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Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb-part 2
2009-09-23 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Food News Part 2: Marion Kalb continues the conversation around the Farm To School program, acknowledging that added costs for fresh foods are a challenge, but also explaining practical ways to overcome some of those obstacles. Pointing out, in some cases, the cost of fresh, locally supplied foods are less expensive ... More About: Conversation
Added Value: Direct Marketing for Farmers and Ranchers
2009-09-21 13:01:00 Yarn Into Apparel-The Carver Imperial Stock Ranch This is the first in a series of ?how-to? videos funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and produced by Cooking Up A Story. SARE is pleased to be part of this cooperative venture, and to share the rich heritage, knowledge, and individual stories of some ... More About: Marketing , Direct Marketing , Direct
Industrial Agriculture and the Organic Alternative: Rachel Carson?s Contrib
2009-09-18 13:00:00 My introductory post on organic farming (Organic Agriculture : Its Origins, and Evolution Over Time) highlighted Sir Albert Howard?s role in describing its fundamental practices and principles. Seeing Nature as the most efficient and enduring of all farmers, Howard portrayed organic agriculture as a holistic endeavor inseparable from a farm?s environmental conditions. In Howard?s view, ... More About: Alternative , Industrial , Rachel
A Good Food Farmer
2009-09-17 13:00:00 September 17, 2009: In continuation of this week’s launch of the USDA’s Know Your Farmer , Know Your Food initiative, another component will be unveiled later today to support the continued growth of local farmers markets. This story illustrates one farming family that work hard to grow good food, and who enjoy selling directly to their ... More About: Good
Food Matters with Mark Bittman-2
2009-09-16 13:00:00 September 16, 2009: This week the USDA announced the start of Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, a series of coordinated programs designed to help develop local and regional food systems to benefit small farmers, strengthen local communities, and spur economic development. One key component of this initiative is to increase the supply and ... More About: Mark , Matters
Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb
2009-09-15 13:00:00 Update: September 15, 2009: The USDA began their Know Your Farm er, Know Your Food initiative at Tree and Leaf Farm, just outside Washington DC. In building the relationships between farmer and eater, emphasis will be placed in connecting locally grown food with learning institutions, so our children will have the opportunity to eat good ... More About: School , Conversation
Winter Greenhouse Guide Published
2009-09-14 13:00:00 If we are going to build effective community-based food systems in temperate regions we will have to find ways to extend our growing seasons without consuming fossil fuels. This includes places globally where winter daylight is sparse or overnight freezes are likely (for example, most of the U.S., Europe north of the Mediterranean countries, ... More About: Winter , Greenhouse , Guide , Published
Western Spaghetti
2009-09-11 13:00:00 Western Spaghetti by PES from Nurcan Durmaz on Vimeo One of the tastiest things to make this time of year is fresh tomato sauce with tomatoes, garlic, and basil picked straight from the garden. While that simmers, how about tossing some pasta into a pot of boiling water and don’t forget to grab a chunk of ... More About: Western , Discoveries
My Sustainable Summer
2009-09-10 13:00:00 This weekend (Labor Day weekend) marks the unofficial end of summer, as I sit here preparing to tell you about my ?Sustainable Summer ? my mind is wandering to thoughts of Dora the Explorer backpacks and upcoming flu shots. Before I head back into my ?Manic Mommy Mode? (as if I?m ever out of it) ...
Organic Agriculture: Its Origins, and Evolution Over Time
2009-09-09 13:00:00 hat comes to mind when you see food labeled ?organic? at the grocery store or farmers market? I asked one audience that question years ago, and a gentleman replied emphatically, ?Nuts!? Being in North Carolina at the time, I asked if he meant pecans and walnuts, but he assured me that it was the ... More About: Evolution , Time , Agriculture , Organic
Building A Bridge To Somewhere: Farm To School
2009-09-08 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Stories This story is about a farmer that builds a bridge (metaphorically speaking) from his fields to the school lunchroom cafeterias. In the process, fresh, and wholesome foods are provided to growing kids, and a small local food economy develops. This is part of a growing trend across the country. Okay, if you?ve ... More About: Building , School , Farm , Bridge
Canning Fresh Pears
2009-09-02 13:00:00 Various fruits and vegetable have been ripening these past few weeks. Have you had a chance to put any up? A favorite around our household is pears, especially the bartlett variety. Like most other fruit, once ripened, if you can’t eat it all, consider canning or preserving in some fashion. Marge Braker, a retired ... More About: Canning , Fresh , Pears
No Impact Man: Movie Review
2009-08-31 13:00:00 Let me make sure I have my facts straight: In the heart of New York City, a husband and wife, and their very young daughter, embark on a year long journey to transition into a lifestyle that leaves behind a zero carbon footprint? That means: no plastic bottles, no restaurant food, no coffee shops, no ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , Sustainable Living
Urban Chicken Coops on City Tour
2009-08-26 13:00:00 Have you ever considered raising chickens in your urban backyard? I have, and, fortunately, it’s allowable where I live. I really like the idea of having fresh eggs right outside the door. And, because of my vegetable garden, it would be great to have more manure close by. Then there’s the added bonus of turning ... More About: Urban , Tour , Chicken , City
Sheep Cheese: Ancient Heritage Dairy
2009-08-24 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Stories Sheep cheese tastes distinctive, characteristically strong, and very different from cow or goat cheese. On this family sheep farm, the making of cheese reflects a slower pace of life along with a direct connection to the land. Consuming this cheese requires a careful eating pace. One of the great pleasures doing these ... More About: Heritage , Sustainable Living , Cheese , Dairy , Ancient
Farmer?s Market: A Chef?s Perspective
2009-08-19 13:00:00 I was in Minnesota recently, filming a series of videos about a veteran organic farmer, Steven Schwen, of Earthen Path Organic Farm. I was going to film at his farm for only 2 days, yet I also wanted to be able to see him sell his produce at the farmer’s market since it was ... More About: Market , Chef , Farmer , Perspective
Tons of Tasty Tomatoes
2009-08-17 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Stories Tons of tomatoes, and over 70 different varieties are represented at this tomato fest. These farm fresh tomatoes have character, beauty, and yes, even charm. It was back in May. Or maybe it was June. I passed by a group of folks selling plants for a community fundraiser. It was a ... More About: Tomatoes
Tomato Pie
2009-08-14 13:00:00 Reminder: if you’re in Portland this weekend, the 2nd Annual Pie-Off is Sunday, August 16th! Great fun and wonderful way to bring your baking skills and what’s in season, together. Award-winning Recipe from this Show: Tomato Pie Recipe Twitter is a great thing. It?s where I ?met? Tricia Butler of Sassafras Catering. We had similar interests and ...
