03 February 2009

Home Work - Perusing the Seed Catalogs, Feeling Dizzy With Possibility - NYTimes.com

in maine, in the middle of a snowy white winter, the colors and imagined smells and flavors in seed catalogs are an absolutely indescribable delight.

02 February 2009

Blog: Living on Food Stamps - CNN.com

A blog to watch over the next month. The CNN reporter writing the blog, Sean Callebs, is going to try to feed himself on $176 for the entire next month. $176 is the amount of food assistance that the federal government would give a single individual through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- formerly known as food stamps.

31 January 2009

IBM and food miles?

Check out the frozen chicken video posted on IBMs "Smarter Planet" blog:

A Smarter Planet: Food for Thought

as well as their background pages.

26 January 2009

the other side of the food crisis coin.

Ronkh Journal - West African Villagers Stake Their Fortunes on the Future Price of Rice - NYTimes.com

This article comes on a day when world food leaders are meeting in Madrid for a high-level meeting on global food security, following up the June 2008 summit held at the FAO in Rome.