I was really glad to read some hopeful news in the Grist Food blog today, (which I highly recommend if you’re into food politics): Apparently the U.S. is stepping in to conserve bluefin tuna by supporting an international ban on the pricey fish.
In about ten days, 175 representatives will meet to vote on this ban [...]

The Mendocino Wine and Mushroom festival brings together four of my favorite things - nature, food, wine, and art, from November 6th through the 15th. This’ll be my first time looking for wild mushrooms, like my ancestors must have done in the Russian forests.
We are staying here, which should be a treat in itself.
Here are [...]

As someone with a background in health education and communications, I am happy to see more and more food documentaries hitting the big screens. While I think movies like “Food, Inc.” (and “End of the Line” in particular) are important to educate the public on food issues, I appreciate those that are also showing solutions [...]

San Francisco made a big statement with its new veggie garden, planted right in front of City Hall, and a highlight to many seeing it for the first time at Slow Food Nation. Tickets to lectures and an exclusive 50,000 square foot tasting pavillion made it possible to hold the public event there for free, [...]

I recently created a facebook group for  Take Back the Tap after reading Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte. Years ago we somehow got sold on the idea that bottled water was the healthy thing to drink. But doing so, we’re draining water reservoirs from communities that depend on it in plastic bottles that end up in [...]