Where does your food come from? Novella Carpenter attempts to answer that questions for herself, and she recounts her stab at urban farming in her book Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. She starts small in her tiny apartment in the fringe city of Oakland, California by commandeering an abandoned lot behind her […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
In the agricultural realm, it is often the case that intensive farming practices occur at the expense of climate protection. The growing need for food is accompanied by the growing demand for arable land. Forested lands are at odds with these demands and so face deforestation and degradation, negatively effecting biodiversity—a crucial component of a […]
Theodore Roosevelt once wisely cautioned, “To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them.” America’s prosperity is tied […]
ChooseMyPlate.gov is a public resource brought to you by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The site outlines the USDA’s food guidance system to help Americans make healthy food choices and stay active every day. I recently stumbled upon a section of the site called the “10 Tips Nutrition Education Series.” It’s a great […]
Sometimes, the smallest and seemingly most insignificant facts can inspire one to marvel at the power – the ingenuity, almost – of nature. Modern society is undeniably one of convenience, excess, and waste. The amount of garbage dumped into our landfills each year, as exhibited in the EPA’s annual Municipal Solid Waste Report, is staggering. […]
Over the last 50 years, the United States food system has become increasingly globalized, concentrating the food supply into the hands of fewer and larger suppliers. This globalization phenomenon means that various foods have become increasingly sourced from outside local, regional, or national boundaries in order to provide consistent products at low prices. While the […]
So, here we are – we have our first New England snow storm under our belts, and by setting our clocks back we’ve plunged into what seems like inescapable cold and darkness for the next few months. Long, sunny summer afternoons that last forever are just a distant memory. But even if you are a […]
According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes. 79 million additional people are thought to be prediabetic, with 1.9 million new cases diagnosed each year. Diabetes prevalence is increasing at a rapid rate and continues to be a serious public health threat to the […]
We all know that our sedentary lifestyles makes it important for us to move more. For many, however, the idea of exercise–shelling out money for a gym, counting down the minutes on the Stairmaster, trying to tune out preachy gymrat chatter–makes starting a regimen of daily activity pretty daunting. But we forget one of the […]
What do you like most about cooking? Is it the exquisite burst of flavor in that first spoonful of potato leak stew? Perhaps it’s the sumptuous aroma of a steaming pork roast, fresh out of the oven? Or is it the simple freedom of creating something that will not only look and taste great, but […]
Nourish Boston 