Good Food is Everybody's Business
This past weekend I attended the sold-out first-ever national conference on local and state food policy organized by the Community Food Security Coalition. I came hoping to find ideas to bring back into my own rural community about food justice, food security, and food sovereignty issues.
In May we had our sheep sheared, not a real big deal, as we only had 3 sheep to shear – Mama, Sure to Go, and Hercules. Since we had so few sheep, it was not worth hiring a professional shearer, instead we hired a neighbor who had a small flock and sheared his own sheep. He was not an expert by any means, and it was quite an ordeal, not only for the sheep, but also the shearer, and the onlookers.
The list of 50 Women Game Changers – women who have influenced today’s food world – includes the greats like Julia Child, Alice Waters, Martha Stewart, and more. But there’s something wrong with this list! As much as I love Julia Child, I cringe as I read how much butter she adds to her recipes. And aside from Alice Waters, who is championing local, organic, or sustainably grown products?
On May 20, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a summary order concluding a long-standing lawsuit over …
Good food is not just better for the environment, the people who grow it, and the people who eat it; it is also safe food. …
Sam Lucy, grain farmer and land conservationist in the Methow Valley of north central Washington, is a one-man search and rescue team for farmland. He has spent the last 15 years seeking out and reclaiming fallow farmland and bringing it back to viable production or transitioning it into native grasses and other plants.
Lisa Ono speaks about neighborhood and community support for Granville Island Public Market. Granville Island, Vancouver BC, is a artistic, cultural, and retail center built on the banks of the False Creek, opposite Vancouver’s downtown center.
Now, with 7 sheep… Missy, the dog… Cricket, the cat… Mickey, the canary… and the now pregnant Matushka… our menagerie was about to expand by leaps and bounds!
