Here's the text of a presentation I did March 4, 2015 at Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy conference in Boston, MA. This was the first time the conference addressed urban agriculture. Everybody eats and it's … [Read more...]
MyCityGardens: Networking Greater Boston Gardening
MyCityGardens.com is up and running for the season. We're a local yard sharing website that connects gardeners, mentors, and people with access to space, to neighbors who want to roll up their sleeves and dig in. If you have extra space … [Read more...]
Lobster’s Wicked Cheap. So Why Are Lobster Rolls Still So Expensive?
Lobster's going for $3.99 a pound at my local Market Basket, but up the road at Oxford Creamery Route 6 in Mattapoisett, lobster rolls are still $12. Why? James Surowiecki reports in The New Yorker that there are several factors in play, … [Read more...]
Eating the City and Town: Todmorden and Beyond
http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2012S/Blank/PamWarhurst_2012S-320k.mp4 A few months ago, some people in Cambridge, MA were inspired by the example of Todmorden in the UK between Leeds and Manchester, a town that decided to grow as much … [Read more...]
Integrated Urban Agricultural Systems
On Monday January 30th, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) held a public meeting at Suffolk University, halfway between the State House and City Hall, to change the Boston zoning laws to allow for agriculture throughout the city, … [Read more...]
“Expired-Food Guy” Connolly Fights for Another Go
Boston At-Large City Councilor John Connolly was kind of surprised that his old-frozen-foods-in-schools investigation made such a splash. Regardless, he chairs the body's education committee and shows an astonishing passion for public … [Read more...]
Expired food scandal
I'd like a good explication of the meaning of food expiration dates. Has anyone heard a credible expert comment on this?"It's not rancid food. It's not spoiled food.''But Leslie Walker, executive director of Prisoners' Legal Services, … [Read more...]
NU College Dems Fundraiser at California Pizza Kitchen this Tuesday 11/30
Please come support the Northeastern University College Democrats on this Tuesday November 30 2010 at the California Pizza Kitchen in the Prudential Center, Boston, MA by bringing the flyer below (and all of your friends) and showing the … [Read more...]
A New Recipe for the American Food System
Food sovereignty is an issue we will likely hear a lot about in coming years. Basically, it is the right a community has to determine where its food comes from. Outbreaks of food-borne illness receive great attention, but concerns about our … [Read more...]
How to Heal the World
I think about this as I plant my garden. I remember John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed; Jean Giono's story of Elzéard Bouffier, "The Man Who Planted Trees;" John Todd's vision to restore the devastated mountains of Appalachia. … [Read more...]