The Lawrence Sustainability Network’s gardening group, SLUG (support for local urban gardeners) is planning a tour in June of Lawrence food gardens, and the group hopes to include more gardens than the 12 featured in last year’s inaugural event. If you didn’t get the notice and have a garden that you think others could learn […]
Entries Tagged as 'food safety'
Roundup: Garden tour and other April fun
April 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · local food, Roundup
Tags:food safety·gardening·Lawrence Sustainability Network·restaurants
Food safety legislation lurches along; stay tuned
July 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food in the news
So have you been following the great food safety legislation debate? (Specifically, HR 2749; see GovTrack.us.) My guess is probably not, because it’s darned hard to follow. I hope you nevertheless will let your lawmakers know that food safety is a big deal that they need to work on. Should they support this bill? Hmm. […]
Tags:food politics·food safety
Roundup: Beyond tainted tomatoes and floods
June 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Beyond tainted tomatoes and floods · Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Finally, here’s a roundup of some food news in the area, aside from the daily reports of tomato-borne salmonella and rising food cost forecasts due to the Iowa floods. Going against the grain. Gordon D. Fiedler Jr. over in Salina snags a bushel of wheat in this funny-serious take on eating locally. (Salina Journal) Pizza […]
Tags:food safety·National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility·wheat