Sustainable Living
Community Egg Co-op
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA.
Author: cookingupastory
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Added: March 2, 2008
FOOD NEWS: Michael Pollan: In Defense Of Food
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Michael Pollan’s new book, In Defense of Food, provides the backdrop for his talk at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, and this earlier interview with Deborah Kane of the environmental nonprofit organization, Ecotrust.
Author: cookingupastory
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Added: February 19, 2008
Kitchen Literacy-3
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Part 3, Ann Vileisis talks about the need to start making connections between our consumption of food, and the environmental and social consequences that result. By taking a more integrative approach to how we choose food, we can promote better environmental practices, healthier food consumption, and insure a locally produced supply of fresh, and nutritious foods.
Author: cookingupastory
Keywords: food sustainability agriculture history environment farmers entertainment news performing arts short film trailer tv vid
Added: February 14, 2008
How To Grow A Pear In A Bottle
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Spring is just around the corner, and for you pear growers, here’s a thorough step by step demonstration how to grow pears in a bottle. Ed adds a brandy after he collects his ‘pear in a bottle’ and hands them out at the holidays to just a handful of friends. Oh to be so lucky!
Author: cookingupastory
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Added: February 5, 2008
FOOD NEWS: Kitchen Literacy-2
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Continuing the conversation with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy, she explains how over time we became gradually disassociated from how foods were produced, and where they originated. Most importantly, the advertising industry played a significant role in changing American values toward food, and easing the transformation to the industrial food production system of today. No easy feat to accomplish, it took 50 years to fully inculcate society to the new norms of food consumption.
Author: cookingupastory
Keywords: food history industrial modern agriculture shopping advertising commercials entertainment news performing arts
Added: January 30, 2008
FOOD NEWS: Kitchen Literacy
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
A conversation with author, Ann Vileisis about Kitchen Literacy, what we know about our food, and how we came to know it. For Ann, her book Kitchen Literacy came about because she was struck by how much she didn’t know about the common foods she encountered in the supermarket. In the research for her book, she was surprised to learn how much people expected to know about their food in pre-industrial times. For example, meats, they would find out the sex and age of the animal, the farm it came from, and even the animal’s background. Certainly a far cry from our expectations today!
Author: cookingupastory
Keywords: food history kitchen literacy book authors sustainable stories locally grown advertising commercial
Added: January 24, 2008
Sheep Cheese: Ancient Heritage Dairy
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Sheep cheese tastes distinctive, characteristically strong, and very different from cow or goat cheese. On this family sheep farm, the making of cheese reflects a slower pace of life along with a direct connection to the land. Consuming this cheese requires a careful eating pace.
Author: cookingupastory
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Added: January 15, 2008
Episode 6 online
Monday, January 14th, 2008Practical Green Living is growing by leaps and bounds and it’s all thanks to you!Building Green - Mold, Mildew and Musty odors can be a problem caused by excessive humidity even in winter, learn how to prevent and what to do if you have it. Combat high energy costs with a list of ideas Peter has for you.R3- Garbage in, garbage out…that works in reverse too! Peter has plenty of ideas on how to reduce what you’re throwing away.Reviews - FreeGeek.org takes old computer equipment and gets it working again so new, less fortunate people can also enjoy the digital age.Recipe - It’s ROOTBEER time!!! Peter loves this stuff and tells you how to make your own simple batch of over night Root Beer.Overnight Root Beer (made in a milk jug)From Searchable Online Archive of RecipesTime: 15 min Serves: 15 to 20Ingredients2 1/2 c Sugar 3 tb Root beer extract 1 tb Dry yeast Lukewarm waterCarbonation with yeast can cause extreme pressure (think champagne cork) and can even cause some containers (like milk jugs) to explode.InstructionsAdd enough lukewarm water to fill gallon jug. Mix well. Let stand at room temperature for 6 hours.Place in refrigerator overnight or until completely chilled.Tips - We all travel at some point, whether on an activism trip, vacation with family or even for work, but did you know that GreenHotels.com can help you travel greener? Check them out!
Episode 5 online
Monday, January 14th, 2008We now have a website and two brand-new segments, Building Green and R3 (for reduce, reuse and recycle). Also, glazed carrots and turnips, organic home brewing and Seventh Generation HE detergent.As part of our changes to the show, the expanded show notes contain a lot more information, including the recipes (thanks Karen!)Building GreenA new segment focusing on the materials and technologies used in building "green" houses. In this episode, we tackle some of the issues with making existing homes more green and healthy.R3Sometimes green living can be work, but in this new segment, we’ll show you how you can keep it from burning you out and how to reuse everyday items like you may have never thought! This show, we’re discussing the basic idea of reusing and what is a "block swap"?RecipeThe Culinary School of the Rockies has given us an easy, quick side dish in the form of Glazed Carrots and Turnips:Ingredients3 Tbs. Butter1 lb. Baby carrots, well scrubbed OR medium carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces1 lb. Baby turnips, peeled and cut into quarters or eighths1/2 lb. Baby onions OR 1 large onion, roughly chopped1/2 cup Water or chicken stock1 - 2 Tbs. Sugar1/4 tsp. Thyme, dried1 - 2 Tbs. Parsley, fresh, choppedMethod 1. In a large heavy pan, melt 2 Tbs. of the butter over medium heat. Add the carrots, turnips and onions and toss to coat. 2. Add the stock or water and stir in the sugar and thyme. 3. Bring the vegetables to a boil over medium-high heat, then cover and simmer over medium heat for 8 - 10 minutes until the veggies begin to soften. Stir the veggies occasionally to keep them from sticking to the pan. Check the pan occasionally to see if more liquid needs to be added. 4. Uncover the pan and increase the heat to evaporate any remaining liquid, stirring frequently, until vegetables are lightly coated with the glaze. Add the remaining butter and chopped parsley. Stir until the butter melts.ReviewsOrganic home-brewing supplies from Seven Bridges Coop in Santa Cruz, CA. You can find more info and order from http://breworganic.com/ Seventh Generation now has a High Efficiency detergent specifically for "HE" type washing machines. Hear what Mary thinks of how it cleans and leaves the clothes and what kind of dryer to we have?Other stuffVote for us on Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle and Digg.com! The links are on the left! Email us with comments and suggestions.
Organic Dairyman: Birdhouses
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
A long string of pink bird houses line the Bansen dairy farm. Not merely for decoration, these bird houses provide nesting grounds for the swallows that feed on flies, using nature to control insect pests naturally.
Author: cookingupastory
Keywords: organic milk dairy farms sustainable agriculture cows jerseys advertising commercials entertainment news performing
Added: January 3, 2008
FOOD NEWS: Part3: Conversation with King Corn Filmmaker Curt
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It’s become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, ‘King Corn’ filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the growing of 10,000 pounds of corn in one season was the easiest part of the whole farming experience. The other parts were more mundane, and more disappointing.
Author: cookingupastory
Keywords: Food News food politics culture sustainable corn farming advertising commercials entertainment news performin
Added: December 16, 2007