You don’t need a huge yard to grow your own food. One city is starting a movement to create 15,000 backyard (and balcony) farmers.
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
The cramped, dimly lit basement of Clifton Unitarian Church seems the last place a potential farming community would begin. But there we were, watching from the back of the room as people poured in on the morning of February 20 to learn more about 15Thousand Farmers, a grassroots, community movement forming in Louisville, KY.
Such movements are common in this city known for its passion and can-do attitude, but this event was exceptional. A seemingly endless ...
Co-ops are a great and cheap way to eat healthy in urban areas.
Friday, March 5th, 2010
When I moved to Park Slope several years ago, the first question everyone asked me was, “Will you join the food co-op?” How could I not? I liked to eat healthy, I needed to save money, and I wanted to put roots down in the neighborhood. For over two years, I worked a three-hour shift each month in return for access to healthy food at low prices. More importantly, I was part of a community: ...
There’s so much to do (and eat!) during Orlando’s Eat Local Week
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Do you know where your favorite restaurant gets its food? Combining your desire to eat local with a desire to eat out can be a challenge, but the folks of Slow Food Orlando, a local chapter of Slow Food USA, want to help. Eat Local Week in Orlando, January 25-31, 2010, brings together local food service establishments, farmers and artisans to showcase the availability of sustainable, local food sources, and prove that eating local is ...
