Congrats to all of our editors and essayists – GREENHORNS: The Next Generation of American Farmers – has just won a 2013 Nautilus Gold Award in the Living Green / Sustainability category! The Nautilus awards recognize “Better Books for a Better World”. From Nautilus: Amidst the turmoil and turbulence in our world today, [continue reading]Archive for Food in the Pioneer Valley
our essay collection!
May
7
2013
Congrats to all of our editors and essayists – GREENHORNS: The Next Generation of American Farmers – has just won a 2013 Nautilus Gold Award in the Living Green / Sustainability category! The Nautilus awards recognize “Better Books for a Better World”. From Nautilus: Amidst the turmoil and turbulence in our world today, [continue reading]open seasame project – The Story of Seeds
May
3
2013
One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk and most people don’t know that is happening or what to do. This groundbreaking film will help others learn what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS.
http://opensesameproject.com/wp/about/ [continue reading]
http://opensesameproject.com/wp/about/ [continue reading]
seed libraries
Apr
30
2013
Great concept, similar to the way our friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library got started.How to Start a Seed Library at Your Public Library:
http://newdream.s3.amazonaws.com/19/20/3/3063/webinar_slides_seed_library.pdf [continue reading]
food banks and systems change
Apr
25
2013
The Hunger GameFood banks may compound the very problems they should be solving
By Nick Saul
Picture a vast warehouse the size of a football field. Forklifts stand loaded with wooden pallets and cardboard boxes tightly secured with heavy-duty plastic [continue reading]
we celebrate the life of les blank
Apr
24
2013
Mentor, relisher of life.Les Blank, Filmmaker of America’s Periphery, Dies at 77
By Bruce Weber, Published: April 7, 2013
Les Blank, whose sly, sensuous and lyrical documentaries about regional music and a host of other idiosyncratic subjects, including Mardi Gras, gaptoothed women, garlic [continue reading]
undercover in a slaughterhouse
Apr
23
2013
An example of excellent journalism.You can only read the original Harper’s Magazine Piece, The Way of All Flesh, if you are a subscriber. But here is Ted Conover being interviewed about the story on NPR’s On the Media: http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/apr/19/going-undercover-industrial-slaughterhouse/.
And here is a [continue reading]
Food Allergies & Summer Camp
Apr
10
2013
Can Your Child with Food Allergies Go to Summer Camp? If you’re the parent of a child with food allergies, I’m betting that you prepare all of her meals. You do this so that you know her meals will be safe. Class trips, sleepovers and parties make you very nervous, right? And summer camp, well, [continue reading]
Fresh Berries from the Garden!
Apr
10
2013
Pruning Blueberry Bushes April is a great month to get the family outdoors and getting their landscape ready for the spring. Families can rake the leaves missed in October, pick up fallen branches, cut perennials back… But the pruning of shrubs is not quite as obvious of a spring chore. While many varieties of shrubs [continue reading]
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