I love this pledge. I’m going to start one where I live! I PLEDGE to complete the following action items to gain better health and to support the real food movement in Spokane: ACTION ITEMS I will ENGAGE with my food! I will learn where it …
I asked the farmers in my book to tell my why they farm, what they love, what makes it hard, what eaters need to know. This answer from Georgie Smith of Willowood Farm in Ebey’s Prairie (also a writer) is priceless wisdom and a penetrating …
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Today is Food Day, a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. I just came back from a celebration at Greenbank Farm on Whidbey Island for the 4 young people completing the year-long new farmer training. Soooo feel good. Present also …
Seattle’s food story is an important element in Blessing the Hands that Feed Us (Viking/Penguin 2013/4), so I’ve watched the growth of local sustainable food up close and personal. Seattle has been a leader among cities – from the P-Patch program to Lettuce Link to …
Here’s a single sheet description of what the book is and does. What do you think? 2.0, 3.0 and beyond are all coming as I search for how to tell more than just you what this new work is about. It’s food and farming. It’s …
Here’s a report coauthored by my old friend Daniele Giovannucci that brings together expert global testimony into an understanding about why and how agriculture needs to change. This is a summary of the report for the curious to skim and the deeply interested to read: …
On September 1, 2012 (right on time!) I sent the finished book to my NYC editor. I also walked it down the hill to a friend, magazine editor and biodynamic farmer. Her task: to tell me whether what I thought was in book is what …
Sign Up for News about Events, Lectures & Classes Video with Vicki about money, food and life Like Blessing the Hands that Feed Us (Viking 2014) on Facebook Blessing The Hands that Feed Us is… o A funny, informative, inspiring story about my effort to eat within 10 …