What’s the difference between food labeled organic and food labeled natural? The term natural is very loosely defined by the FDA and can encompass a wide swath of products, whereas Certified-Organic is a strictly defined and enforced standard. In addition to those listed on the chart, there are other important advantages of organic. For example, [...]

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Erin Barnett, director of Local Harvest wrote a fascinating article in the Local Harvest newsletter. It begins: Three years ago this month I started taking a new approach to meal planning. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it really has changed my life. If you’re like me, you like to cook, but don’t enjoy deciding [...]

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We are being presented with the Slow Food DC Snail of Approval award! Come join us in celebration on September 25 at Poste Moderne Brassiere’s patio from 4-7pm. Click here to get tickets $30 for Slow Food DC Members, $35 for non-members. A sampling of roasts and seasonal sides plus a drink ticket is included [...]

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A CSA member had some fun with the African Horned Melon She also sent us this beautiful card.

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Greetings! My name is Julia Allal and I am the Group Services and Community Outreach Manager at Strathmore, a performing arts center in North Bethesda, Maryland. Food writer Michael Pollan will be speaking at Strathmore on Wednesday, October 26 at 8 pm, and will discuss issues such as the industrialization of food and agriculture and [...]

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What if supermarkets grew veggies in their own rooftop greenhouses, instead of shipping them in from California and beyond? Think of how that could bring us the freshest, tastiest produce, and vastly reduce long distance trucking of perishable items? That’s the idea behind New York-based BrightFarms. We grow for taste, not for shelf-life, and we [...]

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We just received these kind words in an email from a member: SUBJECT: Today’s bounty Really, peeps, I laid all the box contents on the counter this afternoon and it looked like a foodie magazine photo shoot! Right now I am carmelizing the onions with balsamic and rosemary, and the Delicata is in rings for [...]

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Facebook alerted me to this story about a friend of mine from high school. In 2010, the recession prompted a group of friends and neighbors to establish a garden and teach kids and families about healthy foods and the joys of gardening. “We’re teaching children that nutrition isn’t difficult,” Hunsberger said. “If we tried to [...]

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From Eat Local Challenge, a group weblog focusing on the importance of locally and sustainably grown food. Eating local means more for the local economy. According to a study by the New Economics Foundation in London, a dollar spent locally generates twice as much income for the local economy. When businesses are not owned locally, [...]

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From Food Politics, via Hartke is Online! Consumers and Farmers to Take their Message to Congress The annual lobby day for small, sustainable farms is coming up again this coming Wednesday, March 16th. This is your chance to join us once again as we take our support for unrestrained farm to consumer direct sales to [...]

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