Farm Bus: Gardeners on a Roll
From Durham, NC, a bus-load of idealistic farmers dream of teaching the nation to grow. Grow vegetables, that is. And they plan to do it from a 52-person school bus retrofitted with solar panels, a mobile greenhouse, living roof, vermacompost, and waste water collection tanks, all fueled with waste vegetable oil (WVO). The Sol Food Mobile Farm is rolling out now and headed to ten major cities targeted for their urban agriculture potential. The crew hopes to inspire younger... Read More
The Last Food Article You Will Ever Need
Earlier this month, I read an article that summed up our health and food choices so well, I tracked it down to repeat. Here’s Mark Hyman, MD on The Last Diet You Will Ever Need: Why is it that we believe we can feed our bodies industrial, nutrient-depleted food-like substances empty of life and be healthy? How did we come to believe that food industry chemicals and processing could replace nature-made foods? A hundred years ago all food was organic, local, seasonal, fresh... Read More
Farm Bill 101: Don’t be Chicken
Before you run away, let me be the first to admit the Farm Bill, and relevant issues we may vote on in November, seems a tad overwhelming and maybe just a wee bit boring. But I’ll also admit that I believe anyone who eats should know something about what they’re putting in their mouths and why. So I was glad to see the big concepts wrangled into this accessible, and even interesting, Farm Bill Interactive Infographic that addresses how we determine which foods are... Read More
Peak at Conservationist Haven
Peak Season at Len Foote Hike Inn At Georgia’s Len Foote Hike Inn, “getting away from it all,” requires a five-mile hike through mountain laurel thickets, rhododendron, oak and hickory trees to a ridge at 3,100 feet within Georgia’s Amicalola Falls State Park. Once there, the 20-room, LEED Gold-certified Inn offers a sustainable stay without TVs, cell phones, or other distractions of everyday life. Guests get less-is-more welcome: a bag of linens... Read More
What Happens When You Eat Ramen And Gatorade?
Here’s a bitter pill to swallow: Link to this “pill cam” for an internal visual of how the body deals with processed vs whole foods, courtesy of Blisstree.com. “The incentive for this project is to try and present unseen and often veiled information about our food system in unexpected ways, so the public is armed with as much knowldge as possible in order to make informed choices about the food they eat,” Stefani Bardin, TEDxManhatten Fellow. What... Read More
Peruvian-Inspired Quinoa and Vegetable Soup
Lately it seems like everyone is keen on quinoa (“keen-wah”) as a super-trendy superfood. After all, it’s gluten-free and packs all eight essential amino acids as well as so many nutrients the ancient Incas called it “chisaya mama” (mother of all grains). Yep, South Americans were so ahead of the foodie fashion curve that our trendy pseudo-grain (actually a seed) even shares it’s name with Quinua, Peru. That little historical tidbit made us... Read More
Briefly at Bocado
Sometimes the simplest things make the strongest impression. Like the combination of bok choy and sesame in a wintery salad of crisp radishes and bold Bing cherries that we happened upon at Bocado last night. We’d just ducked in for a couple of cocktails to escape the dreary fog that seemed to smother the whole city, and were pleased to see other discerning Atlanta diners, like Chocolate Maker Kristen Hard, had the same idea. Our smokey concoction of Fidencio Mezcal with... Read More
Go GROW!
“Farming is an activism for a way of life that is endangered,” declares GROW! That’s not only because most of us are disconnected from our food, but because, in 2010, the average age of a farmer in Georgia was 57. GROW! Movie Trailerhttp://vimeo.com/27050341 Filmmakers Christine Anthony and Owen Masterson managed to find a handful of aspirational, if landless, young people who’ve put aside their impressive degrees in philosophy, history, chemistry,... Read More
Food 101
Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask, about many of today’s food issues is summed up in this primer by Sustainable Table. Additives Much of the food we find at today’s supermarkets is highly processed and contains numerous food additives. These substances are used to change the way food tastes and looks (altering the color and texture), to improve the nutritional quality of foods (adding vitamins and minerals), and to increase the food’s... Read More
Cool Cucumber on the Lake
Memorial Day weekend, at last! Time to remember those who’ve served our country, and time to revisit the simple joys of summer. I plan to spend the weekend unwinding with friends at Lake Blue Ridge where we’ll see if waiting 12 years between water skiing sessions is too-long a hiatus (surely not!). In case I prove less than graceful, I’m prepared to distract observers with the ultimate lake-side lunch, Cool Cucumber Gazpacho. This anything-goes refresher... Read More
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