Posted in On Food…, Watch & Listen on January 22, 2012
“The underlying assumption of our website is that you are a farmer who wants to tell your story.” –Corinna Borden on The Farm Report (hehe, thanks Heritage Radio!) First of all, the setup for this scene was AWESOME. You are looking out like a fishbowl into the sun drenched seating area of Roberta’s. Erin Fairbanks [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Genetically Modified Food on May 17, 2010
Certain buzzwords in the food world are almost a requirement in certain circles: organic, local, cage-free, grass-fed, and free-range jump into my mind. There is also a general consensus these terms are being diluted past the original intention as more people latch onto them as passwords connoting meaning to the consumer concerned about eating responsibility [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Growing Goodies on February 24, 2010
I recently took Oprah’s Test Your Food IQ online quiz. It is five questions about food choices, food miles, pesticides, and antibiotics in animals. Such quizzes remind me of a constant choices I make as a food consumer when I vote with my wallet. Especially in the pesticide debate. In my recent Master Gardener class [...]
