What's in store for the locavore - Food & Drink - Detroit Metro Times
What's in store for the locavore - Food & Drink - Detroit Metro Times: "It's official: Eating locally is more popular than ever. Not only is local food fresher and better for the planet, buying local products collectively pumps millions of dollars back into the Michigan economy. And not only does that money stay in the state, it also seems to be feeding an explosion of small-scale food products that are increasingly dotting local shelves. Here's a gander at some of them."
Farmers' market brings food and enlightenment to downtown Danbury - Danbury, CT Patch
Farmers' market brings food and enlightenment to downtown Danbury - Danbury, CT Patch: "My oldest daughter has been in college for three years so of course when she comes home she brings all kinds of interesting ideas including, at the end of the past semester, about food.
She is not yet a vegan, thank God, but she came home all excited about being a “locavore,” a person who eats only food that is grown within 50 miles of wherever she lives. Locally grown food is better for the environment because, for instance, it isn’t moved long distances in refrigerated trailers. The practice also supports small farmers who aren’t big enough or who can’t afford to participate in the global food market. The practice causes shoppers to think more about the food they buy, perhaps therefore leading to healthier choices"
She is not yet a vegan, thank God, but she came home all excited about being a “locavore,” a person who eats only food that is grown within 50 miles of wherever she lives. Locally grown food is better for the environment because, for instance, it isn’t moved long distances in refrigerated trailers. The practice also supports small farmers who aren’t big enough or who can’t afford to participate in the global food market. The practice causes shoppers to think more about the food they buy, perhaps therefore leading to healthier choices"
American Food: A Call for Culinary Independence - TIME
American Food: A Call for Culinary Independence - TIME: "We tend to celebrate the Fourth of July as 'America Day' and revel in its customs — watching fireworks, dressing up in flag-pattern hot pants, eating chicken. But I think we all sometimes forget that the holiday, which John Adams said should be marked 'with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore,' is actually a celebration of our independence. The framers despised the ancient bone heap of Europe, its crowned ruffians, its popes and princes, its fusty ways. We would prefer to be, they thought, a city upon a hill, a shining example to other nations, breaking with tradition and coming up with our way of doing things. And so we have been, pretty much. We have lived up to the promise made at our inception.
Except when it comes to food. The U.S.A. is still in the thrall of Europe, 235 years after our forefathers risked their lives, their liberty and their sacred honor for the dubious plan to set up shop under their own flag. And yet, circa 2011, we have yet to do at our own tables what our arms, our literature and our technology did centuries ago. When, oh when, are we going to live up to our legacy?"
Except when it comes to food. The U.S.A. is still in the thrall of Europe, 235 years after our forefathers risked their lives, their liberty and their sacred honor for the dubious plan to set up shop under their own flag. And yet, circa 2011, we have yet to do at our own tables what our arms, our literature and our technology did centuries ago. When, oh when, are we going to live up to our legacy?"
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