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I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s ( http://www.michaelpollan.com ) new bestseller, In Defense of Food . It’s a simple, informative guide to eating well which also tells part of the story of how we came to eat so badly in the first place. Pollan wrote the 2005 bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma...

I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s ( http://www.michaelpollan.com ) new bestseller, In Defense of Food . It’s a simple, informative guide to eating well which also tells part of the story of how we came to eat so badly in the first place. Pollan wrote the 2005 bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma...

I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s ( http://www.michaelpollan.com ) new bestseller, In Defense of Food . It’s a simple, informative guide to eating well which also tells part of the story of how we came to eat so badly in the first place. Pollan wrote the 2005 bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma...

Now there’s a new reason to go to the winter farmers’ markets. The University District market ( http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org ) , granddaddy of Seattle markets, has started offering a variety of hot, prepared foods to eat on site or take home for later. There’s Rolling Fire Pizza, which uses a...

If you suddenly awakened from a twenty year sleep and walked into one of today’s supermarkets, you’d probably be amazed at the number of organic products available. Every section from dairy, to spices, to frozen food now offers items proudly bearing organic labels. But today’s organic food industry is...

Our bees are not happy. There’s an epidemic going around, wiping out entire colonies. The disease is called “colony collapse disorder”, and it’s turned out to be a nasty bug imported from Australia, but the situation is not that simple. Our bees are stressed, and it’s making them vulnerable to disease...

Our bees are not happy. There’s an epidemic going around, wiping out entire colonies. The disease is called “colony collapse disorder”, and it’s turned out to be a nasty bug imported from Australia, but the situation is not that simple. Our bees are stressed, and it’s making them vulnerable to disease...

Holiday time is cheese time, so I’ve gone ahead and sampled some of our fine local cheeses. It was a rough job, but someone had to do it. We’re fortunate to be able to choose from a lovely selection of raw milk cheeses, as well as quite a few varieties made from pasteurized milk. Pasteurization is the...

I spent Thanksgiving in southern Vermont, with family in the neighboring towns of Brattleboro and Putney. It’s a solid hippie community with strong agricultural roots, and I was impressed with their commitment to the cause of eating locally. I came away thinking about things I’d like to see more of around...

It’s easy to eat sustainably, right? Just buy all organic foods when you go to the store. Actually, it’s not that simple anymore. Like so many other green products, organic foods have become a mixed blessing as they’ve gone mainstream. As large, corporate conglomerates have caught on to the fact that...