Fred Kirschenmann

The Biggest Election Showdown is WHERE?

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radiance Dairy, Fred Kirschenmann, Farming, Iowa for Secretary of Agriculture, Grist, Bill Mckibben, Food. Inc., Sustainable Agriculture, change.org, Election, Wes Jackson, Iowa Independent, Francis Thicke, Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, Slow Food, Monsanto, Bill Northey, Jim Hightower, A New Vision for Iowa Food and Agriculture, Kurt Michael Friese, Robert Kenner, Statistics, Politics News
Jeffrey Smith

Michael Pollan said "For the food movement," this may be "the most important election this year." Slow Food chef Kurt Michael Friese named it, The Mo...

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The Case of the Missing Agricultural Middle

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rich Pirog, Local Food, Fred Kirschenmann, Stephen Budiansky, Grist, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Industrial Food, Math Lessons for Locavores, Food News
Katherine Gustafson

The recent debate among food writers on the NYT and Grist magazine highlighted a glaring problem, one that concerns not only our food system but also our advocacy for a better one: The middle is going missing, and no one's speaking up for it.

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You, Too, Can Join the Food Revolution: Cook Dinner at Home!

Susie Middleton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edible Communities, Edible Schoolyards, Jamie Oliver, Michelle Obama, Potlucks, Martha's Vineyard, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Farm to Table, Fred-Kirschenmann, Let's Move, Dinner at Home, TED Prize, Edible Magazines, Green News
Susie Middleton

My town has exactly zero restaurants open for dinner in the month of February. What we do have out here is a lot of potlucks. To me, these things make so much sense.

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(Almost) Live from The Edible Institute in Santa Fe

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samuel Fromartz, Fred Kirschenmann, Emigdio Ballon, Carole Topalian, Will Harris, Tracey Ryder, Isaac Stern, Gary Paul Nabhan, Edible Schoolyard, Edible Communities, Alice Waters, Tom Philpott, Deborah Madison, Lisa Hamilton, The Edible Institute 2010, Jane Black, Green News
Elissa Altman

It snowed. It snowed like I've never seen it snow before--enormous, dry, high desert flakes that blanketed the ground, shut down western highways, st...

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