Earlier this month I ventured down to the nation’s capital to attend Meeting the Demand: Growing Markets for Sustainable Meat and Dairy Production, a conference organized by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). Turned out to be well-worth the epic all-in-one-day roundtrip subway/train ride; ICCR managed to cram the schedule full of speakers, panels, and workshops like pork in the farm bill. Lots of big ideas; lots of inspiring solutions.
Entries Tagged as 'from the field'
Dispatches from the Beltway: Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Meat & Dairy
March 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: food news · from the field
Dispatch from Ottawa: ‘Tis the Season for Feasting the Fields
September 30th, 2009 · No Comments
With 25 teams of chefs and farmers from the Ottawa region, Canadian Organic Growers’ 5th annual Feast of Fields hosted this tremendous gastronomical delight along the Rideau River in Vincent Massey Park. In two quick hours of meeting farmer and chef teams from the region and sampling their creations, guests tasted some of the best the Ottawa Valley has to offer.
Tags: In Season · events · from the field · local spotlight
Location, Location, Location: Seattle Farmers’ Markets, from a Vendor’s Perspective
August 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Every farmers’ market is different. The vendors and clientele vary, of course, but the setting–the unique backdrop to each event–also colors how it feels to be there, as well as the crowd that attends.
Tags: Uncategorized · from the field
Tribeca Yummy Mummy – Herb Pasta with Meyer Lemon and Cute Overload
June 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A few weeks ago, I made a bittersweet last trip (for awhile, anyway) back to New York to meet with the team at Eat Well. While I was there, EW new media guru Karen Kanan Correa and I trekked down to Tribeca to visit Cate Bruce-Low, aka Tribeca Yummy Mummy. A former chef and present [...]
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Farm to School Programs: a lesson in win-win relationships
May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This September the federal Child Nutrition bills which cover the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, will be up for evaluation and amendment during the reauthorization process. This window of opportunity arises every five years for lawmakers to improve upon child nutrition programs. The nation’s burgeoning childhood obesity epidemic is forcing health leaders and politicians [...]
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