Cooking Up a Story: Stories
New to the life of farming, a middle-aged couple make a career change to becoming sustainable farmers. First mentoring under Joel Salatin, they now raise pasture fed cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, lambs, and sheep.
I started to really think about the food the animals I ate were fed, after I saw [...]
In the initial full-length video (Added Value: Direct Marketing for Farmers and Ranchers) on the Imperial Stock Ranch in eastern Oregon, Jeanne Carver described how her and her husband’s ranching business had to come up with a new marketing approach to address declining markets and competition from overseas. Their new approach was to develop [...]
Cooking Up a Story: Stories
Saving the planet may well stem from the small act of many, than bigger actions undergone by the few. One restaurant chooses to participate in a city-wide program, recycling its food waste into reusable garden compost—the owner explains her reasons for doing so.
I started composting much of my food scraps last [...]
Cooking Up a Story: Stories
On the surface, the practice of medicine—both the traditional and non-traditional approaches—would seem to have little in common with the growing of wine grapes. For Dr. Robert Gross, there is a strong connection between his training as a Psychiatrist, and viticulture. This episode draws upon the rich interplay between two completely [...]
This weekend (Labor Day weekend) marks the unofficial end of summer, as I sit here preparing to tell you about my “Sustainable Summer” my mind is wandering to thoughts of Dora the Explorer backpacks and upcoming flu shots. Before I head back into my “Manic Mommy Mode” (as if I’m ever out of it) [...]
Let me make sure I have my facts straight: In the heart of New York City, a husband and wife, and their very young daughter, embark on a year long journey to transition into a lifestyle that leaves behind a zero carbon footprint? That means: no plastic bottles, no restaurant food, no coffee shops, no [...]
