Tuesday November 16, 2010

change your underwear

If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that I’m doing Brooklyn Green Team’s No New Clothing Challenge – a 3-month new clothing fast. Not to brag, but it’s not too challenging for me. Buying used,

Categories: blog fashion Tags: humanitarian organic philanthropic textiles

Tuesday March 30, 2010

riffing on an already improvised recipe

Waking up to the pitter-patter of raindrops on my window, slowly getting out of bed, looking out to see the dark day – I knew this was a day for muffins.

What kind of muffins was the

Categories: blog food/drink Tags: local organic recipes vegan

Friday March 26, 2010

sun in bloom eco-eatery

I just came from Sun In Bloom, my friend Aimee’s new holistic eco-eatery on the border of Park Slope and Prospect Heights, where I had a delicious live vegan burrito made with sunflower seeds, yummy spices,

Categories: blog food/drink Tags: brooklyn organic raw food vegan

Tuesday September 22, 2009

fresh: the film

If you didn’t get your fill from Food, Inc., Fresh looks like it takes the story of sustainable agriculture one step further. Featuring Will Allen (Growing Power), Michael Pollan (the man who needs no introduction), and

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink movies Tags: animals eating farming organic sustainable urban agriculture

Tuesday September 22, 2009

the real dirt on farmer john

A farm isn’t dreamed of, conceived, and born over night. Sometimes it takes a lifetime, even generations, for a farm to really hit its stride. And a farm cannot survive, cannot thrive, without the community behind

Categories: agriculture blog community food/drink Tags: biodynamic eating farming organic

Friday July 24, 2009

nyc has 48 hours worth of food

What would happen if we were cut off from the US food supply chain? A scary prospect, but NYC has become wholly dependent on outside resources for food. But there’s a growing trend in this city

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: brooklyn/nyc eating farming gardens nyc organic urban agriculture

Tuesday July 21, 2009

farm to table guest post

On Sunday, I visited Rooftop Farms, an amazing (as the name suggests) rooftop farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read all about it in this guest post I did on Farm to Table, sustainable food blog and reality

Categories: agriculture blog food/drink Tags: biking brooklyn/nyc eating farming gardens green roofs nyc organic permaculture sustainable

Monday July 6, 2009

blueberries are in!

I don’t usually think of summer as a time to bake. In fact, if you can’t take the heat of the oven and end up offsetting it with air conditioning, summer baking can be a pretty

Categories: blog food/drink Tags: cooking eating local organic recipes seasonal

Tuesday June 9, 2009

a philly in the white house garden

Just watched this great little vid (via elephant journal, via Huffington Post) featuring Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies and of course, Sam Kass, the White House Chef. What a great way to promote organic gardening

Categories: agriculture bees blog food/drink Tags: bees eating farming gardens organic politics sports

Friday May 29, 2009

house of organic sale

Ekovaruhuset (aka, House of Organic), purveyor of premium organic fashion is having a huge sale next week.

House of Organic is an itsy-bitsy boutique at 123 Ludlow St (just south of Rivington), but it’s jam packed with

Categories: blog fashion Tags: nyc organic sale shopping