I rode cross country, then crashed outI've had quite a few bike crashes in my life. A couple casual tip-overs due to clip-in pedal malfunction (or I-don't-need-to-clip-out hubris), one slide on a gritty road that left my thigh covered in road rash, a loss of balance on the Chestnut Street bridge that resulted in some

Regarding to the critical policy decision we mentioned yesterday, the Senate has passed an overhaul of the country’s food safety system. Holla. Included in the Senate bill were exceptions for small producers who sell most of their products locally (animportant sticking point for sustainable food advocates who argued the burden of regulation would hurt those

In anticipation of my Greensgrow Farm winter CSA share starting up this weekend, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on CSAs. TreeHugger has an interesting post up about a new computer program called Farmigo that was designed to help farmers manage their CSA programs in more efficient, streamlined and (hopefully) profitable way: Farmigo basically takes over

We all know how much I love foraging, so I’ve been meaning to share this New York Times story on top chefs looking to the wild for new ingredients: Increasingly, in an era when truffles are farmed and Whole Foods sells fresh porcini, the ingredients that chefs seek are not the ones anyone can order;

Also, Michael Pollan has a must-read Op-Ed in the Times on the F.D.A. Food Safety Modernization bill. I won’t even excerpt it here because I think everyone should click through. Let’s just say this is a huge moment for food safety in our country.

Some exciting new for the Postgreen folks! The USGBC has named their 100K House the 2010 LEED Homes Project of the Year. Treehugger shared the news this morning, and I particularly enjoyed this quote from Postgreen’s Nic Darling on the company’s marketing strategy: “Most of our marketing to date has been developed in an environment of

Signs of progress at Reading Terminal's Beer Garden. An application for liquor license notice is up. Close-up, after the jump.

When I arrived at Reading Terminal Market this morning, a few short minutes before it opened, there were lines. Lines. At every door. Apparently the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the “Black Friday of food.” I woke up early so I could pick up my turkey (an organic pastured bird from Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op), and

An Eco-Machine at the Intervale Food Centre, Burlington, VermontWe use water to clean just about everything: our dishes, our clothing, even ourselves. So how do we clean our water? Normally, it’s a complicated process, often involving huge amounts of energy and a host of chemicals. Dr. John Todd set out to tackle this problem more

What do you get when you combine a benefit concert, a jam bandand a local elementary school dedicated to green initiatives? Solar panels. Last Wednesday, the Albert M. Greenfield School welcomed the Disco Biscuits. The band came to the school for a look at the $35,000 roof-top solar array, paid for with a March benefit concert.