“…All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees). And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many …” William Bradford writing in Of … Continue reading
The Slow Food International movement has changed the way we consume, grow and relate to our food. It all started with one man, Carlo Petrini, and his opposition to the opening of a McDonalds in his local community. Imagine…one man took a stand that is now shaping a global movement around our relationship with our food. In … Continue reading
I’ve watched the trailer of the new Sesame Workshop program – Growing Hope Against Hunger, which aired as a one hour special on PBS October 9, 2011. My heart broke, and yours should too. We have all heard the statistics over and over. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 17 million American children … Continue reading
The Bee’s Knees meaning: Excellent – the highest of quality! Excellence is exactly what we found on a beautiful fall day along the Rockaway boardwalk at the NYC Honey Festival this past weekend. Over 1,000 people attended (a count provided by the organizers) to taste local honey and learn the innate human necessity of the … Continue reading
