Can DIY Become Tradition or is Canning Just the New Sewing?
Maybe re-learning to make things and grow things needs to be done for the acts themselves. Maybe we'd actually be happier being a bit more connected, even at the price of convenience.
Maybe re-learning to make things and grow things needs to be done for the acts themselves. Maybe we'd actually be happier being a bit more connected, even at the price of convenience.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
I have something in common with Michelle Obama, a brand new vegetable garden in my back yard. Mine was started by my 21 year old son, home from colle...
Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.18.2009 | Style
Today's news includes a great picture of Michelle working up a sweat in her garden as she tends her veggies. But folks still insist on commenting mostly on what she's wearing.
Julia Moulden | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living
A photograph of me circa 1977 hangs over my desk. It was taken by Toni Beatty, an American photographer I met when we shared adjoining villas and a g...
Michael Pollan | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
If we want to make significant progress in reducing global warming we will need to wean the American food system off its heavy diet of fossil fuel and put it back on a diet of solar energy.
Hillary Newman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
To help spread the message, Wal-Mart and Ferry-Morse Seed Company have teamed up to send the first 500 readers of this article three packets of starter seeds. Be one of them!
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green
Who says you need a huge garden to grow a whole lot of potatoes? Nobody--at least not anymore. Turns out you can grow up to 100 lbs of potatoes, and a...
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living
It seems that our culture's most popular flavorings are sugar, salt, pepper, ketchup, and mustard. A common attempt we see at using a fresh culinary h...
AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama planted the first fruit and vegetable seedlings in the new White House garden Thursday, assisted by a gro...
EcoSalon | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green
Gardening is hot, hot, hot. And why not? Planting a few seeds on your deck or in your backyard yields delicious, organic results - and money savings, ...
The Atlantic Food Channel | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green
Part of the reason she had "spent all day long in this exhilarated place," she told me, was seeing the children in the pictures. The other cause she w...
Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living
The Obamas' garden is victoriously symbolic; gardening is about more than better health, safer foods, and environmental stewardship.
msn.com | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green
The first lady plants a vegetable garden at the White House and the country hops-to -- that's the idea, right? Well, the media isn't going to get in...
Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 04.20.2009 | Style
Alice Waters is a polarizing figure; in foodie circles, people seem to either revere her or think she's a ruthless hack. And she's definitely been embroiled in the eating politics of the Obamas.
A. Siegel | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green
Michelle will be digging up part of the White House lawn for an organic vegetable garden. While the food from the garden will help feed the first family, the savings on the grocery bill isn't the driving force.
AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — The White House is getting a new garden. First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to break ground Friday on a new garden near the fo...
blogs.abcnews.com | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green
ABC News' Brian Hartman Reports: President Obama's latest shovel-ready project is close to home -- in fact, right in his own yard. In an effort to pro...
Home & Garden | Erik Lacitis | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green
The economy is the only topic of conversation nowadays. Maybe not intentionally, but it's hard not to picture dollar amounts next to every event, meal...
Chip Ward | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green
Isn't it time that we green-ed homeland security? I'm not talking about cops wearing recycled Kevlar recharging their Tasers via solar panels.
Waylon Lewis | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green
Don't denigrate our Alice Waters, Tony -- she is the real thing.
Treehugger.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green
It is a simple and optimistic idea. People register their interest as a grower, a spotter --someone who has seen land in their area that may be suitab...
Isabel Cowles | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green
After he saves the economy, begins timely withdrawals from Iraq and negotiates with unruly world leaders, Mr. Obama ought to get his hands dirty by planting a White House vegetable garden.
Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green
There are alternatives to this anticipation marathon of watching and waiting. Here are a few things you can do today for the planet after you've done your bit for the country.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green
Once, throwing tomatoes was a form of protest. Now, growing tomatoes is the way to just say no to the status quo. Isn't that a sad sign of the times?
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green