Wednesday March 25, 2009

brooklyn food conference

More than exercise, nutrition dictates a person’s health and fitness level. Unfortunately, there is a frightening amount of inequality in access to healthful food. Here are some (NYC-centric) facts:

Residents in the poorest neighborhoods of NYC have

Categories: agriculture blog community events food/drink Tags: brooklyn/nyc eating farming food justice nyc politics

Tuesday March 10, 2009

another sign the obama administration means good for the earth

Good green things are happening at the White House. Van Jones, founder of Green for All — the grassroots green jobs organization — and author of The Green Collar Economy, was recently named Special Advisor for

Categories: blog Tags: green jobs politics

Tuesday January 20, 2009

hurray! inauguration day!

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Categories: blog Tags: politics

Thursday January 15, 2009

a mutt for the white house

What’s more American than a mutt? A creature, like me, who is of mixed origin. I can rattle off at least 5 different ethnicities that are in my family history. I’d like to think that gives

Categories: blog Tags: animals politics

Wednesday December 10, 2008

bush isn’t out yet… and it’s scary

I think we’re all still riding the high of the Obama election and holding our breath until he gets into office (and at least for the first 100 days after that). In the midst of this

Categories: blog environment Tags: climate change politics pollution