Michael Pollan was here last week in Louisville promoting his new book, “In Defense of Food” to a sell-out audience in the Kentucky Center. Food is hot! You can catch much of what he covered in this interview on CBC…
Read more »GMO smorgasbord
Most of us are in blissful denial about the genetically altered “foodstuffs” we put into our mouths in the United States, but the absurdity of the situation is too much for me to contain myself. NOTE: If you are enjoying…
Read more »Food, Faith & Groundhogs
If you don’t like the weather in ____________, just wait a minute. I’ve lived in four different states that each claimed this folksy quip as their own pronouncement of the unpredictability of their weather. Each attributed this to a favorite…
Read more »The Poor Get Diabetes; The Rich Get Local and Organic
Mark Winne is a colleague who I’ve gotten to know through the Community Food Security Coalition activities. His messages about the injustices inherent in our food system are timely and important for those of us hoping and working for a…
Read more »30-minute homemade mozzarella?
Well, it might take 45 minutes the first time. But Fritz used the recipe from Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable Miracle book and it came out fine. I keep saying I’m going to make it over this Christmas break, but reading,…
Read more »Hillary Clinton and Big Meat
Hillary and big meat? We’ll get to that in a minute. John Edwards, for his part, has opposed factory farming in North Carolina, the state with the highest number of hog factory farms in the country. In Iowa last week,…
Read more »Senate’s Farm Bill barely tweaks status quo
Special interests win the day Farm Bill reforms inadequate; White House again threatens to veto Dan Morgan of the Washington Post gives the low-down on the Farm Bill approved by the Senate last week. “Ending a six-week impasse, the Senate…
Read more »A child will lead us
Okay, a big child. He makes it look easy. And it is. Call (202) 224-3121 today! Or you can go to the Washington Office to write your email. Don’t procrastinate. Or you’ll miss your chance!
Read more »Farm Bill Votes This Week: Call Now!
You are ready. You’ve done this before. Do it one more time. Do it today. The Farm Bill is back on the Senate floor. Votes are expected throughout the week. A major priority for this bill remains passage of the…
Read more »Farm Bill Back on Senate Floor . . . Be Ready
Farm Bill Friends, After a couple weeks of dormancy, the 2007 Farm Bill is back on the Senate floor. In the spirit of advent we are calling on you to “Be Ready” and “Wait Patiently” for coming alerts on farm…
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