grocers Strive to Fill Food Deserts

September 16, 2011 Many neighborhoods throughout urban and rural America do not have access to fresh food and day-to-day living essentials within walking or a short driving distance. Many of these areas are known to be a food desert. Over 23 million people live in food deserts. An idea to help bring food to some [...]

Slow Food USA Invites You to Take the $5 Challenge

Many of us may have succumbed over the years to fast food – it’s cheap and it’s, well, fast! But there are alternatives…

School Garden Project Of Lane County—Oregon (video)

This video was shot for the School Garden Project of Lane County, a local non-profit that works with elementary school children to create a school garden.

James Beard in Oregon

January 13, 2011 Get your party hats and glasses ready – there’s going to be a celebration! Prior to the announcement of this years James Beard Foundation Award nominations, there will be a gala event, in Portland, Oregon, to raise funds for the Oregon Culinary Institute. James Beard, a Portland, Oregon native, treasured good fresh [...]

Ben Dyer: Portland Chef and Artisan Butcher (video)

Dyer shares his views about sustainable meats, and the importance of local sourcing for his restaurants and butcher shop.

Ben Dyer of Sympatica Dining Hall: In the Can (video)

Book author Marissa Guggiana was in town recently and I wanted to talk to her about her new book, Primal Cuts: Cooking with America’s Best Butchers. She was going to be at a small local place called Sympatica Dining Hall for a few hours. The restaurant was going to be preparing a special meal that [...]

Nourish Means…

November 24, 2010 In a very timely post, our friends at Nourish shared a video about a simple word, “nourish”, which was derived from the Latin nutrire. As many words do, this one also has different meanings. Many different thought leaders from the world of sustainable food and agriculture shared their interpretation of it. From [...]

Giving Thanks (to Turkeys)

November 23, 2010 Chef (and filmmaker) Daniel Klein recently visited LTD Farm where they were harvesting the turkeys they had raised for several Thanksgiving dinners. But they weren’t alone. Many of the eaters who had purchased one of the free range turkeys were invited to help in the process. As one participant said, “To be [...]