From Earth To Kitchen

09/15/2011

Your bike sharing system in New York City

08/26/2011

Most (all?) markets will be closed this weekend except the *indoor* Foodshed Market. Theyre hosting a special special SATURDAY market from 9am in addition to their regular Sunday market.

Foodshed Market - Founded September 19, 2010. An indoor Sunday market for all seasons connecting you and your foodshed. Now accepting EBT cards! - Description: A year round, indoor farmer's market that accepts EBT. We have fresh, local, organic and fair trade products available. On the second flo...

08/05/2011

Commuters in Jakarta take up cycling to avoid the hassle of negotiating the city's chaotic roads.

06/30/2011

a couple documents the difficulties in trying to eat healthily on a foodstamp budget (~$2/meal)

When food stamp numbers hit an all-time high last year, America was rocked by the sudden uptick. In just two years, the number of food stamp recipients had leapt from 30 million to 40 million. This year, the tally reached 44 million.

06/03/2011

The image below details what the White House Garden would look like if it was planted with subsidized crops from the Food and Farm Bill (via Slow Food USA Twitter). The image, created by Kitchen Gardeners International, shows the layout of the Spring 2011 White House garden.

06/02/2011

How bicycles are fighting illiteracy and empowering women in India

Grist List

06/02/2011

The old food pyramid has been replaced with "MyPlate". What do you think about it? Is diagramming health useful?

ChooseMyPlate.gov is the home page for the USDA's MyPlate -- the federal government's nutrition education and guidance.

05/13/2011

If you haven't tried these yet, you are missing out!!

Welcome back to our semi-weekly column, Market Fresh, in which we take a look at one ingredient that's showing up in the city's Greenmarkets right now and tell you what to do with it. Last week, we played around with overwintered spinach, and today, we're taking a look at sunchokes, also known as Je

05/12/2011

An interesting concept -- speed-dating-style meet-ups betweens farmers and chefs!

Boise, Idaho -- Area chefs got a chance Tuesday to meet face to face with local food producers, all in one room. The event had a unique twist with the goal of having the chefs meet as many people as

05/11/2011

We’re all familiar with the accepted gospel: Only well-heeled food snobs can afford the exorbitant prices charged for those attractively displayed baby greens and heirloom tomatoes at farmers’ markets, while those who can’t afford such greener-than-thou food-purchasing decisions must paw through lim

05/06/2011

Eat local. These two words have become a catchy phrase. They are displayed on produce stands, on billboards, in menus, in sustainability articles and uttered from the mouths of locavores as gospel.

05/05/2011

Beer comes to the Union Square farmers market. Even the Hops are grown in NY!

For the first time, locally produced beer will be sold at the Greenmarket.