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.

The Food Trust has posted an extremely helpful list of farmers' markets that will be open Wednesday for last minute Thanksgiving needs. They’ve even listed which vendors will be there. Thank you Food Trust for saving our Thanksgiving meals from canned corn and boxed stuffing.
Full list of markets after the jump.

This post is a little late, but Discovery Channel has debuted Brew Masters, a suds-centric show hosted by Dogfish Head brewer Sam Calagione. The show airs Sundays at 10 p.m. Seems about time that beer earned its place in the food TV pantheon—it certainly beats cupcakes. Plus, it’s great to see a local favorite showcased.

Join West Philly’s Mill Creek Farm as it celebrates its fifth successful growing season! Johanna Rosen and Jade Walker founded the farm in 2005. With the help of dedicated volunteers, they transformed the abandoned lot at 49th and Brown into a half-acre urban farm. Since then, the farm has educated the local community and provided