Thoughts for the Year Ahead
As many of you know, I am not one for New Year’s resolutions. That said, I did want to share some of my intentions and goals for the year ahead. Commit to sustainability. When it comes to the climate...
View ArticlePeeling the Layers of the Food System
I’ve been reflecting on my journey through the food system. It’s been like peeling the layers of an onion, with each scale opening up new thoughts, ideas and concepts. From the industrialization of the...
View ArticleReturning U.S. Farmland to its Proper Hands
A friend of mine recently forwarded me two articles about farmland in America. The first notes that nearly three percent of U.S. private farmland is held by foreign entities. The second addresses the...
View ArticleThe Power of Food
I am always amazed at the power that food has. Food is many things to different people. How and what we eat becomes the manifestation of so many different emotions: fear, anger, sadness, happiness,...
View ArticleFood Sovereignty
A term that I have been hearing with increasing frequency is food sovereignty. According to the Declaration of Nyéléni, in Mali, “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally...
View ArticleA Call to Action
I just finished reading Mark Bittman’s most recent book, Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food from Sustainable to Suicidal. In it, he explains how we got the broken food system we have today from...
View ArticleEating Seasonally for Oneself and the Climate
As I write, one of my daughters has been tending to a sore throat and cough (it’s not Covid, fortunately – she’s taken three different tests). I’ve been thinking how best to help her recover quickly....
View ArticleTechnology and the Changing Face of Food
I recently read two books that addressed how the future is going to change how we eat: Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need by Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr,...
View ArticleSupporting Women Farmers
I’ve been thinking a lot about women recently. As I was preparing this blog post, I came across an article by the American Farmland Trust, which notes that “Women are significant drivers of sustainable...
View ArticleAn Athlete’s Meditation
I was never a runner. I did numerous activities – indoor cycling, swimming, hiking – but I never ran. It never appealed to me. I started running in the spring of 2020, when the Covid Pandemic curtailed...
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