Posts Tagged ‘real food’

The Unconventional Harvest: An Urban Oasis for Food

Why would I choose to ride my bicycle into the concrete jungle of a large city?

National Seed Swap Day

January 28, 2011 The last Saturday in January is National Seed Swap Day, which for 2011 is tomorrow, January 29th. Several communities hold their own seed swap on this day. It’s an opportunity to meet up with other seed enthusiasts and swap seeds. “The first annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchange was held on January 26, [...]

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 [...]

Joan Dye Gussow: This Organic Life (video)

Joan Dye Gussow is one of those rare individuals who listen to their own convictions whether it is of popular held belief or not. Raising a young family in Congers, NY, and working on her graduate degree at Columbia University, she came to the realization that accessing our food in a global way, one that [...]

A Conversation with Anna Lappé on Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture, and Conversion to a Climate Friendly Food System-2 (video)

Lappé responds to the question, what is the proper role for government to play with our food system?

Raised On Fresh Corn (video)

Filming a work party at a local CSA farm, one of the volunteers shares a favorite family food story.