The new website, WorldFoodGarden.org is kind of like the Facebook of food gardens. It is a free infrastructure that provides users with profiles and networking tools all centered around one aim: empowering each other to grow sustainable food gardens. On the home page of the site is the world’s first map of small food gardens- [...]
Archive for November, 2008
World Food Garden
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged college gardens, Sustainability, World Food Garden on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Slow Food on Campus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Slow Food, Slow Food on Campus on November 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
By Julia Middleton A 1986 protest against a McDonalds opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy sparked the momentum that made Slow Food an international movement by 1989. Although the effort failed to keep the McDonalds out, the movement for ‘good, clean, and fair food’ for all was born. Slow Food USA is the [...]
Food becomes just
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, campus, food, garden, just, Macalester, sustainable on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Potlucks are popular events at Macalester. On the weekends, it is easy to find a potluck to share food and fun with other students. For on campus events, food is a crucial part of making the event a success. It seems to me that Mac students enjoy eating good food. and lots of it. While [...]
Remembering the Big Picture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Harvard, Industrial Agriculture, organic, Sustainability on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Food is not a glamorous topic at Harvard. There are very many people here who would like nothing better than to start their own non-profits to feed the starving children of Africa or to discover a miracle drug to save America from the obesity crisis. When I mention that my passion is real, organic, sustainable [...]
