Sunday, August 30, 2009

New indoor garden blog I want to read.
http://indoorgardencentre.blogspot.com/search/label/indoor%20garden%20soil

The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals
http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals

Serious Eats Presents 'The Greenmarket: One Farmer's Story'
http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/08/serious-eats-at-the-greenmarket-one-farmers-story-rick-bishop.html

Outbreak of Fungus Threatens Tomato Crop
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18tomatoes.html?_r=1

Click here for more news from New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets News From New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
Governor Patterson asks that 17 NY counties be considered agricultural disaster area...
http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/New-York-State-Requests-Assistance-for-Crop-Losses/916150

A 50-Year Farm Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/opinion/05berry.html
-an op ed piece by Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson from last January

Forget Shorter Showers
Why personal change does not equal political change
by Derrick Jensen
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4801

A Fluid Definition of Self-Sufficiency
article about the NYC waterpod
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/garden/04waterpod.html?pagewanted=all

Urge your City Council representative to support FoodprintNYC!
I think my coucil rep is Cathleen Quinn and I think she has not joined to support this...I wonder why.
http://www.foodprintusa.org/new-york-city.html

Resolution 2049 calling for FoodprintNYC
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=452629&GUID=148D36FF-4021-4C39-ACB9-91AC906F9892&Search=2049&Options=ID|Text|Attachments|Other|

Action Alerts & Updates
Help Pass FoodprintNYC!
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/get_involved/alert_foodprintNYC.html

Eat Real Festival 2009
http://www.eatrealfest.com/

A Farm for the Future
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hs8zp

Welcome to FarmsReach


Delayed planting schedules increase drift danger


Antibiotics and meat


Tom Vilsack's Farm-Country Tour: A Different Kind of Town Hall


On (movies about) Food, Cooking, and Locavores
POSTED BY Stephen Lamb
http://www.rabbitroom.com/?p=3566

Welcome to Polyface, Inc.
http://polyfacefarms.com/


(Tod) Murphy's Law: Buy Local, Eat Local, and Prosper
Vermont's Farmers Diner may just change how America eats
by Bill McKibben
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2007-09/features/murphyslaw


The price is high when taste comes first

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/28/FDU019D8SF.DTL&feed=rss.food#ixzz0Ph4wlUyQ
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/28/FDU019D8SF.DTL&feed=rss.food

Sunday, August 09, 2009

This weeks reading:

Gardening in New York City
http://www.worldfoodgarden.org/viewGardenerBlog.asp?r=292

How Different Groups Spend Their Day
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html

http://nestinstyle.wordpress.com/

Organic Versus Conventional Food: UK Report Flawed
http://civileats.com/2009/07/30/organic-versus-conventional-food-uk-report-flawed/

House Passes Landmark Food Safety Bill. Is It Safe to Eat Again?
http://civileats.com/2009/07/31/house-passes-landmark-food-safety-bill-is-it-safe-to-eat-again/

With House food-safety bill a done deal, questions remain [UPDATED] 19
http://preview.grist.org/article/2009-07-30-house-food-safety-bill-questions-remain/

"New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-Based Organic Foods," State of Science Review, March 2008
http://www.organic-center.org/science.nutri.php?action=view&report_id=126

http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/5367_Nutrient_Content_SSR_FINAL_V2.pdf

Urban Farming Takes Root in Surprising Ways
http://rss.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2009/07/09/urban-farming-takes-root-in-surprising-ways

Eat Good
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/58197/

Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09ehrenreich.html?em

Party On, but No Tweets
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/fashion/09blogfree.html

30 Things You Should Never Compost or Recycle
http://lighterfootstep.com/2009/07/30-things-you-should-never-compost-or-recycle/

http://www.gardenfreshliving.com/

The Never-Fail Bounty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/garden/30starter.html

You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09barber.html?em