Legal Challenges to Big Ag, the USDA, and the FDA
Lawsuits are flying around the food world these days! Do lawsuits like these work? Sometimes!
Month: May 2011
Voices From the Farm: Building the Farm and the Flock, and Adding to the Menagerie
Little did I suspect, at that early date, that not too many years hence, I would be pasturing nearly 300 sheep. However, there would be lots of changes in store before that could happen!
A Dozen Reasons to Have Urban Chickens
Thinking about a few chickens? Here are a dozen reasons why you should have them in your backyard!
Farmer Jane: Women Changing The Way We Eat by Temra Costa
Farmer Jane profiles twenty-six women in the sustainable food industry who are working toward a more holistic food system in America a system that ensures our health with wholesome natural foods, protects the earth and wildlife, treats farm workers fairly, and stimulates local economies.
Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good
I have a confession to make: on a bad day I can feel despondent and jaded when I consider the magnitude of change that is needed to rectify our country’s ubiquitous health crises. Then I remember that every positive action counts, one person can make a difference, and together we can educate, support, and really help each other live better and effect remarkable change.
Black Mulberry Tree (Morus nigra)
My favorite berry is black mulberry, because it is so delicious, and such a rare treat to eat in Seattle. I have requested that a black mulberry tree be planted on my grave.
Diane Morrison, Wendel’s True Foods
Diane Morrison, owner and general manager, offers a specialty product line up of baked goods using only the finest all-natural ingredients and without preservatives.
Functional Foods, Super Foods – What ARE You Eating?
Somehow I thought all foods were “functional foods,” after all, their function is to nourish our bodies. And as for “super foods?” I’d include things …