Posts Tagged ‘ slow food ’

Sustainable Pork – Paul Atkinson & Laughing Stock Farm

Jun 24th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Farm, Food, Food Policy, Lead Story, Sustainable Cuisine, pork, sustainable

What is sustainable pork production? It isn’t a hog raised in industrialized factory farm or Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), it isn’t a tend and it isn’t being championed by the hypocrites like Paul Deen at the Food Network.

So what is it?



Localism, Regionality, Terroir

May 26th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Lead Story, Rant, Sustainable Cuisine

Terroir is not a small dog or related to 9/11 Localism, regionality,  indigenous, terroir. What does it mean and why should we care? It’s mysterious. Ask two different winemakers, chefs or farmers for their definition and you will get three different answers. The classic definition of terroir (pronounced ter-whahr) is “a taste or sense of [...]



Greenwashing for Earth Day

Apr 22nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Greenwashing, Lead Story, Sustainable Cuisine, holiday

In honor of Earth Day, lets expose blatant examples of Greenwashing: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environment.

The marketing people have heard the message that people want green products, but it hasn’t yet translated to changes in manufacturing.



Spring Vegetable Soup with Garlic Whistles

Apr 12th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Farm, Food, Recipes, Sustainable Cuisine, vegetables

This simple, fresh-tasting soup welcomes spring. You can easily make this soup year-round by changing the ingredients based on what is in season and your whim.



Top 5 Spring Wild Edibles – Bounty from the Forests

Apr 7th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Food, Food Policy, Lead Story, Sustainable Cuisine, sustainable, vegetables

Spring is the time when a young lover’s heart turn to love and a culinarian turns to the bounty of wild foraged foods.

After months of gray, overcast days, barren farmland and nothing but storage vegetables, the first green popping up is a godsend.