·      Thomas Jefferson’s Vegetable Garden: A Thing of Beauty and Science http://n.pr/K00p9P

·      Study: Biodiversity Loss Impacts as Great as Climate Change Impacts

Ecologist: “These extinctions may well rank as one of the top five drivers of global change.”

·      World Watch Institute: UN Report Calls for a Realignment of Agricultural Reform http://bit.ly/KKKKRm

… The report warns that the growing involvement of private corporations in reforming the food and agriculture system could potentially...

I used to live 600 miles away from my family.  The week after I graduated college, I up and moved what little I had to Philadelphia to start my “adult life” in a big city.  Philadelphia took me in, and, over the next 6 years, I managed to forge out a truly happy life for myself.  One lingering sadness over those 6 years, however, was living so far away from my family.  I missed birthdays, celebrations, reunions, and the day to day stuff of life that solidifies strong bonds. 

But now I’m back in...

Headlines regarding our food industry and the slow food movement:

·      Copenhagen Consensus 2012: How to Get Food on Every Table http://slate.me/K6hiFi

We have enough food to feed everyone (world wide.) But we need to produce even more. Here’s why.

·      US Beef Industry Shipped Record Amount of Meat Abroad Last Year http://huff.to/Im6MKM

Exports are big business for the US beef industry, which shipped a record $5.4 billion worth of beef abroad last year…

·      The Great Rice Shortage...

Lately I’ve been on this quest to limit my “comfort food” intake and increase my healthy, non-fatty, organic, brightly colored, naturally sweetened food intake.  But honestly people, it’s hard.  Maybe not for everyone, but I have a seriously unhealthy relationship with mashed potatoes made with cream and absolutely anything and everything made with chocolate.  Especially cookies, brownies, candy bars and donuts.

But, I am proud to say, my health-quest has been progressing.  Spring has basically...

With the weather warming up and the farmers market season beginning in many regions, this short video may be helpful to some of our rookie market goers out there:  "How to Shop at a Farmers Market"

Don't be ashamed, we've all been first timers at the market once in our lives...

Some of the tips they include are bringing a list, shopping early in the morning to get the most variety and talking with your vendors to get tips on seasonal harvests.

I'd add to that bringing a shopping a bag (so you're...

The advantages of organic farming and more in this week's update.  Catch up with what's going on with this compilation of news stories:

·      Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After top-Level Struggle http://nyti.ms/I28Ods

Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found.

o   Walmart’s Criminal Problems – Much Bigger Than NewsCorp’s http://huff.t...

Who says you can’t have a little romance on a Monday night? 

After coming home from the start of another work week, and after sitting in front of my computer on yet another gorgeous, sunny spring day, I thought – I need wine.  And romance.  So I promptly drove to one of the local organic markets, picked up a bottle of Chianti, some nice antipasti treats, and went home to prepare a surprise candle-lit dinner for the hubs and me. 

I was already planning this pizza, which is definitely...

I've been attending the indoor farmers market all winter, and I'm looking forward to the start of the outdoor market season in just a couple of weeks here in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

With the change in weather recently, I've had the opportunity to stroll around our fine city that was recently spruced up for this year's NFL Super Bowl. 

While out, I stumbled upon the Wishard Slow Food Garden out at the White River State Park along our city's cultural trail.

Founded by Laura Henderson in the fall of...

A collection of relevant topics in the news around the world regarding the slow food movement.  Take a moment to read a few and stay informed about our food industry:

Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured “Big Conservation”?

·      The Economics of Happiness Conference and The Rise of The Localization Movement http://bit.ly/HLfMHa

·      Ohio fracking is latest target for anti-Keystone activists http://bit.ly/HHnPjY

·      Guardian UK: Eat less meat to prevent climate disaster, study...

·      The folly of Big Agriculture: Why Nature Always Wins http://bit.ly/HXP2Bk

Instead of urging farmers away from uniformity and toward grater diversity, the USDA is helping them do the same old wrong thing faster

·      What do Walmart, Fiji Water, and The Sustainable Forestry Initiative have in common?  http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/04/8-notorious-greenwasher-contest http://bit.ly/Hjpdz5

·      Saving Heirloom Seeds Through Crowdsourcing http://bit.ly/HoFdcR

·      Is your favorite...