We have our first sign of Spring sitting in the window sill, looking out onto an alley and parking lot that don’t really seem suited for growing food. That’s one of the trade-offs of living downtown, I suppose; I gave up a yard for a prime location. We’ll have a garden still, just not here. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Food’
February 27, 2010
On Not Eating Out
Ah, the comforts of the kitchen. In college I had gotten used to the dimly lit, closet-sized kitchens of campus apartments. We’d cook in them, sure, but only as quickly as possible and maybe once or twice a week. Meals were convenient and fast, with a coffee table for a kitchen table, and T.V. for [...]
February 16, 2010
Fruit of the Gods
If ever my plans of writing and making photographs for a living don’t pan out, I’m taking a cue from Jason Mraz and starting an avacado farm in California. Watch me.
January 8, 2010
Growing food through the winter
This was cross-posted at Grow Food, Grow Hope on Friday, January 8, 2010. Few places around the country have the luxury of year-round warm weather, suitable for growing food into the winter months. The rest of us must grin and bear it, and we’re left to rely on food trucked in from warmer climes at [...]
November 24, 2009
“Hunger” vs. “Food Security”
The Columbus Dispatch reported yesterday about the myriad challenges faced by the Ohio Department of Health in its current overhaul of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program. The overhaul hopes to increase access to fresh and nutritious foods for the 300,000 Ohioans who receive the WIC benefits, but in so doing may have made [...]
November 11, 2009
Food where once was nothing
This was originally posted at growfoodgrowhope.com, but it’s general enough to be posted here as well. All ‘we’s or ‘us’s refer to Grow Food, Grow Hope. The surge in popularity of urban agriculture is still growing around the country, with once-booming metropolitan areas rediscovering their agrarian roots and realizing the potential of unused land. Detroit [...]
