Update: Entries have been slow to come on the giveaway, so I’m going to move the date back to Friday, March 4, at midnight. Head down to the bottom of [ … ]
Tag: local food
US Organic Farming: Digging into the Numbers
In 2008, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the USDA (USDA-NASS) conducted a first-time, in-depth survey of the US organic farming sector. A summary was published in 2010 from which [ … ]
What Asparagus Tells Us About Our Food Future
I’d like to make the case that asparagus, as a crop, is a prophetic vegetable. How the global asparagus industry has changed gives us a window on how the rest [ … ]
4 Ways You Can Entertain Yourself… Sustainably
So much of modern entertainment comes with a high ecological price tag, is socially isolating and disabling, and is downright culturally degrading at times, too. There are huge markets devoted [ … ]
Eating Fresh Produce: Want to Know What Food is in Season?
Strawberries in February, peaches in March, tomatoes in April… Can you guess where I am? Certainly not in a garden in North America. But the supermarket would have you think [ … ]
Have an Eco Get-Together: Throw a Local Food Potluck!
Eating food in groups is a vital social experience. To share in the joys of a good meal, cooked with care and skill, and garnished with loving attention brings people [ … ]
Why I Decided To Keep Honeybees
Honeybees are in danger and need our help. In the last few years, populations have decreased in half, due to diesease and the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which has [ … ]
How To Protect Yourself Against Food Contamination
Food that is both local and organic is the golden ideal to strive for not only for the well-being of the environment (and your local economy), but for your own [ … ]
Goat Song: Rediscovering Food by Raising Goats
Recently, I was fortunate to stumble upon a copy of Goat Song in my local library, a book that not only beautifully articulates the wonders of raising dairy goats, but [ … ]
New Farmers Market Hours: 24/7
Have trouble getting up early on Saturday morning to get to the farmers market? Yeah, me too. And while more supermarkets are featuring more selections of local food on their [ … ]
The Pesticides I Wish I Could Buy
[social_buttons] Alright. I know that the title of this post is controversial for this website, but I’m serious about this. Read a little further and this might not seem so [ … ]
Hotel Metro in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Green, Hip and Central
I’m coming to the conclusion pretty fast that just about every hotel will eventually be walking the talk when it comes to going green – though some are walking slowly [ … ]
Five Good Reasons to Eat Non-Local Food (Part 2 of 2)
[social_buttons] In part one of this blog I acknowledged that I enjoy local food as a special treat in my diet but described three reasons that the true “locovore” concept [ … ]