archive for December 18th, 2006

Provisions Mushroom CSA through Helsing Junction

by JC Costello aka Man of La Muncha @ Monday, December 18th, 2006.

I’ve lost track of the post where the local mushroom CSA was discussed - oh, there it is, but I’ll give this topic a full post just the same.
Provisions Mushroom CSA is piggy-backing on Helsing Junction CSA Farm’s delivery system to provide mushrooms. Their information is not available on Helsing Junction’s web site, nor […]

Digest: Eee-aye-oh-no, Austria gets off GMO-free, irradiation’s back, restaurant fined

by Ethicurean @ Monday, December 18th, 2006.

United Nations: According to a draft report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Org., 190 of the more than 7,600 breeds in the FAO global database of farm animal genetic resources have become extinct since 1990, and 1,500 more are deemed at risk of extinction.
Sacramento Bee*: We knew this was coming — irradiation is being […]

Save the world — buy GMO? Debating the Economist article

by Bonnie P. @ Monday, December 18th, 2006.

Last week the Economist wrote about the movement to “vote with your trolley” [shopping cart] and essentially argued the best thing that concerned citizens could do to fight global warming was to boycott organic food.
I’m joking, but the article inspired a thousand Web rants and refutations – even making it into Dan Mitchell’s What’s Online […]

There’s a reason eggs are associated with spring

by Butter Bitch @ Monday, December 18th, 2006.

Last weekend, I was making French toast for breakfast, and pulled out the carton of eggs we received with our last beef CSA shipment.  Upon opening the carton, I was surprised by how much smaller the eggs are now that the seasons have changed.  Where I would normally use two eggs, I used four.  As […]

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