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Entries from August 2008

Hurry up and slow down

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The gang has arrived in San Francisco, where I rubbernecked like a maniac as my taxi passed the Victory Garden en route to the hotel earlier today. The events begin in earnest tomorrow but got started tonight with the Food Bill Declaration and Severine’s Pirate Seed Swap, which we are running way late for [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized · food and tradition · green fork dispatch

From the field: Artisanal Ice Cream and Sustainable Gelato

August 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This post comes to us from one of our summer interns, Charmayne Staloff. Charmayne is a graduate student in Environmental Philosophy at the University of North Texas, where she is working on a project on the Philosophy of Food. Today, she brings us a yummy report on local and sustainable-minded producers of a timeless summer [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday!

August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today’s Healthy Monday Tip: Eat Well Everywhere!
Labor Day weekend is upon us, which sadly means the end of summer. Not to worry! Soak up the final weekend of summertime using our latest tool, Eat Well Everywhere (EWE).
We’ve heard from many folks about how hard it is to eat well while traveling–maybe because the most convenient [...]

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The News Feed

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Irradiation = Safety? The FDA thinks irradiating spinach and other vegetables will keep us safe.  Our friends at Food & Water Watch beg to differ.
Some people will buy anything Monsanto has managed to sell off their controversial rBGH division to Eli Lily for $300 million.
Not everyone’s hurting While millions suffer from the skyrocketing price of [...]

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If you’re going…to San Francisco…

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I’m sorry.  I couldn’t help it.
As we mentioned, we’ll be there, too, handing out print copies of our new book, Cultivating the Web, the digital version of which you can download here (pdf). And we could use some help, so we are looking for volunteers. To sweeten the pot, we are offering one free [...]

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