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When people think about Thanksgiving, the first thing that should pop into mind [...]

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I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I just saw Food Inc. for the first time this weekend. It was informative and captivating, I happily stayed awake through the whole movie! And it’s rentable and NetFlixable too – if you haven’t seen it, rent it and share it with friends and family. It’s a wonderful introduction [...]

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In one Brooklyn community, neighborhood residents are fighting to keep their farm. Bed-Stuy Farm, once a neighborhood garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year, helping feed more than 4,000 people a month through the Brooklyn Rescue Mission.
The Farm is a source of community pride [...]

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Tomorrow is full of online chats about sustainable agriculture – the first hosted by the USDA at 3pm (Eastern) with Kathleen Merrigan and the second hosted by Take Part featuring Gary Hirshberg at 9pm (Eastern).
Thursday at 3 p.m. – Kathleen Merrigan, “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
Agriculture deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan will host her second [...]

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The Global Oneness Project is exploring how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world. Their beautiful and moving film, A Thousand Suns, tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area [...]

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I started this series, “If This Doesn’t Convince You, Nothing Will,” to help you make the connection between personal health and sustainable food (read the introduction post here). I’m starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) which is widely known to have some obvious health issues and also some very obvious sustainability issues too.  Easy, [...]

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This blog post comes to us from our friends at Healthy Monday…
The beginning of autumn marks the point when many of our favorite fruits and vegetables are ripe for the picking. This year, harvest has become a national affair. Michelle Obama’s famed White House garden is in bloom and ready to offer its bounty to [...]

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From our friend Kerry Trueman at the Huffington Post:
Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong And How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly is the literary equivalent of a turd blossom, the Texan term for a flower that pops up out of a cow patty. James McWilliams, an associate professor at Texas State University, [...]

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This post comes from our friend Julie Negrin M.S. – Julie is a nutritionist, cooking instructor, writer and most recently, a blogger – check out her new blog: My Kitchen Nutrition at www.julienegrin.com/blog. She was also just visiting NYC for 5 weeks to teach and had the opportunity to visit Rooftop Farms.

Have you ever [...]

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Things are happening in the sustainable food world! The White House has a food garden, Michelle Obama is talking about the importance of real food, and the Child Nutrition Act, which sets standards for the food offered to more than 30 million school children, is up for reauthorization, providing a timely opportunity to dramatically improve [...]

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