By Meghan Cohorst
As the majority of this country’s agricultural fields lie dormant under a blanket of snow, these cold months are the heart of the growing season in Florida. During the winter, 90 percent of this country’s fresh tomatoes are produced in the state, and workers who form the very backbone of our nation’s food system [...]
Archive for January, 2009
a more-complete definition of “sustainable”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sustainable, farmworkers, immokalee, coalition of immokalee workers, student/farmworker alliance, dining services, campaign for fair food, food service providers on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Stock Market v. Drip Tape
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advice, Project Sprout, Slow Food, Terra Madre on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a collection of words of wisdom from the experiences of Tim West and friends. Do you drip tape?
Food Truth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Carleton College, consciousness raising, Food Truth Week on January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Vera Liang Chang
Carleton College ‘09
Carleton students pride themselves on being socially engaged, environmentally aware, politically active, and intellectually fierce. However, there have previously been few formal venues – classrooms, student organizations, dining programming – for conversations about what we eat every day.
In winter of 2006, a group of students and I decided to dedicate one [...]
Boston: Untapped Potential
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Simmons College, Slow Food BU on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Katherine Brooks
“The destiny of nations depends on the manner in which they are fed.” -Jean Anthèlme Brillat-Savarin
Of the 115,000 some college students in Boston, less than 50 are active in the Slow Food movement. As a member of Slow Food BU and a student at Simmons College, I have met several interested students [...]
