Growers and Grocers

Currently a resident of New England in the US, Liz Loveland has lived in three other countries and in several regions of the US. She has been a vegetarian and a local-produce buyer for over a decade. She is lucky to spend much of her time writing about her passions, including sustainable agriculture, […]

Are you drinking stale coffee? 99% of North Americans are. According to the Merchants of Green Coffee, a truly fresh cup of coffee must be served within 5 days of roasting, within 3 hours of grinding and within 15 minutes of brewing. The key to ensuring this formula is obviously to roast your own.
My first […]

Soy production in the Amazon is gaining attention in the mainstream media lately, in part because of a port built on the Amazon River and also because of studies conducted by Greenpeace.
While previous studies focused on cattle grazing and logging, recent studies are finding that soybean production is now major factor in the […]

I’m sure they must be terribly alluring. Those colorful bins of sweetened treats, the cute workers in their pyjamas to ring up your order. Even the sneaking knowledge that you’re getting away with something, by ordering up a bowl of your favourite childhood breakfast cereal instead of something more, well… grown up.
But here’s the deal. […]

I found out about CSAs or community supported agriculture through a local organic farm on Long Island near my home. The idea for CSAs originated in Switzerland and Japan in the 1960s and CSAs started showing up in the US in the 1980s. There are an estimated 1300 CSAs in North America […]