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January 10, 2009 05:36 PM EST (shared with group: January 16, 2009) — Recycling is a hassle. Let's face it, separating our garbage into distinct categories is a drag at the least and can sometimes feel downright foolish. You stand at your sink peeling the label of . . . more
December 31, 2008 09:28 AM EST (shared with group: December 31, 2008) — It is an unusual custom we’ve developed here at the end of the Gregorian calendar: we decide we’re going to change something, usually about ourselves, because the planet is a particular place relative . . . more
December 14, 2008 11:21 AM EST (shared with group: December 14, 2008) — This is the holiday season in just about every culture. I was born and raised a Unitarian Universalist , thus of the Judeo-Christian background, so in my house it's Christmastime. For some folks, . . . more
November 18, 2008 11:22 AM EST (shared with group: November 18, 2008) — In the 11 years between the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the Constitution, arguments raged over the future of the nascent nation. One involved the naming of a National Bird. Writing . . . more
November 01, 2008 10:55 AM EDT (shared with group: November 01, 2008) — Recently, the American public was issued a challenge by the folks at KFC (formerly "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but "fried" just didn't sound healthy ). The fast-food joint argues . . . more
October 13, 2008 05:09 PM EDT (shared with group: October 13, 2008) — October is a bittersweet time for gardeners. We like to grow things, see them flourish, and that is certainly what they are doing now, as the dwindling daylight reminds us of autumn’s approach. The sweet . . . more
October 08, 2008 10:57 AM EDT (shared with group: October 08, 2008) — When I was growing up in central Ohio, school began right after Labor Day. This was advantageous compared to today's August start, and not just because of the longer summer break. The extra time also . . . more
September 13, 2008 01:23 PM EDT (shared with group: September 24, 2008) — It's going to take me more than just a few days to fully understand the effects and implications of the first Slow Food Nation , held in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend. The brain power on . . . more
September 24, 2008 11:11 AM EDT (shared with group: September 24, 2008) — September in Iowa always brings the same delicious dilemma -- what to do with all that basil. Few herbs are as surrounded by mythology and folklore as basil. Its origins are debated, but most seem . . . more
August 11, 2008 01:31 PM EDT (shared with group: August 11, 2008) — T his is the time of year we flatlanders pine for during the snows of January, when it's a full 100 degrees colder than it is right now, and all the humidity is frozen to our windshields. August . . . more
July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT (shared with group: August 11, 2008) — Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . . more
June 30, 2008 01:34 PM EDT (shared with group: June 30, 2008) — Roads and restaurants may be closed, but Iowa is getting back on its feet. Photo: Kurt Michael Friese The weather here in Iowa City has been gorgeous for more than a week. Is Mother . . . more
June 25, 2008 10:42 AM EDT (shared with group: June 25, 2008) — I've already spoken to a few of you individually, but this email is for the entire community regarding our emerging efforts to help the farmers and food artisans affected by the storms and floods of . . . more
June 19, 2008 05:48 PM EDT (shared with group: June 19, 2008) — Gaia has been hard on us prairie-dwellers lately. A dear friend who's the director of the area's largest CSA lost her 102-year-old barn to a storm last weekend. Swelled with recent rains, the . . . more
June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT (shared with group: June 03, 2008) — As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . . more
May 16, 2008 10:22 AM EDT (shared with group: May 17, 2008) — Around this time of year, all the foodies in my neck of the woods are, well, in the woods. Spring and fall are the best wild food foraging times around here, and as if ol' Mother Nature knew our food . . . more
April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT (shared with group: April 19, 2008) — As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . . more
June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT (shared with group: April 17, 2008) — 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
March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT (shared with group: April 05, 2008) — The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . . more
March 19, 2008 11:31 AM EDT (shared with group: March 19, 2008) — In southern Italy, at what one might call the "instep of the boot," is a mountainous region called Basilicata. Its two sub-regions, Potenza and Matera, have small coastlines on the Thyrrhenian . . . more
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