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 …
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 …
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 …
Dear Friends far and wide! As we round the bend into the touted yet mysterious 2012, I offer a small reflection and celebration. The celebration: Day One of 2012, 20 years after publication of Your Money or Your Life, it is featured as one of …
A story on NPR this morning on the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us in the United States, equaled only by the gap in the 1920’s. The 400 people on Forbes magazine’s list of the richest Americans saw their combined net worth …
I’m glad Tricia’s and my experiment is inspiring more than the two of us and a handful of friends. http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/vicki-robin-my-10-mile-diet/my-10-mile-diet-…-in-a-global-food-system?utm_source=wkly20100910&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_content=nonsubs&utm_campaign=titleRobin.
Today has felt a bit like being on a conveyor belt heading off a cliff. Or like a prisoner eating her last meal. Despite how prepared I am for my 10-mile diet experiment, i’ve found myself scarfing what by midnight will be untouchables until October …
What to do with what I have in my fridge. I’m not buying new food and eating through what is there, but do I toss, give away or just eat the few things remaining: celery, red pepper, 2 oranges, an avocado, milk, etc. Some can …
August 29. In three days i’ll start my 10-mile diet. 80% of my food from Tricia Beckner’s farm (or my backyard). 10% within 10 miles of my home, 10% exotics (from beyond my 10-mile circle of eating. I actually started to feel a little desperation. …
Tricia Beckner will soon bear the burden of feeding me for a month. Starting September 1 we’re doing our 10 Mile Diet which began as her search for a guinea pig who would agree to eat solely from her market garden/homestead for a month. She …