Food Inc

Originally posted on 25 September 2009. I love this town. No, I really do. Whenever there is a need, the entire town comes together to support that need. And the need last night was to support Colchester Farm, CSA, the place where so many of us get our food from June to October. The evening [...]

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Old Links Galore

So here’s the last of the load of links from my old blog. Go over there and read, if any of it sounds curious. Sweet Surprise (High Fructose Corn Syrup, anyone?) Part 2 of Sweet Surprise Ranting about local foods The Food Crisis Peeing Outside Why Burger King is Completely Abhorrent Green Blow Jobs Bottled [...]

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Der Markt

Originally posted on 6 June 2009. One thing, at least, Germany has in common with Chestertown. Well, again, sort of. Usually two or three times a week, every city or village has a farmer’s market. The curious thing about the German farmer’s market is first, it’s size. Every one I’ve been to has been something [...]

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Local Co-op(ted)

Originally posted on 22 June 2009. This was a fun one. When Local Makes it Big So I like to talk about local foods on this blog. When I use the term, I am thinking in my head of something like… oh, I don’t know, food that comes from Kent County. Maybe if I were [...]

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Green Vaginas (for the holidays!)

My Christmas present to you! The original Green Vagina lecture, that got banned from my “work” blog on grounds that I couldn’t use the word vagina in a work related context. Screw that. Here it is, originally published sometime in April before being banned and republished (without the word vagina, or reference to herbal birth [...]

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Green Elitism

Originally posted on 19 April 2009. Not really related to food, but as I am about to move onto a farm in the middle of a lot of people who have been farming for ten generations who aren’t too fond of outsiders, well. I thought it would be interesting. Is Rural Green Living an Elitist [...]

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In Defense of Food

Originally posted on February 9, 2009. Still a frickin awesome book. It is amazing since this book came out how often I am hearing people referring to the ideas in it. This is the kind of case where an informed public can make a difference. We can all make choices about our food. I recently [...]

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King Corn, Pt II

Originally posted on 28.1.09 on George Goes Green Part one of the post was kind of boring. Decided to revisit this as I bought the dvd for my dad for Christmas… Among the many, many things we discussed last night after watching King Corn- in what seems to be a constant and never ending discussion [...]

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Totally Disgusted

This old post suddenly become even more relevant in light of this terrifying post: The New MSG. This actually happened to someone I know, and reading this gets me riled as hell at our health care system as much as it does at the ridiculous food system we have. I mean, seriously, are you kidding? [...]

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Chickening Out, Pt 2

Originally posted on 29.10.09 on George Goes Green. The reason the whole chicken thing is so significant (aside from the fact that I broke a nearly ten year hiatus on meat), is what it implies. When I was standing there watching the chickens have their throats slit with one of my neighbors, she asked why [...]

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