We were just talking about the lack of locally grown veggies in Napa because of the high price of land and all those grapes, and here’s what I run across when I sit down to catch up on a little gardenish reading this morning. The article from the Press Democrat, (which I wish I had [...]
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Grapes and more grapes, but where oh where are the rest of the veggies?
Posted in Edible-Vegetables, Farmers Market, Food Politics on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gourmet 1954
Posted in Food Politics on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have a special place in my heart (and garage) for my collection of vintage Gourmet magazines. I love the really old ones pre 1965 that have illustrated covers. One of my favorite sites – Cooked Books, “All things culinary at the New York Public Library” – features a menu from a dinner held for [...]
Community of Gardens
Posted in Edible-Herbes, Edible-Vegetables, Edibles-Flowers, Edibles-Fruit, Food Politics, School Garden, Small Spaces, winter garden, tagged community garden, csa, eat the view, rancho los cerritos, school gardens, small space gardens, urban farming, white house vegetable garden on March 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last night the White House announced that Michelle Obama is taking out 1100 square feet of the White House lawn and planting a vegetable garden. You can read more about the “eat the view” movement at Kitchen Gardeners International, and see the plans. This is awesome! It’s the first step toward food reform and a [...]
Green Up your Acres – Reason #1
Posted in Food Politics, tagged food supply, garden, irradiated food, spinach, vegetable on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From tainted spinach to irradiated spinach. Or from bad to worse. Just another reason to grow your own. Why do we try to eat dark green veggies? For the nutritional benefits. They irradiate spinach and now they’re trying to do it without labeling. The short version of this food supply tragedy goes something like this; [...]
