The food systems that feed us – natural and national – are like the glass pieces in a kaleidoscope. I turn my head this way and that, trying for a whole picture. I think I’m beginning to see it, but still, as Paul in the …
Friday night my mouth was full of spoken words, aimed at introducing relational eating to interested eaters. I was at the Geodome at the Seattle Center and spoke after the audience of 25 had toured the Universe through the magic of the Geodome software beamed …
On Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving, I put the last correction requested by the publisher into the manuscript, added the last endnote, wrote the last informational box and – somewhat dazed – discovered myself at the end of the long list of editing tasks …
Rob vanEeden and Hanneke vanVeen translated and adapted Your Money or Your Life into Dutch and then German after years of their own fame as “tightwads” in the Netherlands. Here’s their lovely message about their journey with the book, program and way of life. [youtube=http://youtu.be/MSnpiS8fJmY]
The American Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit: Our Global Kitchen. Just in time for Thanksgiving, a celebration of sustenance and of family. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPImnEJ9CHc]
That’s the subtitle of the section in Blessing the Hands that Feed Us (Viking/Penguin 2013) where I work through the precise calculations that Shelby does below. On my 10-mile diet, looking for protein, I found a neighbor who’d sell me a chicken… for $5 a …
This is a rich depiction of what real food is, and how we all participate in building real food systems. I’m ever more inspired by the possibility of revitalizing food systems to feed their people, and how engaged eaters can help map the systems, identify …
The food movement is definitely coming out of the gourmet kitchen and into the streets. This Real Food Challenge is super exciting. Below I’ve re-posted their latest missive, but here are my big take-away (or should I say “take out”) nuggets: “Our generation is waking …
I write extensively in Blessing the Hands that Feed Us (Viking/Penguin 2013/4) about Good Cheer garden. As part of the Whidbey Institute Thriving Communities Conference series, Chris Korrow, Aimie Vallat and Jerry Milhoun teamed up to produce videos about the food exemplars from our island. …
Promise. Last post of the day. After finding the Spokane Real Food Pledge I stumbled on this one. A simple idea – sort of like the 10-mile diet – with profound impact. http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/take-the-10-day-pledge/. Here’s an excerpt: We would like to ask you to join our …