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  • More from Embudo…a video so you can be there too!

    michelle victoria October 1, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Restaurants, Santa Fe, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses, Video Clips

    Here is a short Video from Embudo Station from my visit there a few weeks ago. It is filmed, produced and edited by my friend Sharyn Bey, who I will be working with to bring you more live action from places that I visit.  It is almost like being there except that you don’t get

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  • A real lesson in farming-Green String Institute

    michelle victoria October 1, 2009     1 Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Slow Food, Sustainable Agriculture

    In 2000 Fred Cline, founder of Cline Cellars, and Bob Cannard founded the Green String Institute. The Institute was created because both men saw that as the concept of organic farming became more popular it was unfortunately also being diluted from what it truly is. To Bob Cannard, one of the pioneers of the organic movement

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  • The G20 Summit Goes Green in Pittsburgh

    michelle victoria September 23, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building

    A two day G20 summit, not very long considering how many critical issues are at hand, will convene tomorrow in PIttsburgh. I had no idea but Pittsburgh is being hailed as one of the greenest urban centers in the U.S. Could this be? transformed from the city of steel, to the city of green. Sounds

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  • Fresh blue corn cornbread thanks to Talon de Gato Farm at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market

    michelle victoria September 20, 2009     2 Comments     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Recipes, Santa Fe, Slow Food, Sustainable Agriculture

    Yesterday at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market I was lucky to spot the last bag of blue cornmeal at one of the vendor’s stands and this morning I made this blue corn cornbread. I had not planned to post this here but I had someone Tweet me (my Twitter name is SmartLifeways if you would like to

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  • The ‘White House’ Farmer’s Market-Does it matter?

    michelle victoria September 18, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Agriculture

    Has a small organic garden on the White House lawn really made a difference? The NY Times, the Huffington Post and even You Tube to name just a few, carried the story about the new farmer’s market just a few blocks away from the White House, but does it really matter? I would have to say, yes

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  • Embudo Station…Farm to table along the Rio Grande

    michelle victoria September 17, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Restaurants, Santa Fe, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Have you ever noticed how sometimes you drive past a business without giving it any thought at all and other times your curiosity is immediately, or perhaps over time, peaked. When you travel on Hwy. 68, the “low road” from Santa Fe to Taos you pass Embudo Station which is located on the banks of

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  • Sustainable Investing and Slow Money

    michelle victoria September 14, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture

    Only two days after the Slow Money conference ended here in Santa Fe and the media is talking about it. What is different about Slow Money’s approach? After attending the conference and gaining a deeper understanding of the organization’s goals I would have to say it is its sincere commitment to make a fundamental change

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  • Very Hip, Very Sustainable, Very Delicious…Akasha

    michelle victoria September 3, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Akasha is a wonderful restaurant serving American comfort food (and some other countries versions too) that just happens to use the finest local, organic and hand-crafted ingredients that can be found. It feels to me as if Akasha Richmond, the chef/owner, has the gift of creating amazing dishes and her own personal values insist on

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  • Lobbyists On Our Side

    michelle victoria September 2, 2009     No Comment     Farmers Markets, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Businesses

    If you want to know more about the food that you are eating, and what you can do to protect our food supplies this is a great web site. It is nice to know that their are a few lobbyists in Washington protecting our interests. This is their Mission Statement: Food & Water Watch protects

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  • Cru in Silverlake-Delicious and Organic

    michelle victoria August 31, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Raw or cooked, Cru’s vegan dishes will have you wondering why you would ever eat any other way. Chef Rachel Carr has perfected the art of vegan cooking and food preparation…how else can you describe her wonderful ‘uncooked’ raw dishes. Originally, Cru served exclusively raw dishes but now you can enjoy both delicious raw and cooked dishes

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