Dave, the “webminion” of the Kansas City Food Circle, contacted me with this bit of information:
KC Food Circle’s latest Update newsletter includes a number of Farm Bill connections and suggestions for local growers. Here’s the link: http://www.kcfoodcircle.org/docs/updates/2007-Summer.pdf
Sorry to have missed a couple of days while earning a living. Pity, that. More to come in days […]

Categories: Local food · General

In Part 5 of a 5-part series on Real Food: What to Eat and Why, we note that individuals can make some changes to eating local foods and less-processed foods, but U.S. farm policy needs to change before Americans’ diets change significantly. She convincingly reports the advantages of real versus industrial foods but doesn’t show how people on a large scale can get real foods.

Categories: Local food · Food selection · Environment · Healthy eating

In Real Food: What to Eat and Why, author Nina Planck asserts that livestock raised on grass and in pastures is healthier and produces healthier meat, eggs and dairy products. Planck also praises raw milk as better than pasteurized milk. These aren’t always easy to find and can be very expensive.

Categories: Food selection · Environment · Healthy eating

Rolling up dough as for cinnamon rolls is easy and neat work with the help of a tea towel. Roll out a soft dough onto flowered towel, then lift edge of towel to roll it over onto itself.

Categories: Tools · Tip of the Week