Patty puts it together the way I do, seeing the local food networks growing, combining, making a locally sourced food system
If “consenting adults” works for sex, why not milk?
As soon as I started my 10-mile diet I became a criminal. No, not local marijuana (which now is legal in Washington). Local milk. Selling milk to your neighbor from your cow or goat is against the law. I’m thinking about it today because the …
Nourishment versus calories
A friend, hearing the topic of my book, said she had a lot of stories to tell about her own bulimia, anorexia and body. I realized this is the obvious first thought when you say you’ve written a book about food. Here’s what I wrote …
Man, his first half million years
Just in time for the Holiday consumer gorge – a video antidote. Man tells the story of, well, man – but through the somewhat jaded but nevertheless keen and penetrative gaze of London based animator and illustrator Steve Cutts. We get to see half a million years of human history in just a few minutes.
Subversive gardening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezuz_-eZTMI
Roger is funny, clear and connects the dots between population growth, shrinking resources, obesity in a world of hunger, and the possibility that turning our lawns into lunch (vegetables) is a doable revolution. All in 18 minutes. Also, read the comments – some reveal how resistant folks are to simple, self-generated food solutions. What’s with that?
What’s a complementary food system?
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 …
Talking with my mouth full
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 …
I’m pleased to report that I am, once again, done
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 and Hanneke on Your Money or Your Life at 20
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 Global Kitchen
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]