michelle victoria No Comment Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Agriculture
For many of us, farmers markets have become a regular part of our food shopping routine. Yesterday the Bionners had a pre-conference program called The Omnivore’s Discovery. We started the day at the Marin farmers market, which was a real treat. I had visited the market about two months ago when I was in the
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Industrial food practices, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses
Friends of Slow Money are at it….. Are you fighting to protect the environment? Mitigate climate change? Save the oceans? End oil dependency? Improve health? Improve food systems? Preserve freedom? Imagine if your $5 contribution (coupled with thousands of others) could launch a whole new movement — one that fixes our food system, empowers social
michelle victoria No Comment Climate Change, Sustainable Businesses
The EPA finally took some serious steps last week to curtail global warming with a proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions but it looks as if the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the world’s largest business federation with 3 million businesses as members) cannot recognize that this is good for business, not to mention the environment.
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses
“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
michelle victoria 1 Comment Changing Habits, Films to see, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture
“Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food” – Hippocrates. We have been saying and hearing for years, you are what you eat, and this is clearly the truth. What are we eating as a society and what are we becoming as a result of it? We are all becoming increasingly
michelle victoria No Comment San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Agriculture, Vineyards
When I decided to visit California’s wine country I was curious to see if there really was a commitment to sustainable growing at larger vineyards. I wasn’t there to see who had the best wine, a very subjective concept anyway, but of course it would be nice if the wine was also good where the
michelle victoria 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
michelle victoria 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
michelle victoria 3 Comments Changing Habits, Recycling, Sustainable Building
I will admit I have been buying those new, strange looking light bulbs for a few years not really knowing why they were better, just that they were. Yesterday I came across a great article that explains what CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs are and how they work. Maybe you’ll read the entire article but here
michelle victoria 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