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Entries from May 2008

Farm Bill Feed

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

We at Eat Well must admit that the 2007 Farm Bill boggles our minds as much as it does anyone else’s.  Luckily, others in the blogosphere are breaking it down for us as the House and Senate approach an agreement.
A doozy of a boondoggle At Common Dreams, Christopher D. Cook, author of Diet for a [...]

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Dispatch from New Orleans Part Deux: The New Orleans Food & Farming Network

May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

(clockwise from left: NOFFN team members Pam Broome, Lisa Mohr, Phillip Soulet and Kris Pottharst)
As I mentioned last week, I really fell in love with New Orleans during the short time I was there last month. I left there convinced that for all its problems, the town (and surrounding region) is full of [...]

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The News Feed

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Whoever it is, will they “Eat the View?” The race to be the next Democratic presidential nominee is pretty much down to the wire. Whoever the next president turns out to be, crafty kitchen garden enthusiasts are using On Day One, an online compilation of citizen’s ideas, to encourage him or her to plant [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Eat Well and the Green Fork are happy to hop on the Monday bandwagon this week with the first of our Healthy Monday tips. If you are unfamiliar with the HM campaign, check out the background info below. We’ll be cross-posting our Monday tips with our friends at the Daily Table, the official [...]

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Guest Dish: Food vs Fuel — Round One

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

As mentioned in our intro post, a core mission of the Green Fork is to create a space where many voices could gather to promote the work of activists, farmers, business owners and organizations. I’m pleased today to introduce the first of our guest posters, Dulce Fernandes.
Dulce serves as the Associate Director for [...]

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A Green Fork Dispatch from New Orleans: the Crescent City Farmers Market

May 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’ve been back in Baltimore less than 24 hours and have already caught myself humming I Wish I Was in New Orleans about a half dozen times. I mentioned last week that I was there, but we were on such a tight schedule that I didn’t have time to digest and blog about it. [...]

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