Posts under ‘politics’

I’ve had a week now to think about the 60 Minutes segment on Alice Waters. I should have been the perfect audience for this segment, yet felt distinctly dissatisfied after it aired. In this segment, Leslie Stahl presented the slow food movement as elitist. Because as we all know, cooking from scratch, buying from local [...]

I saw a most inspiring movie the other night at the Bluestone Farm Fullmoon fireside: The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Apart from its value as a “how to” or as a plug for local, sustainable food, it is a testament to the human spirit. From their site: When the Soviet [...]

Here in the great state of Connecticut (third smallest in the union), raw milk is currently legal. We can even buy it in retail stores that choose to carry it. Interestingly, those that choose to tend to be natural foods stores. Lately, there’s been some action to review and change the availability of raw milk [...]

From the NY Times (may require free subscription): The former chairwoman of one of China’s biggest dairy producers pleaded guilty to selling fake milk powder. SHANGHAI — The former chairwoman of one of China’s biggest dairy producers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling tainted powdered baby formula and acknowledged for the first time that the [...]

Last January, I attended a talk by Michael Pollan in Madison, CT. The event included a Farmer’s Market, which included a CT NOFA display booth.They asked if I wanted to join and I admitted that I was not a farmer, just an eater. They said that was fine and I’ve been a member since. Membership [...]

Saturday, May 31, 2008, the Episcopal Diocese of NY is having an event called, Conference on the Environment: The Christian Care of Creation: Reconnecting With Your Community at St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford. The Workshops are:- Greening Your Life (Your buildings and lifestyle, in city and country )- Advocacy (Affecting your neighborhood, village, or city [...]

I often see signs at farmer’s markets that say something like, We took the Farmer’s Pledge. If you’re curious about what it is and how it compares to certified organic, check out the Farmer’s Pledge (PDF file) . In a very small nutshell, some farmers take the pledge in addition to being certified organic, looking [...]

There’s a well done parody animation about factory farming called The Meatrix. I thought I was the last to see this, but apparently, there are lots of folks who still haven’t.

This hardly qualifies as a true confession since I’ve been complaining about it incessantly, but I have no idea where my wheat is coming from. I would like to buy wheat from my foodshed (100 miles from Newtown, CT) or at least regionally (New England/Mid-Atlantic). I would like to get it whole, as in buy [...]

The more I research the sources of my food and how it gets to my table, the more astonished I am at the discoveries. More reasons to favor local growers over corporate organics. Cornucopia.org features Dr. Phil Howard‘s chart of major corporate ownership and involvement in the organic food sector. The graphic is called Organic [...]