Almost two weeks into the tour and, I have to say, this is one memorable experience. We’ve gone from harvesting our own wheat at Pie Ranch in Pescadero, CA, so we could make our own pies, to standing in a herd of pasture-raised dairy cows in Chico to having dinner on top of [...]

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Seven days into the Eat Well Guided Tour of America, and I have to say, it’s already been an unbelievable, heartening and memorable experience. I thought I’d write a bit about our feelings and perceptions on the trip so far, but first want to apologize for not having posts up every day – we’ve [...]

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So to finish last week’s column – as sustainability and “green” are taken more seriously by corporate America, a new position “Chief Sustainability Officer” (or a similar title) has been created at several mega-corporations like DuPont, Dow Chemical and Home Depot. And as the New York Times stated in their July 3 article “Companies [...]

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This week I want to talk about two different articles I saw that could potentially have larger implications than we might think.
The first, and probably most dramatic, is an article from Reuters, “Dutch Try to Grow Enviro-Friendly Meat in Lab,” which is basically what it says–Dutch researchers are trying to grow meat in a vat [...]

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Another good, crazy week of planning for the road trip. The main reason we’re touring the country is to promote local, sustainable food, and to let you know about communities and groups around the country that are promoting and living a sustainable lifestyle. (Well, that and to go around the country and meet [...]

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I read a couple articles lately about how organic food isn’t beneficial because of the distance the food travels to get to the store. (Read “Buy Local: Organic Food Miles Offset Benefits, Canadian Study”) Don’t let something like this turn you off of organic/sustainable food.
Organic food isn’t the issue – it’s the industrialization [...]

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As the Eat Well Guided Tour of America gets closer, I find I’m overwhelmed with planning, logistics, research and a million little things that need to be done to get a tour of this magnitude launched. So my columns will most likely be focusing on issues and planning related to this trip – I [...]

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Today, Farm Aid announced that their show this year will be held on September 9th here in New York City at Randall’s Island. Surprisingly, in their 22 year history, this is the first time Farm Aid has actually come to New York. Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster on Saturday. (In the [...]

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The good news is that according to a recent report by The Hartman Group, 72% of U.S. consumers believe that their purchases have an impact on society, meaning most people do understand that what they buy affects their community, the environment, their health, etc. The okay-but-could-be-better news is that just over 54% of consumers [...]

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I’m in England right now on holiday (as they say here…) so that’s this week’s excuse for having a (really) late column…. But as I was flying over here last week on the plane, knowing that rather large amounts of fuel were being used to transport me across the ocean, I started to think [...]

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