Food sovereignty is an issue we will likely hear a lot about in coming years. Basically, it is the right a community has to determine where its food comes from. Outbreaks of food-borne illness receive great attention, but concerns about our food system are growing even when it is ‘working.’ We need to take a hard look at the system that stocks our grocery store shelves with products full of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and preservatives – and see if we can come up with a better way to feed a nation.

Today and tomorrow, the FDA is meeting to decide whether to allow the first genetically engineered animal – a fast-growing salmon – into the U.S. food supply. And the science “proving” its safety ain’t so good.

Food Sunday: In Which I Attempt Biscuits

It may not be long before you start finding genetically engineered animals on your dinner plate. But let’s at least use solid science to prove their safety before allowing them into the food supply. And, alarmingly, that is NOT what the FDA is doing right now.

A how to summary of marinades, how to use them, make them, and a few base recipes, along with links to more ideas, science, and recipes.

Taking a class in something you think you already know sometimes yields a whole new perspective.

The Senate passed a child nutrition bill. What now?

A glorious practice to fully cultivate the joys of purple-hued goodness!

Read about Integrated Pest Management – a method of growing crops with minimizes the use of pesticides.

Sittin in with a band at a Farmers Market gig Saturday morning, then off to a pickin party bbq and such with about 50 or more folks!

I never go to a pickin party without brangin phud!

Here’s the phud!