Articles on Organic Farming

Ramp Up Your Early Spring Menu

The days are still cold and blustery, and the seeds of this summer’s cucumbers and corn are still months away from even being planted. But the very first wild green of the season,...

Cooling Crops

Confronted with an exponential increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, many scientists are looking into global-scale solutions to slow climate change. Some of these “geo-engineering”...

You Are More Than What You Eat

Raj Patel used to not give much thought to food. He grew up in a London convenience store, surrounded by, as he puts it, “all kinds of crud.” And in graduate school, where...

Weeds Are Good Food

Some years back, I spent the weekend with a friend's family. His mother -- a Greek immigrant -- was a phenomenal cook who had a seemingly effortless way of turning humble ingredients,...

Valentine Beets for Cold Hands and Warm Hearts

The short dreary days of February are a good time to think about the foods, and the friends, that warm you up — body, heart, and soul. And what is more warming than soup? Soup...

Romancing the Gorge

Ah, February. The month for lovers when red becomes the new black and folks everywhere start making dinner reservations at their favorite restaurant for Valentine’s night. I never...

Truly Great Pumpkins

Pumpkins have been hijacked by October for that trick without a treat, the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern. Now that the imposters (bred for their size, color and substantial stem, not their...

Beauty and the Bite

October is full of opposites. It is the month of the Harvest Moon, the time of maximum bounty and also the time of the killing frosts. It ushers in the gray days of winter while enlivening...

Return of the Greens

Many people assume that when it’s “back to school,” it’s also “back to the grocery store” and its produce from far-flung corners of the globe. In...

Salud!

Along with warmer, longer, lazier days, the sweet months of summer bring earlier and earlier happy hours. Just in case you needed a final excuse to crack a cold one, consider some of...