farming

Soul Food and Gardens

Soul Food and Gardeners: I’ve read Organic Gardening Magazine, on and off, since the mid 80’s and have yet to be disappointed. In fact, if anything, I might be considered an OG magazine hoarder, or one would think considering the boxes of past issues tucked away upstairs. Thankfully, I now have the digital subscription on […]

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The Future of Food

Netflix: The Future of Food & Say No to GMO

We watching Netflix often, especially for documentaries! I know welcome to the 21st century, a few years late, better late than never I say. Since adding this feature to our viewing pleasure, one of the first things I noticed with Netflix is the excellent representation of documentaries offered on the site, I think this system

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Whole Foods Documentary tour

April is Earth Month, in celebration Whole Foods is broadcasting documentaries in more than 70 cities during the month of April.  What a wonderful idea for this grocer to run these films, many people aren’t able to watch them for various reasons.  I read about the project on my newest “bookmarked favorite” site called: TreeHugger.com.

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What’s wrong with what we eat

What’s wrong with what we eat I have listened to Mark Bittman’s talk on what is wrong with what we eat a few times. I really like the message he is sending.  In this talk he details: The current health crisis How eating foods in their natural state helps improve health That industrialized foods are

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A great approach to managing farm stock

A great approach to managing farm stock Growing up in a farming environment was a very interesting experience for me.  We had the traditional type farm where the cows and horses were pastured together, all the pigs in a pen and the chickens had their own house with an open air enclosed area for rummaging

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Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac

Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac This post comes from “The Real Fitness Nerd” who kinda cracks me up a times.. This is what he had to say about subsidizing certain industries more than others:   “In case you’re not much of a graphic reader, American produce farmers get less than

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