Low Mileage Food

I’ve been in the Seattle area for the last week visiting my mom and tromping around my adopted hometown. Actually, there hasn’t been quite enough of the latter since my mom lives in Marysville, a fair distance north of Seattle. I think next time I’ll get a hotel or, something Joyce pointed out [...]

A short video I spotted over at Boing Boing TV.
I’ve long held that technology, properly applied, can improve the lives of everyone. In this video, Doug Fine says a couple of things near the end that sums up my point of view nicely, namely that we don’t have to give up everything to be [...]

An appalling article from the New York Times in which a small farmer talks about expanding his operation to meet the demand for local food, only to be penalized for doing so.
Snippet from the article:
Last year, knowing that my own 100 acres wouldn’t be enough to meet demand, I rented 25 acres on two nearby [...]