Just got word (thanks, Dan!) that Food, Inc., the much-talked-about film documentary about our food system, is going to be playing at Liberty Hall starting Friday. (I mentioned it two weeks ago.) The times and dates posted on the Liberty Hall site are as follows: Friday & Saturday (July 24-25): 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 Sunday (July [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Books'
Food Inc. to play Lawrence, Kansas, this weekend
July 22nd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Books, Food in the news, Growing food
Roundup: Tours, harvests, ag news and more
July 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, Growing food, Roundup
Lots of news to report, from activities to politics to getting informed. Read on for local and larger news and links. On a local level KSU photo Having a field day. If this amazingly mild weather holds, I just may change my mind about skipping this Saturday’s (July 25) horticulture field day at Kansas State’s [...]
Fresh a lesson in fresh food, complex system
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
The lust for fresh food, it turns out, in many ways is responsible for today’s world food economy. Those railcars full of California lettuce headed to New York in winter? They’ve been traveling that path for nearly 100 years. Feedlots for fattening cattle? They got their start in the late 1800s. All because people wanted [...]
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Fiber artist creative in the kitchen too
March 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, recipes
Some people just seem to ooze creativity, and my online friend Joanne Seiff is one of them. Besides being an accomplished cook, she’s also a writer, blogger, knitter, spinner, knitwear designer and cook, and now she can add “author” to her titles. In her new book, Fiber Gathering, she blends her many talents. She writes [...]
Seller offers almost-instant gratification
January 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Books, Tools
They’re here already! My mail-order kitchen items are here! That’s not a huge surprise. One small advantage of living in Lawrence, Kansas, is the city’s proximity to an Amazon.com warehouse. That means when I redeemed a Christmas gift certificate on Sunday, my items had a short distance to travel, and they arrived today. In fairness, [...]
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Foodperson opens unabashed exchange division
December 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Books, Tools
As I’ve been working to develop a new website (less personal, more helpful, more commercial), I put together an Amazon.com “aStore,” which designates various products and lets readers order products I recommend via Amazon. It occurred to me that there was no reason (except for my general reluctance to appear to be a shill) not [...]
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