Tag: agriculture
group name: slowfood
|
May 15, 2009 07:49 PM EDT --
Last week we talked about sustainable and organic , and the difference between the two. This week, we’re going to delve into the real issue – factory farming and industrial agriculture. The differences . . .
more
|
|
March 22, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
Sometimes big is not better. There has been a scare running through the agricultural community that mites might wipe out the honeybee population. Some orchardists went to the trouble of sending . . .
more
|
|
April 05, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
A woman who lives in my home town, and calls it hers, came in today surprised to "find" my shop! I'm located in the middle of the commercial block on Main Street, so I . . .
more
|
|
October 14, 2007 08:38 PM EDT --
As any of you who have looked at a map of the Pacific Ocean and have spotted the tiny little specks that represent the chain of Hawaiian Islands can see, we are separated by a . . .
more
|
|
March 30, 2006 09:07 PM EST --
I've had this question in my mind for a few days--can there be a such thing as fast Slow Food? If so it definitely sounds much better than slow fast food. I consulted Kurt's helpful . . .
more
|
|
September 17, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
Iowa: The Birthplace of Delicious
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
One cool spring morning, about 1880, Madison County farmer Jesse Hiatt was walking the rows of his young orchard when he noticed a chance . . .
more
|
|
June 11, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
Supermarket Culture Shock
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
"Honey! What's wrong?"
I propped myself against the fender of the yellow Chevette . . .
more
|
|
September 18, 2006 03:25 PM EDT --
Over the weekend we read the disturbing news of another foodborne illness outbreak. Once again it is e-coli 0157(h)7, a particularly nasty strain, that has sickened at least 120 and killed at least . . .
more
|
|
January 19, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
There has been a battle raging for some time now over whether milk can be labeled as coming from cows which are not being injected with hormones to increase their milk production capacity. The FDA . . .
more
|
|
February 19, 2008 11:11 AM EST --
Cecily Upton, of Slow Food USA's home office in Brooklyn, brought this one to my attention. She says "only in America is the choice between rent and food turned into an advertising gimmick." . . .
more
|
|
June 03, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
It's About the Food
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Planting a Seed - The Philosophy of Stewardship
Visit the author @ www.KurtFriese.com
"And . . .
more
|
|
January 09, 2007 07:36 PM EST --
Cooking Class
Real Cooking Made Simple
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Potatoes
On a recent trip out of state, a student I met asked me “Iowa, huh? Isn’t that where they grow potatoes?” . . .
more
|
|
July 10, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
As a movie freak and a political junkie, it was inevitable that I would have to see Davis Guggenheims' latest documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Now like most people if you had asked me if . . .
more
|
|
December 30, 2007 02:22 PM EST --
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne
There are many more verses to the classic New Year's . . .
more
|
|
September 18, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
"If you don’t know where your food was grown and who grew it, you don’t know what you’re eating."
Carbon Miles / Carbon Footprints
. . .
more
|
|
July 30, 2006 06:21 PM EDT --
Originally published March 2006 in The Little Village
visit the author at www.KurtFriese.com
March is a fickle month. It dangles a couple of warm days out in front of us, enticing us to believe . . .
more
|
|
June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
more
|
|
June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
more
|
|
September 07, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Roots of Change , in conjunction with Slow Food USA and many other like-minded organizations, has drafted a declaration on US food policy. I strongly encourage you all to read the declaration . . .
more
|
|
August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
more
|
|
|
|
