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The annual Bioneers Conference is coming soon, and possibly even to a city near you. Last year I attended for the first time and it was an amazing, and empowering experience. I was able to listen to Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil (and he did an evening of comedy with a friend that was hysterical), Joanna Macy,
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Last night was the preview for Chef Jamie Oliver’s new television show, Food Revolution. I will say from the start as much as I love to cook, and I even opened a coffee house/cafe to fulfill this love of cooking, I rarely watch cooking shows and had never seem Jamie’s TV show. Naturally I have
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After visiting a farmers markets in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico what I came away with more than anything else (besides delicious food) was the recollection that in fact organic farming is really the original, natural way that farming existed…unfortunately in most of the world we have just lost our way. Before the chemical companies needed
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Michael Pollan’s newest book Food Rules, An Eaters Manual is out. This book offers 64 simple rules for eating healthier, for our bodies and for the planet. If this became required reading for everyone in school, at all levels, we would take a huge step forward in reversing America’s health crises, and the problems of
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“Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations”. Since I had been living in Europe for much of the last nine years I was not familiar with Bioneers until recently. For a more detailed explanation of who they are and what
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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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Imagine that Americans who eat a typical, commercially processed American diet are probably eating some form of corn in every meal. The documentary film King Corn http://www.kingcorn.net/ (available at Netflix) shows two friends who decide to grow an acre of corn in Iowa to learn what is involved to grow it and where it
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What has happened to food in America? After living in Europe for most of the last eight years my return to the states has naturally brought many adjustments in quite a few areas areas, and one of these includes food–or should I say my expectations about food. I live in Santa Fe, a place with
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If you can, check out this interview with Michael Pollan. I am sure that he will speaking about the new film Food, Inc, which is a must see if you want to know what you may be eating. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118057842618&ref=share> If you haven’t read any of Michael Pollan’s books here are a few suggestions: In Defense