Media Watch


Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town

New York Times, October 7, 2008 
Marian 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 Life
New 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, 2008

Sojourners 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 You

Jennifer 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.