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings-Part 4
2009-08-12 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Food News In Claire Hope Cummings very fine book, Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, she dedicates a chapter to corn, and her visit to a region of Mexico, the center of origin where ancient corn began. Centers of origin, as Cummings explains, are the few places on earth ... More About: Part , Conversation
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings-Part 3
2009-08-10 13:00:00 Cooking Up a Story: Food News Claire Hope Cummings, in this third segment of interviews hones in upon the essential problems plaguing our agriculture system, she argues is a direct result of the industrialization of agriculture. “Our bodies are not machines”, Cummings reminds us, all the parts of a biological (agriculture) system must remain healthy if ... More About: Part , Part 3 , Conversation
Minnesota Organic Farmer Uses Thermal Banking to Increase Farm Output, Sust
2009-08-07 13:00:00 Reporting from the field: These past few days we’ve been spending time in Oak Center, Minnesota (located about 25 miles north of Rochester), with a really great organic farmer, Steven Schwen, of Earthen Path Organic Farm . Challenged by the cold Midwest winters, Steven pondered how to warm up his planting beds. What evolved was a ... More About: Banking , Farmer
Barbecue Grilling the Sustainable Way
2009-08-06 13:00:00 I have a pretty small kitchen, it?s not as small as some New York City kitchens I?ve seen but for Suburban standards its sub par at best. Because in my opinion my kitchen is so space challenged I can?t wait for the summer months where I can basically move my kitchen outdoors to the great ... More About: Grilling , Barbecue , Sustainable
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings-Part 2
2009-08-05 13:00:00 Public Good: actions we may choose to undertake today, we know, may only be of true benefit, to our children tomorrow. Cooking Up a Story: Food News In part 2, Claire Hope Cummings raises a number of troubling concerns that are at the heart of what threatens our future food supply. Cummings tells us, there are ... More About: Part , Conversation
Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms ? 3
2009-08-04 13:00:00 Part 3: In my first post in this series, I talked about the regular utility patent?s four categories of patentable subject matter in Section 101 of the Patent Act: processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter. I also discussed two statutes that Congress enacted to provide patent (or patent-like) protection to plants: the Plant Patent ... More About: Living , Time , Patents
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings
2009-08-03 13:00:00 Permaculture: the use of ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways. ?National Sustainable Information Service (ATTRA) Cooking Up a Story: Food News In this 4-part series, ... More About: Hope , Claire , Conversation
Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms-2
2009-07-31 13:00:00 Part 2: In my first post in this series, I talked about the regular utility patent?s four categories of patentable subject matter in Section 101 of the Patent Act: processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter. I also discussed two statutes that Congress enacted to provide patent (or patent-like) protection to plants: the Plant Patent ... More About: Living , Time , Patents
Where are the Food Shows about Sustainable Eating?
2009-07-30 13:00:00 I recently finished reading a phenomenal book about the evolution of Television Cooking Shows called ?Watching What We Eat? by Kathleen Collins. In the book she really broke down the history of cooking shows starting with the initial radio broadcasts that kicked it all off and the first television shows that followed. She ... More About: Food , Eating , Sustainable
Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms
2009-07-29 13:00:00 Part 1: Monsanto sells a glyphosate-based herbicide called ?Roundup.? Monsanto also sells seeds for crops – such as soy, corn, sugar beet, cotton, and others – that are genetically engineered to resist Roundup. Monsanto calls these seeds ?Roundup Ready.? Patent law was critical to Monsanto?s business strategy, on both the herbicide and crop seed sides ... More About: Living , Time , Patents
Mojo Criollo Nuevo Marinade and Brine
2009-07-28 13:00:00 This is an adaptation of a Caribbean-style brine or marinade for pork. The lime juice subs for the traditional sour oranges which can be difficult to find. I’ve reduced the salt as low as I can and still have a “brine.” The dark beer (I used a mocha stout.) adds a hint of sweetness and ...
The Long Awaited Pig Roast
More articles from this author:2009-07-28 13:00:00 TwoJunes Go Whole Hog The TwoJunes belong to a supper club with 3 other women here in Portland?we?ve been meeting once a month for dinner for the past 3 years, rain or shine, without fail. Usually, the menu is appetizer, cocktail, main dish, side dish and dessert?one dish per member with the main dish falling to ... More About: Long , Ethnicity , Roast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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