The NYC Food Charter – a City-wide Food Sustainability Plan
Problems associated with obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and at such an alarming pace that the Surgeon General has urged communities to address the problems through a formal ‘call…
Shiloh Farms: Sprouted Goodness
The movement is called Essential Eating. One of its core principles is the consumption of sprouted whole grain flour. According to the Essential Eating website, when a whole grain sprouts, it becomes a…
Endangered Foods
We have all heard about endangered species, animals at risk of perishing because of altered conditions in their natural habitats, some caused by humans. Many do not know that the way we grow,…
Need a Date? Head to Flying Disc Ranch
Quick! What do the following have in common: Cire, Amber, Zahidi, Khadrawi, Derrie? Give up? They’re all varieties of date palms. If you’ve never heard of any before, you’ve got lots of company….
Lundberg Family Farms
I know so many people in the US who regard rice as an afterthought. What a shame! Rice has come a long way from the boring, one-dimensional grain of my childhood. Nobody has…
G and S Groves – Citrus from Texas
Sometimes, you encounter good food from an unexpected source. I never claimed to know much about Texas; I’ve never even spent any time there. But for most people, Texas is unlikely to be…
Fresh – Inspiring Change in Our Food System
When we look back at this time a half century from now, how will we feel about our actions (or inactions)? Ana Sofia Joanes, director of the documentary Fresh, compares it to living…
Heritage Radio Network – Food-centric Radio from Brooklyn
In the back garden of Roberta’s Pizza at 261 Moore Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn are two used shipping containers; ordinary-looking on the outside, anything but on the inside. This is the headquarters of…
Apollo Olive Oil – Extra Virgin Shades of Green
Someone puts a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and a bottle of Chianti in front of you. Discounting the labels and any variations in bottle color or shape, the wines will look similar. Yet…
Let’s Be Frank – Grass-fed Dogs Are Better
I remember meeting Sue Moore very well. Our chance encounter took place in San Francisco, in front of the Ferry Building, during one of the smaller, weekday Farmers’ Markets. Never before had I…
Jerzy Boyz Farm – Deliciously Crisp Organic Apples
One of the great things about autumn is biting into a crisp, delicious apple. Many times, though, supermarket apples are a serious let-down. They’re too bruised from transportation and being tossed into a…
A Quiet Grass-fed Revolution
Something exciting is afoot in upstate New York. Quietly unworked dairy farms have been transitioning into grass-fed beef operations under the passionate stewardship of unconventional farmers. This new breed of Farmer comes to…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
