My sourdough culture is dead. Again. I don't know why I can't seem to get this thing to live. I am alive. My pets are alive. Even my incredibly finicky bonsai tree is alive (and blooming!). But this little colony of yeast and lactobacillus just isn't happy with me.
Like so many other people, I have been wasting too much time on a Facebook game called Farmville. While I have not yet reached the point of awakening in the middle of the night to harvest my virtual crops (sleep is sacred in this house), there are some mornings where the ...
Last week (or maybe the week before by now - I am slow!), The Ten Reasons They Hate You So made the rounds in a couple of sustainable agriculture social networking circles. I was astonished to learn that, as a liberal arts educated advocate of sustainable agriculture, I hate farmers. In order to ...
"Yearning in the human soul to smell a flower, pet a pig, and enjoy food with a face has never been stronger," preaches Joel Salatin, the man responsible for Polyface Farms, one of the best known working cases for commercially viable sustainable agriculture. ...
I spent a couple hours on Saturday morning watching The Future of Food, a documentary about genetically engineered foods.* I generally consider myself fairly educated about environmental and health issues. I try to be an engaged citizen and consumer. And I like to rant about things to my skeptical family, ...
I was pleased to interview Liz McLellan, the brains behind a groundbreaking new site -- Hyperlocavore.com. I couldn't have found a better project (or a more obliging victim). Not only does the hyperlocavore movement have the potential to revolutionize our relationship with our communities, ...
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