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 …
If you haven’t gotten to watch my TEDxSeattle talk, now’s the time. It’s a 14-minute encapsulation of the core messages of my new book, Blessing the Hands that Feed Us (Viking 2014)
Antioch Graduation Speech on Hope in Spite of it All June 2012 Thank you for selecting me as your graduation speaker, and congratulations on your success. In my short time today I want to say why – even with a future as uncertain and discouraging …
“Chick” Callenbach was always thoughtful – kind and considered. So of course he considered us all in his last month, and wrote a final essay of wisdom and encouragement that apparently was found on his computer after he died, with instructions for publication. Here it …
While this blog is called “Your Money or Your Life” I am migrating the core understanding of living your values financially to living your values through your eating – and I’m bringing you along. The book arising from the potters wheel of my mind is …
Here’s some reflections from my personal journey seeking – and finding – love. It is St. Valentine’s day. He was a saint – a confirmed bachelor in love with the divine – who illegally married Christian couples. Risky business in his time. Is it an …
Today, looking at the tiny house on wheels a teenager on Whidbey is building got me thinking about the motorhome – the Ultimate Vehicle – I and my clan built in the early 70’s. A decade ago, sure I wasn’t going on the road again …