I was talking to an elderly relative a few weeks ago and she was voicing her concern about the supply of rice at Costco. She went there and saw only two bags of rice on the pallet and bought up the two large bags of rice. I could only imagine what was going to happen [...]
I think about where our food comes from. For many, it is shipped from far away places where we take for granted how it appears in our grocery store. I ask that you think about the journey this food has taken to nourish you. If you plant a garden you become personally connected to that [...]
I attended the Green Festival this last weekend in Seattle. What great selection of speakers and exhibitors! Saw Jim Hightower and his folksy take on politics, Frances Moore Lappe, my personal hero for her book Diet for a Small Planet, Hope’s Edge is another one of her important books and Amy Goodman, from Democracy Now! [...]
Welcome to spring and the month of April! April hosts a number of events in which we can find ways to improve our environment. First of all, Earth day is April 22nd a great day to volunteer to clean up a park or a beach, or call your government representative to support action on climate [...]
