As is our custom this time of year, we got in a rental car last week and drove from the District of Columbia to our favorite vacation spot on the shores of Casco Bay in South Freeport, Maine.
We had a special passenger this time: a five-pound sockeye salmon flown in fresh from Alaska. Our friend [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sustainability'
Welcome to Maine!
July 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Sustainability, dinner
Swordfish with Avocado Salsa
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Sustainability, dinner
We love to eat certain finfish and the oily ones are particularly good for you. The problem is that so few of them are left in the wild because of overfishing. But in June of this year, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified as “sustainable” the harpoon fishery for swordfish in Canadian waters of the Atlantic.
In granting [...]
What’s for Lunch
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sustainability, garden
Alaskan salmon salad with green salad from the garden.
I suppose you could make a gourmet version of this salmon salad using salmon fillet. But I’m usually on a budget and pick the canned salmon from Whole Foods. Salmon is rich in heart-healthy, Omega-3 fatty acids. But make sure the salmon you buy is from a certified [...]
Columbia Heights Farmers Market
July 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sustainability
A new farmers market opened this month in downtown Columbia Heights, within walking distance of our home here in the District of Columbia. Once blighted by urban decay, this area around the Columbia Heights Metro station is now a bustling shopping district. The farmers market, open Saturdays only, is set in a central plaza with a [...]
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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 Rivera [...]
How Berkeley Schools Source Their Food
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Berkeley, Sustainability, kids, school food
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.
After [...]
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 same [...]
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The Last Sardine
April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Sustainability
Here’s a sure sign of the times: the last sardine cannery in the United States, located in Prospect Harbor, ME, is closing.
National Public Radio had a wonderful report on these sad tidings, including an interview with a woman in her 70s–Lela Anderson–who’s been working in the plant since she was a teenager.
Stinson Seafood, at one [...]
Voting for “Healthy Schools”
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Sustainability, kids
By Andrea Northup
The Healthy Schools Act is On the Move!
The public hearing on the Healthy Schools Act on March 26th was well attended, and D.C. City Councilmembers heard an impressive contingent voice their support for the bill. Read some of the wonderful testimony and find more information about the act on Mary Cheh’s site.
On Monday [...]
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We’re Screwed — Enjoy Life While You Can
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Sustainability
Prof. James Lovelock, the man who developed the Gaia theory–the idea that planet Earth behaves like a self-regulating organism, as opposed to an inert hunk of rock–says we need to get used to the idea that global heating is an event beyond human control.
Here is a series of video clips from an interview with BBC [...]
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We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
