Before you leave for Thanksgiving

Here's an article about eating local vs. eating organic. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1595245,00.html
The same problem is discussed extensively in Omnivore's Dilemma.

In the article, there's a link to a search for small farms and Community Supported Agriculture (csa) programs. You can pay a certain amount per month and receive seasonal produce from a local farm. I know people that participate in it (on the consumer side, sadly not the farmer side). Coo.
http://www.localharvest.org/

There's an article about getting fish in St. Louis restaurants in Sauce magazine. Apparently there is a debate about freezing fish or not freezing fish. Sauce is super cool, you should check it out. It has very yummy looking recipes and articles about local food businesses.
http://www.saucemagazine.com/
Copies are free, you should pick one up somewhere!

Sorry for the long-ish post. Have a great break.

Old NYT articles

Sorry, you can't read the article I posted about the worms unless you're registered with the New York Times website. I registered as burningkumquat, the password's the same as for the e-mail. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Wormy Compost

Worm poop is supposedly amazing fertilizer. I saw a similar thing demonstrated at a display in Chicago this summer. Does Clayton allow worms in compost?

If you're interested and have spare time, you might want to look through this. I guess Cornell composts profusely.

cute stuff

A baby hoe!

Grist.org - Farming

Grist.org - an environmental news and commentary site - is doing a two week series on food and farming. Includes interviews, slideshows, and interactive information.

From the New York Times

Organic, and Tastier: The Rat's Nose Knows

Animals are honest.

TED.com

Ted.com "inspired talks by the worlds greatest thinkers and doers."


Biomimicry - Janine Benyus talking about incorporating Nature's solution in solving our own problems

Juan Enriquez - shift in code

Amy Smith - turning farm waste into charcoal