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Entries Tagged as 'Sustainability'

Diego Rivera’s Detroit

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Sustainability

I traveled to Detroit over the weekend to judge a student cooking contest and walked right into one of the greatest works executed by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. At the height of the Great Depression, Detroit’s fine arts commission, then headed by  Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford and president of Ford Motor Company, hired […]

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How Berkeley Schools Source Their Food

May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Berkeley, kids, school food, Sustainability

Until five years ago, all of the food served to children in Berkeley, CA, schools was highly processed. One of the primary goals of the initiative to improve Berkeley school food was to eliminate processed foods and switch to meals cooked from scratch using fresh ingredients, including local and organic produce to the greatest extent possible. […]

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At the Movies: Food Beware

April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Industrial agriculture, Sustainability

The literal translation to this French film on organic food is, “Our Children Will Accuse Us,” but in English the title becomes, “Food Beware: The French Organics Revolution.” I watched it courtesy of Netflix, and while it isn’t a great film, it certainly is worth a look to see how the French react to the […]

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