Whole Living • Oct. 15, 2012
They’re growing kale in abandoned lots, feeding hungry schoolkids, looking out for our laborers, and teaching us why cooking matters. In short, they’re changing our food world for the better. We toast them all.
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Don’t forget: NEXT WEEK #AWE Book Tour DC → DEN → SEA → PDX → SFO
Come check out the paperback of Rush Limbaugh’s least-favorite book, the NYT bestseller The American Way of Eating. I’ll be doing readings, talks and signings across the country to celebrate its publication in convenient paperback form, and would love to see you there! Check the calendar here, or just read below: Mon. 10/15 Washington D.C. … Read more
What does Apple’s Foxconn have in common with U.S. Farms? My latest piece — and other recent work.
Tracie McMillan’s latest work: Sept. 2012 Is this email not displaying correctly? . Great new work + Major Impact The Latest: Feature in The American Prospect PLEASE RETWEET Foxconn is to Apple as _____ is to American farms. Fill in the blanks w/ @TMMcMillan latest for @FERNnews & @theprospect http://ow.ly/dCZK8As Common As Dirt In … Read more
All Praise the Civics of Food Hubs
Civil Eats • Sept. 7, 2012
Just a few years ago there were but a smattering of “networks that allow regional growers to collaborate on marketing and distribution,” as Grist writer Claire Thompson observed, “networks that include a broad range of operations, from multi-farm CSAs to Craigslist-like virtual markets where buyers and producers can connect.”
I’m humbled: @CQResearcher, info source for Congress, uses #AWE to frame their Farm Bill report. #NowThatsImpact
CQ Researcher • Aug. 10, 2012 When investigative journalist Tracie McMillan spent a year working in the U.S. food system — cutting garlic in California fields, cleaning produce at Walmart and garnishing plates at a chain restaurant — she learned a hard truth: Healthy meals were barely affordable on wages of $8 per hour or … Read more
right. Video link of that Rachel Maddow thing.
Finally getting around to embedding a copy of my filmed TV appearances. In case you’ve been sitting around, anxiously awaiting a way to stare at me chatter away on screen, you can now readily find such entertainment: Rachel Maddow Show, March 7
