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- New Orleans golf course transformed into citys biggest urban farm with an Eco-Campus Mon, 18 Sep 17, 7:30pmA former golf course in New Orleans' City Park has been transformed into the city's biggest urban farm—Grow Dat Youth Farm. The seven-acre sustainable farming nonprofit features a low-energy Eco-Campus built with seven...
- Wal-Mart Goes Local – Should We be Scared? Tue, 16 Mar 10, 2:00pmIf you’re anything like me, you’re pretty skeptical of any move that Wal-Mart makes. When a friend sent me an article recently about the retail giant “going local,” my first reaction was confusion...
- If There’s A Toxin in the Food Supply But No Corporation to Blame, Is it Still A Problem? Thu, 14 Jan 10, 2:31amOver the last few days there has been a flurry of blogging activity about a study claiming “organ-toxic effects” in mice fed with GMO corn...
- A Case for Healthy School Lunches Fri, 20 Nov 09, 6:30amThe Child Nutrition Act is up for renewal and Congress has extended the deadline to early 2010. We’ve talked before about the pitiful school lunch situation in the U.S. and about how you can help advocate healthy lunches...
- The global harvest Thu, 19 Nov 09, 8:14amAs Thanksgiving approaches, we tend to focus more on what we have to be grateful for. We have a bountiful food supply, symbolized at this time of year by horns of plenty, Turkey Day feasts at our tables and in trade magazines...
- Meatless Mondays: 3 Course No Cooking Required Meal Tue, 18 Aug 09, 2:59amAs the dog days of summer come to an end, a 3 course, no cooking required meal sounds pretty good to me. Turn that stove off, shut down the oven, choose to go meatless this Monday and cool off with this appetizer, main course...
- British Government Study Says: Organic is not Healthier Sat, 1 Aug 09, 6:56amReally, folks? Were we questioning the possibility that organically grown foods were more nutritious than traditional grown? I think not. We (being fully informed consumers) know that food is food is food. Raw food...
- Food, Inc. The Companion Guide Sat, 11 Jul 09, 3:57pmFinally, it’s in my hands. I’ve been waiting for what feels like EONS for my copy of Food, Inc. (Edited by Karl Weber) to arrive. I first laid eyes on this delightful book on a shopping trip to Whole Foods...
- The Chain Never Stops by Eric Schlosser Sat, 13 Jun 09, 4:10amBest known as the author who brought you Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser is also an award winning journalist who had been writing about the food industry in the United States for many years prior to the publication of the...
- Food Not Bombs Continues to Ignite Controversy Mon, 25 May 09, 12:57amFood Not Bombs, a group dedicated to non-violent social change through feeding the needy, continues to find itself at the center of controversy as they enter their 30th year in existence.