Know a farmer, rancher, or “agricultural professional” trying to do the sustainable right thing? Remind them that they have until Dec. 6 to apply for $15K-$30K in funding — for projects to do with production practices, business development, or marketing alternatives — from the USDA’s Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. SARE […]
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What is your home ground?
Barry Lopez, noted author of several books that take an intimate look at the planet, ambled into town last week to discuss his latest work, Home Ground. I listened to him speak at Seattle Public Library’s main branch on Tuesday.
The book is a compilation of definitions of terms for landscape and waterscape features in […]
Events: Food politics forum in SF
Tomorrow night, October 9, the Commonwealth Club and Litquake is hosting what looks like a killer panel on “The Politics of Food: What We Eat and Why It Matters.” Check out the lineup:
Ignacio Chapela, UC Berkeley professor who uncovered GMO contamination in Mexican cornfields (you may remember him from the “Future of Food” documentary)
Michelle Simon, […]
Around the blogosphere: Sewage sowing, Simon says, Dagoba interview
Our news larder is rather empty today, but others in the food blogosphere have plenty to go around. Rather than poach off their plates, we’re linking to them.
The Accidental Hedonist: Kate Hopkins does some digging into the latest E. coli outbreak, in lettuce, and finds that Monterey County has been irrigating acres of edible food […]
More New Yorker food cartoons
In case you’re hungry for more New Yorker food cartoons, some of which feature an Ethicurean spin (like the one at left), a 2002 NewYorker.com feature collects a bunch o’ the best in a sanctioned slideshow.
[Via Megnut]
So far, no one from Legal has contacted us about using this one or that one.
Pigs and cows and goats, oh my! A visit to Sea Breeze Farm
Each year, the King County Extension Office, in association with Washington State University, holds their Harvest Celebration on the first Saturday of October. The Harvest Celebration is a chance for consumers to get to know their local producers and for farms to introduce their products to new users. Typically, the farms provide tours, […]
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