Media Watch
Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town
New York Times, October 7, 2008Marian Burros
THIS town’s granite companies shut down years ago and even the rowdy bars and porno theater that once inspired the nickname “Little Chicago” have gone.
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was saved by food. more....
Mark Bittman: What's Wrong With What We Eat
One of my favorite writers on food speaks fiercely about how what we eat is putting the planet at risk.New York Times, Dining and Wine, via ted.com
Define "Local:" Find your 100 mile radius
There are seven states in my 100 mile radius. Seven!Not so for the folks of central NY, but this is an interesting exercise nonetheless.
http://100milediet.org/get-started/map
Dear Abby for Daily Living on the Earth
Talking Directly (and Kindly) to Believers in the Eco LifeNew York Times, Tuesday, August 24, 2008.
There are links in this article to several sites that help with the daily challenges of trying to make the right choice,
Finger Lakes Fame
Finger (Lakes) Food - New York Times, Friday, August 22, 2008Sojourners on the World Food Crisis
Sojourners Magazine for July 2008 has a number of articles on the world food crisis. One of them, "The Crisis Was Preventable" is written by ECC alum Elizabeth Palmberg.
The magazine is available online after a quick, free registration - http://sojourners.com/index.cfm?action=magazine.home
Elizabeth has a follow-up column on belief.net called Let Them Eat Bubbles about speculators profiting from global hunger.
Sierra Club's Faith in Action
Some of these groups are doing outstanding things:Faith in Action
Grace Church, Syracuse, on MSNBC
Eating Only What Grows Around YouJennifer Baskerville-Burrows and Grace Church, Syracuse, are featured in an MSNBC series called, oddly, Extreme Consumerism.
As Food Prices Rise, There's No Dancing in the Aisles
National Public Radio: All Things Considered"Walking the aisle of her regular supermarket, Rhodes notes the weekly rise in the price of milk.
"Two weeks ago it was $2.39 a gallon — and I think it was more Monday," she says.
On May 30, it was $3.49. And it's gone up again."
Speaking of Faith: The Ethics of Eating
Speaking of Faith is a podcast put out by American Public Media. This program is called The Ethics of Eating and features Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.< Next | Prev >