Sustainable & Local Food

The Next Generation of Farmers

February 13, 2012

This past year, one of the most rewarding episodes I wrote/produced for Growing A Greener World (on PBS) was the one on “Young Farmers”. It was all about who will be growing our food in the future. As you probably know, the average age of the American farmer is 60 and most farming is done conventionally [...]

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Chef Nathan Lyon’s Cookbook – Local, Seasonal and Absolutely DELICIOUS

October 21, 2011

You know about our show Growing A Greener World TV on Public Television, right? Well, Chef Nathan Lyon is our co-host and the chef of the show and… Nathan has been working on something incredible for the last 5 years: His first cookbook… Let me tell you people, I have seen the recipes and tasted many of [...]

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Get Kids Organic with Grocery Store Wars

April 20, 2011

 I have two young boys who are very into Star Wars. But they are also total organic gardeners. So when we discovered this video, my boys have watched it about ten times. They laugh through the entire video. If you have kids, it might be a way to start the discussion of why eating organic [...]

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This 11 year old kid is amazing.

October 8, 2010

Check out this 11 year old kid giving a speech at the TED awards – Next Generation. Oh my! He is amazing. In five minutes, he explains (in very simple terms) what is wrong with our food system and why he has decided to be an organic farmer when he grows up.   Wow!

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Find What’s Fresh

October 6, 2010

I found a neat new tool at the Epicurious site:  search by state and month, and find what’s fresh in your area! The tool keeps track of peak-season fruits and veggies for you, and even suggests recipes based on those foods. Clever! I sure could have used this all summer.

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Yard Sharing – in Portland and Everywhere

October 23, 2009

Yard Sharing. Have you heard of this? It has become increasingly popular over the last few years. Gardeners who want more space to garden team up with people who have the yard space (but lack the time or skills to garden). The gardener provides the labor, the homeowner provides the land (and usually ends up [...]

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2 Seattle Gardeners Creatively Find Land To Become Urban Farmers

April 2, 2009

With all these “money-saving” vegetable gardens sprouting up all over the country, it is no surprise that people are getting creative about where to grow those veggies. Just look at the The Shibaguyz. These avid gardeners (Shannon & Jason Mullett-Bowlsby) are well known in the blogging world for their bountiful, small space vegetable garden and [...]

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Can you really create a decent veggie garden with only $25?

March 30, 2009

First a bit of a rant… Remember the book, The $64 Tomato which fueled the fire that vegetable gardening is obscenely expensive? Now there is an article over on Slate saying the same thing AND that gardening is such hard work and costs so much money that you can’t call the produce “free”. While I [...]

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Kid’s Selling Produce, Shut Down by Police

August 22, 2008

I just heard of this little “food fight” going on in Clayton, CA (Near Oakland). Apparently, two little girls decided to make a little extra money on Saturday mornings. Instead of a lemonade stand, they set up a produce stand and sold extra zucchini, tomatoes, melons, cut flowers, etc. from their backyard garden. Great idea, [...]

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