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Sharon, the bounty!: A review of Astyk’s “Independence Days”
Ever since the idea of going locavore, or eating local on 100-mile diets, tiptoed into the mainstream a couple of years ago, more people have chosen to support their local farmers markets and to eat fresh food in season. The old chorus continues, however: "What can a locavore eat in the winter?" Well, quite a lot, really. Sharon Astyk tells you how
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Open season: Local Roots Markets opens in Wooster, Ohio
Nine months doesn't really seem like a very long time: over the span of a lifetime, just a mere hiccup on a long journey. But when you're in the midst of those nine months (ask any expectant mother), you find yourself amazed at how much goes on in that time frame — and how it can seem to pass so slowly,
Oakland has 1,200 acres of public land
Ready, set, grow!: A new report released today by UrbanFood.org, with support from the HOPE Collaborative and City Slicker Farms, has identified 1,200 acres of vacant and underutilized public land in Oakland, California, that could potentially be used for food production. If only half of it were cultivated,
Sam Fromartz takes on anti-locavore contrarian James McWilliams
Swatting flies: We've mostly tried to ignore James McWilliams, hoping he'll just go away, but now that the New York Times has given his locavore-baiting views a regular platform, we may not be able to much longer. Fortunately Sam Fromartz, blogger and author of Organic,
Do I dare to eat a peach? Not a conventional one, says Tribune study
Another day, another facet to the debate over whether organic produce is worth the extra moolah. Unless you've been living on a remote mountaintop with no wireless, you've probably witnessed the recent frenzy over a UK
Slow but steady growth: Building the Local Roots market in Ohio
This summer has been a cool one so far here in northeastern Ohio. The sweltering heat and humidity has so far failed to materialize, and while I personally am not complaining about being less uncomfortable, I do sometimes worry about the gardens. The mild days and cool nights are keeping tomatoes from
Gary Nabhan celebrates new Arizona burger “that tasts of this place”
Raising the green Flagstaff: Arizona resident and "Coming Home To Eat" author Gary Nabhan, writes glowingly of a new restuarant in the middle of downtown Flagstaff that serves good, modestly priced SOLE food. Backed by the Diablo Trust, one of the oldest collaborations between ranchers and farmers in
Compromising on SOLE food buying habits
The case of the $35 chicken: Pete Wells, who's written memorably before the NY Times Sunday magazine about the bloody reality of eating animals, is feeling the recession's pinch when he goes to the farmers market. We can sympathize. His wife has worked out "what she calls a schizophrenic compromise.
New outlets for farmers
The prescription is fresh produce: Mary MacVean looks at some of the new ways small farms are reaching the public in the Los Angeles area, starting with Kaiser Permanente's establishment of farmers markets outside their medical centers (30 so far in four states) and purchase of local produce for their
“Local” shark-jumping also feeds the minnows
Getting fresh: Tom Laskawy revisits yesterday's NYT article on the co-option of the local label by Big Food, and pulls out the one encouraging element of the trend — how some large-scale California growers are looking more at
Inside the all-locavore fridge
Xtreme ethicureanism: A Houston, TX couple have been eating the 100-mile diet strictly for the past year, and chronicling it on their blog. This post's photo of their extremely verdant fridge impresses with its "freedom looks like… freedom from processed, canned and frozen foods. (100
What two 19th-century cities can teach us about community-based food systems
While compiling this week's (long overdue) Digest, I came across the excellent infographic above in Yes! magazine's April issue, which is all
Pixies for the People: A new WIC Local Food Line
Can you hear the chanting? "Pixies for the People!" How about the drums? "Pixies for the People!" Pixie Tangerines, that is, not Tinker Bell. When
Unfair fare: Why prices for meat from small local farms are too high
Editor's note: New York part-time farmer Bob Comis sent us a link to a post on his Stonybrook Farm blog for consideration in the Digest, but we liked it so much we asked him if we could publish an edited version in its entirety. His opinions are going
Postcard from England: Farm Collective opens cafe
Earlier this month I spent 10 days in England, visiting friends from grad school in London, Hove (near Brighton), and Diss (near Norwich). I was there for fun, but it was impossible not to see with Ethicurean eyes just how far ahead of America the UK is when it comes to chewing the right thing. Here's
