michelle No Comment Activism, Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Santa Fe, Sustainable Agriculture
I have not been as active here at SmartLifeways as I would have liked to be over the last months, actually for most of 2012, but it has all been for good productive work in other areas. But…now here in New Mexico a bill has been introduced to require labeling of food containing GMO’s. If
michelle No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Santa Fe
With the upcoming U.N. Climate Conference starting in a few days I wanted to follow up on Santa Fe’s Flash Flood, the human art event that I wrote about in my last post. The Flash Flood was one of 18 global events sponsored by Earth.350.org to bring attention to climate change that were filmed by
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Agriculture
Yesterday was the beginning of the Bioneers conference, which started with a few pre-conference intensives. I attended the farm tour and we began the day at the vibrant San Rafael Farmers Market. This farmers market is 27 years old and is one of eight markets that the Agricultural Institute of Marin operates. The Sunday San
michelle victoria 2 Comments Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Recycling, Restaurants, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses
This is my kind of neighborhood restaurant. At The Curious Palate I found a restaurant/market that really cares about quality and where ingredients come from. They shop and cook like I do at home, but they make things that I probably would never cook at home, so now I can enjoy them without being worried
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, GMO-GE Information, Los Angeles, Recipes
This was completely inspired after shopping at the Santa Monica farmers market and the amazing potatoes that I found there from the Weiser family farm. If you are lucky enough to have a local farmers market to shop at experiment with some new produce that you maybe do not usually buy or that you maybe have never
michelle victoria No Comment Restaurants, Santa Fe, Sustainable Businesses
I will confess that when I saw that a burger place called Flying Star Cafe was opening in Santa Fe’s Railyard District I was less than enthusiastic and then once they opened and posted a sign out front listing “items purchased at the farmers market” I had a hunch that this was nothing more than
michelle victoria 1 Comment City Information, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
I recently wrote about a plan, which is actually beginning to come to fruition, to create a major urban farm in Detroit called Hantz Farms; you can read it here. One of the inspiring aspects of this project is that Detroit is probably one of the most surprising places one could imagine to create a
michelle victoria 2 Comments Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Restaurants, San Francisco-Bay Area, Slow Food, Sustainable Agriculture
Imagine a restaurant that feels as if you are in your best friends kitchen, that is if your best friend happens to be a fabulous cook and uses only the freshest and mainly local ingredients. This is the feeling that I had at Boulette’s Larder in San Francisco, at the Ferry Building. You would not
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Films to see, Recycling, San Francisco-Bay Area, Transportation
Today as I was beginning to flatten cardboard boxes for recycling day I admit I was initially annoyed at having to do this. I thought about all of the cardboard that doesn’t get recycled, would my few boxes really matter? Then I thought about what had been in the boxes and I realized that they
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Films to see, San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Energy, Transportation
It seems as if we are finally witnessing the rebirth of the electric car. For those of you who remember the EV1, made and leased by GM in the late 90’s, will recall that electric cars once before had seemed like a possibility, but they were literally buried before they had a real life. If