Month: December 2009

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINTER CROPS: Bacon, Mexicola and Gwen Avocados, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cardones, Baby Cauliflower, Celery Root, Cherimoyas, Citrus:  Buddha’s Hand, Grapefruit, Meyer lemons, Mandarins, Kumquats (late winter), blood oranges, Pummelos, Tangelos, Dates, Dragon Fruit, Escarole, Fennel, Kale:  Black, Peacock, Kohlrabies, Leeks, Mushrooms:  Black Trumpet, Chanterelle, Oyster, Shitake, Nettles, Parsnips, Radicchio, Radishes, Sapotes, Sorrel, …

SLOW FOOD = 20 YEARS OLD It was 20 years ago on December 10, 1989 that the Slow Food Manifesto was proclaimed by Carlo Petrini:  In a Paris theatre, there was a call to arms for an antidote…”Against the universal madness of the Fast Life! ” The Manifesto declared, “we need to choose the defence …

Only 1% of the total food grown and harvested in the United States is sold at farmers markets.  2% of the nations farms “raise” 40% of our food animals.  That means agribusiness, factory farming, monoculture and global food distribution are the Goliath to the sustainable movement.  Radical change would require dramatic force and collective action. …