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Salon.com plays the locavoreanism-debunking game
The type of article lamented by a few commenters on my recent post about food miles vs. food choices made an appearance in Salon
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Fighting climate change: Food miles vs. food choices
If you want to fight global warming with your diet, it is better to change what you eat than where it comes from, according to a recently published article in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental
Local food promoted as economic development tool
It's one of the ironies of our food system that here in Kansas, one of the largest agriculture states in the union, we don't have a whole lot of local food. It doesn't have to be that way. What's more, a turnaround in that situation is a good economic development plan. That was the message that two sustainable
Perfect pinch: Saving pennies by cleaning out the pantry
A little over a year ago, many of us took on the Penny-Wise Eat Local Challenge and found ways to minimize our food spending for one week.
We’re seeding a trend here…
Maybe a collective spring fever is making its way around the Internet, but I've seen and read more about gardens lately than I have in a long time. If you somehow missed the hubbub this past week, Michael Pollan published
A capital creamery: DC’s Dolcezza spins local flavors into artisanal gelato
Please welcome guest contributor and frequent Ethicurean commenter Emily Horton. Emily writes about food, culture and sustainability issues in Washington, D.C., where she's lived since last September. Before that, she lived in Atlanta and Chapel Hill, N.C., where she lost her accent for the first time
Gary Nabhan wants you to go native for SOLE food
Could native foods be the next big thing in eating? Some people, Gary Nabhan in particular, are working to push things in that direction. Nabhan, a noted conservation scientist at the
Marie Catrib’s: Finding love, and community, in the center of the G-Rap universe
The following is a guest post from Stephanie Pierce in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Stephanie writes, dreams, and plans at Fourth Sector Consulting, a for-benefit company that works only with mission-driven organizations. Her unofficial
Coming out of hibernation
Finally, after 3 months of blizzards, winter seems to be showing signs of weakness in Montreal. I'm sure this doesn't mean that winter is over, even though spring officially began over two weeks ago, but still, today the sun was shining and the snow was melting, and people were out on the streets,
Saving the songbirds (and ourselves)
Today's New York Times featured an op-ed by Bridget Stutchbury, a biology professor at the University of Toronto and author of Silence
If you’re ever in a jam (to clean out the pantry)
As March draws to a close, I start counting the weeks until the farmers market returns. (Ten, thanks.) After a long winter rounded out by a handful of late snowstorms, I'm really looking forward to the first local salad of mixed greens, the first
Digest – Commentary: Mileage counts, Stonyfield rock-throwing
Food miles per gallon: Anthony Flaccavento, director of Appalachian Sustainable Development, argues persuasively against the anti-locavore hypothesis that shipping food in tractor-trailers is more efficient than local food transactions. (Washington
Digest – Commentary: Eating local gains political clout, food prices, corn crisis
Locavore motion: "The buy local train is leaving the station, and it's time for USDA to hear the whistle and get on board," says Vermont Senator Ginny Lyons in this op-ed. (Times Argus
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Climate change already yielding food disruptions
A recurring theme of last fall's Kaw Valley Farm Tour was the terrible, killing freeze of the preceding spring. Now, scientists are
And the winner of our caption contest is…
What a rip off. The ennui I get at the grocery store only costs 25 cents a dozen. —Jeff Donald, Exeter, NH Congratulations to Jeff, whose entry in our first-ever caption contest was the clear winner amongst the Ethicurean
