July 30, 2012
Posts By: Arianna King
June 29, 2012
Food Fighter Feature: Grow Real Food
Clarksville is a community that is large and spread out. The neighborhoods that have fewer markets also tend to be less affluent niehgborhoods. These citizens are faced with a decision to either buy processed foods at a high price, or spend time and money on transportation to reach a farmer’s market or supermarket.
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June 13, 2012
Food Fighter Feature: Building a Local Food Economy in West Oakland
May 30, 2012
Food Fighter Feature: Stepping up to the Challenge
Emily Rooney, garden coordinator at The Glory Hole, explains that nearly all of the food available in Juneau is either flown or shipped in, “Juneau is in a sensitive spot…if there was a transportation glitch for a week, we wouldn’t be able to feed ourselves.”
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May 24, 2012
This is the Jamm!
The strawberry season in Kentucky is only 2-3 weeks, so when the time comes, you have to get your hands on as many berries as possible.
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May 15, 2012
Food Fighter Feature: Cutting Costs and Building People
When it comes to food and fairness, few populations are more consistently disregarded than our nation’s incarcerated individuals. Sentenced to time away from friends and families, and kept indoors with little access to fresh air and community engagement can leave inmates even more broken and disjointed from society than ever before.
The cost of detention does not present itself solely through spiritual degradation for inmates; it also presents a very real financial cost to American taxpayers at roughly $129/day (estimate based on 2009 California State Prisons cost analysis). This money goes to inmate healthcare, security, feeding, administration and rehabilitation. One jailer in Woodford County Kentucky decided as part of his term to cut some of those costs and engage inmates in taking ownership for their food and their well-being.
This week’s Food Fighter, Jailer Johnny Jones
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May 10, 2012
What’s on the Table: Growing and Cooking in Louisville
The radish is an easily recognizable and common garden crop. It is a member of the brassica family, which includes other veggies like turnips, cauliflower, mustard and kale. I like to think of radishes as cabbage’s crunchier cousin or broccoli’s baby brother.
May 3, 2012
Food Fighter Feature: Goodness Grows
May 1, 2012