Archives for “permaculture”
Foie gras is not a pretty thing. It’s a cruel thing. In this TED video, chef Dan Barber tells about a farmer who has discovered that when you take the cruelty out of it, you get something much, much better. How’s that for a lesson? By the end of the video, he gets into lots [...]
I’ve been pretty convinced that switching to ethanol, running cars on corn, is a bad idea. It has looked like a big corporate monoculture nightmare. But I just found some hope. I just discovered David Blume, whose work on biofuels comes from a permaculture perspective. Alcoholcanbeagas.com offers answers to my objections. If this guy is [...]
This year, we’re gardening. We’re growing food, which is as spiritual a thing as I’ve ever done. It’s really beautiful. As a result, though, the “trash” we create when cooking isn’t boxes and packaging. It’s food scraps. And I began to get really tired of throwing them away. Working hard to grow food, then cutting [...]
Have I mentioned the connection between food and love? I’m in love with the Oregon wild rice I found at the Saturday Market this week here in Eugene. Here’s a news story about how it grows here. My brown rice has been coming from at least California. This stuff is yummy, and local, and it [...]
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