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This is about more than just the food we eat, it is about creating a sustainable future in our environment, our health and the planet. The Slow Food mission is to, “slow down, to know where one’s food comes from, and to preserve the taste of real food”. To achieve this the Slow Food movement promotes agricultural biodiversity, sustainable farming, local producers and heritage foodways. Just think how different so many aspects of our daily life and world will be when this becomes the mission for more and more of us, when we are committed to Smart-Life-ways.
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This is wonderful! I’m excited to see this being made manifest. Here in South Carolina it is depressing for me because there is just one tiny natural food store, no restaurants that serve organic and the produce from the farmers are laden with chemicals. Coming from Sedona where fresh organic was so readily available, made it a hard transition. I love seeing this type of grass roots organization… it gives me hope for this area and makes me ponder the part I can play in changing things here.
You might enjoy this video about the SF Farmer’s Market. Tried to capture the essence and the grooviness, though before move to Railyards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_wWBG00X5I
Thank you so much for this video. Yes, it had another feeling before the Railyards, and this definitely captured that. I remember the market from about 10 years ago and that too had a completely different feel to it….but at least it lives on.
This is a fantastic recipe idea. I can see that you can make a gourmet breakfast or snack
out of a simple and seemingly mundane, yet healthy,item such as oatmeal. Bring it on!
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Excellent writing. I have really enjoyed reading these post. In fact I would love if you would contribute to our newsletter. Please consider it. I would love to have your message/wisdom shared with my customers.
About corn…sad truth is the hope for keeping heirloom var. clean from GMO is about nill. Why…HUGE problem with corn pollen traveling in the air. We are on the West Coast and it is not uncommon for pollution control folks monitoring samples to find GMO pollen from China. It literally drops from the sky. What is a farmer to do?
I actually tried this and it is truly delicious and fresh!! Would love more recipes! I am passing this on to my friends to try. Thank you!!
Thanks for a wonderfully lucid explanation of what goes on in a CFL light bulb –
and the dramatic contrast they offer to traditional incandescents in $$$ and energy savings.
With all the publicity around CFL’s, I didn’t realize how little I actually knew about them!
We’re open! You can still buy a Pre-sale credit and get +10%.
Come check it out. E-mail david@gatherrestaurant.com to participate in the sale offer
I’m guessing slow travel is a combination of “stay-cationing” (vacationing locally), earth-friendly transportation in general, and visiting places off the beaten track, i.e. Lonely Planet vs. Frommer’s.
Yes Sally you have it just about right.
When I coined the phrase Slow Travel I had not yet heard of “stay-cationing” but vacationing locally was definitely part of the concept. I envisioned vacationing closer to home, rather than automatically planning a far-away holiday. Creating an interest and knowledge of what was closer to home for all of us…after all there are probably people who actually do vacation somewhere close to where all of us live. Imagine what is within a 100 mile radius of where we live, a 200 mile radius and then perhaps a 300 mile radius. And how about traveling in a more sustainable way? train, bus, or maybe even a bike?
Also to make these trips slower…in many ways. Not being in such a rush to start, and while traveling-how about enjoying the journey and then really taking the time once you arrive to dig in a bit deeper to wherever you may be. What do the locals do on the weekend? what is the history of where you are, who lives there?
I think that we Americans tend to be in a bit of a rush in general and if we can just slow down a bit there is so much beauty around us and fascinating places to visit.
Thanks for your interest and input.
superb display! The art of relaxing is very important to the soul and body. You must rest, it’s natural. There’s this relaxation drink, based on scientific studies and created by a scientist: it’s called Minichill. http://www.minichill.com – it’s based on clinical studies. It’s made from scientifically proven relaxing ingredients such as Relarian. It is backed by a Ph.D who has many publishing, Dr. Benjamin Weeks. You should really check it out.
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I admit, I have not been on this webpage in a long time… however it was another joy to see It is such an important topic and ignored by so many, even professionals. I thank you to help making people more aware of possible issues.
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thanks for all of your comments….hope to see you back soon.
very good, thankss
Hey Michelle,
This is Jarod from Silk. We actually offer both Organic and Natural soymilk options. And all our beans (natural and organic) are North American sourced and GMO-free. Please check out our website for more details.
http://www.silksoymilk.com/products
Hi Jarod,
Great to hear from you. I have a few questions:
What does N. American sourced mean? are they grown in the US?
You say that even the “natural” soybeans are GMO free. Is there any independent testing to support this claim?
Would love to continue this dialogue since these are such an important issues-with soybeans being one of the main GMO crops and of course consumers needing to know what they are really buying.
Thanks for your reply and hopefully more info to come.
Michelle
Great post, I bet a lot of work and research went into this article.
Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader.
Good information and well written, Michelle. This matches a change taking place in my thinking about the world economy and open trade. I was on board for NAPHTA,etc but did not understand how this policy could devastate local production and manufacturing. I like hearing about choosing Detroit for these jobs. I agree that our nations values and strengths brought to bear on sustainability; would be a turning point.
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Thanks for sharing, I found this story while searching for song lyrics, useful comments and good points made.
Excellent article! I recently bought a bike as well. A very pink Schwinn cruiser. I ride on the bike path from Will Rogers State beach to the end of Venice. The feeling of the wind either wisking by me or helping to sail me along cannot be beat. I purchased (very inexpensively) a wire basket and purple streamers for the handle bars. While I am obviously not a serious bicyclist…I do have serious fun!
Stumbled this weblog post, cheers.
thanks so much…hope that you visit often.
I just stopped by from Bing to say thank you for this very informative post on organic gardening. Thank you again!
l’excellent matériel.
Hello,
Great ideas.
villiams
Hmmm…very good to find out, there were without a doubt a number of points which I hadn’t thought of before.
that’s good to see people involved in ways to save the world!
Thanks for the focus on this and the links- localized organic food production will be absolutely necessary.
added bonus- you’d get outdoors more! Adding patios and lean-to greenhouses provide more space at minimal impact, and may help make one more at home in the natural world outside…
I agree, let’s hope this latest Sick Food scandal gets more people to farmer’s markets and boosts local food production. Bill McKibben, in his new book Eaarth, cites numerous sources to show that small-scale farming is not only healthier and less onerous in terms of pollution, but also is more productive, acre for acre. This is especially true because small farms can intersperse different crops to enhance soil health, whereas industrialized operations are locked in to monocultures which deplete the soil and require massive amounts of fertilizing ‘inputs’, themselves a major cause of pollution, and coastal die-offs.
wow. this must absolutely be stopped. this is scary stuff. thanks for posting links for us too – i just signed petition- thanks again for making it so easy!