Growers and Grocers

The movement for growing your own vegetables started long before Michelle Obama started digging around the White House gardens, but hurrah for her calling attention to such a wonderful thing.  As my six-year-old son and I tend to our garden of various herbs and vegetables, it was fun to tell him that even the President […]

I was reading this month’s NEA Today, which focuses on school projects that promote protecting the earth.  One particular article, 10 Ways to Go Green, highlights just a few of the numerous ways schools and the community can go green. I thought that listing a couple of them here might prompt others to make changes […]

When it comes to organics, Newman’s Own has been a forerunner since ‘93 when the organization first began, with Paul Newman’s daughter, Nell, front and center.  Started with seed money from her father, their first organic product was pretzels.  Now, some 15 years later, the company has surpassed everyone’s expectations. In an interview with Marie […]

Optimism, the mood of choice, suggests preparations for hosting various upcoming parties, from an auspicious 20th of January, to homemade salons, film screenings, and readings. While keeping creativity alive through the winter, tempt your guests with wine that is both eco chic, and resourcefully gentle on your finances.
Biodynamic, a term denoting farming without the use […]

We recently got the opportunity to try a hybrid red sweet corn that a colleague of ours, John Wilson, grew for the first time this summer on Old Stonehouse Farm, which he and his wife Sarah’s family operate. Although I live in Pennsylvania now, which admittedly has its own fine summertime produce offerings, I am […]

“You do that one egg thang,” said Carol Ann, in reference to a vendor at the Fredericksburg farmer’s Market (FFM) who came in the first market day with less than a dozen eggs. Carol Ann of Boggy Creek Farm in Austin, Texas, was referring to the idea that the best way to start selling in a […]

Punk Rock Cabinet de la Meridienne, Alison Nelson’s Chocolate Bar – located on the third floor atrium of Bendel’s – is the perfect respite for fair trade organic tea and single origin fair trade truffles.
After an exhibit at MoMA, a visit to the polar bears at the Central Park Zoo, or window shopping at Tiffany’s, […]

Let’s say that your five-year-old is deep in the throes of a chest cold, coughing her poor little head off in the middle of the night (when most of these rib-cracking, neighbor-waking hacking fits seem to occur). Miraculously, your husband appears to be sleeping through the crisis (”appears” being the operative word). And as much as […]

London-based singer KT Tunstall is perhaps best known for her breakout hit, “Suddenly I See,” but did you also know that with her recent success she decided to redo her London apartment to be more environmentally friendly?  She shares the space with her drummer boyfriend Luke Bullen and the redo features solvent-free paint, recycled radiators, […]

Not familiar with the name? Neither was I. Chad Pregracke, from East Moline, Illinois, is known as a river clean-up crusader, which is a pretty self-explanatory title. Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River, he was saddened by its condition, and decided to do something about it. Working tirelessly […]