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...]
Celebrate American History with a Party
Join Community Servings at Azure, 61 Exeter St in The Lenox Hotel, on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20, 2009, from 6 PM to 9 PM, for the "Red White and Blue Party." Enjoy American-inspired food, cocktails and music. Enter a raffle for … [Read more...]
What’s on tap?
Not champaign, somehow, on the cusp of a depression. You might try brie and chablis for laughs, but honestly I can't imagine that pairing being very good together. (Though white Burgundy is yummy). I think I'm going for a quintessential … [Read more...]
A small victory for struggling families in MA
The Department of Transitional Assistance has issued guidance to expand the use of the "categorical eligibility rule" to ELIMINATE he Food Stamp asset test most FS households with income below 200% FPL, unless the household has a work … [Read more...]
Renewed call for a SDC “Logistics” Committee
Given that so many conventions and meetings are in locations where food and other necessities are not easily available to purchase near the venue, I think that logistics should get more consideration. Folk crab about delegates who are … [Read more...]