Sharon, the bounty!: A review of Astyk’s “Independence Days”

5 days ago

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: 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.Sha (Read More)

Topics: food, Locavore

Sam Fromartz takes on anti-locavore contrarian James McWilliams

Oct 16, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: 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, Inc., has decided to take on McWilliams’ latest contra (Read More)

Topics: Locavore

Stanford Hospital gets Farm Fresh

Sep 07, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: Recipe for wellness: Stanford Hospital and Clinics’ new Farm Fresh project, launched in a pilot phase last month, brings organic, locally grown and sustainable food to any patient whose doctor approves it and doesn’t cost a cent more than traditional fare. Other Northern California hospitals such as Kaiser Permanente are al (Read More)

NPR critique of “Food, Inc” points to important divide

Jul 06, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: How to reach across the GMO corn rows: A brief segment on NPR reported from Kansas City has the food-politics blogosphere and Twitter kingdom bristling. (La Vida Locavore calls it a “one-sided shallow hit piece,” while the Organic Nation blog accuses NPR of pandering to its advertiser, Monsanto.) It’s not quite as dire as p (Read More)

Topics: food, Locavore

In case you missed it: Will Allen profiled in NY Times Mag

Jul 06, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: We can’t get enough of Will Allen: The Sunday New York Times Magazine had a must-read profile of Milwaukee urban farmer and grant magnet Will Allen, one of the most inspiring leaders of the sustainable food movement. Allen, writes “Bottlemania” author Elizabeth Royte, “is the go-to expert on urban farming…a genius at selli (Read More)

Topics: food, sustainable food

Gary Nabhan celebrates new Arizona burger “that tasts of this place”

Jun 22, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: 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 the West, Diablo Burger (Read More)

Topics: food, green

Raw deals at New York Green Carts

Jun 13, 2009

The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.: Make mine fresh: Residents of the South Bronx and other real-food wastelands in New York are snapping up raw fruits and vegetables sold by Green Cart vendors under a special arrangement with the city. The hope is to increase health and reduce  obesity among residents without easy access to supermarkets and green markets. (Read More)

Topics: food, green

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