Matthew 20:1-16 took on new meaning for me this week. Though I heard it read within the walls of a church on Sunday, the story took me out to the fields where I spend my day laboring. In this passage,…

I touched your food. Don’t be offended or worried. Lots of people touched your food. Hope you rinsed that lettuce. I’m working as a novice apprentice on an organic farm in Riverhead, Long Island. Every day at 7 am, I…

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Early Monday morning, I rode my bicycle down Frankfort Ave amidst the devastation from 75 mile-an-hour winds of the day before. Giant oak trees that had stretched to the sky two days prior lay on their sides – broken. I…

Friends are in the middle of Ramadan now, fasting every day for 30 days. Fasting used to be a common thing back in the day for Jews and Christians, too (see the list below!). I wonder why it lost its…

In Portland Oregon, a non-profit is going after hunger by setting up gardens in backyards and apartment landscaping. They work with low income families to set up a garden and set up a long term relationship with a “mentor” that…

I was wondering on my Facebook just how long a Twinkie would last, and low and behold Toddie Peters (author of In Search of the Good Life: The Ethics of Globalization, which only tangentially relates to junk food) provided one…

Take the quiz from National Geographic! The rest of their Green Guide is great, too.

While the adrenaline never flowed as I imagine it would hunting buffalo or lions with spears, urban hunting is satisfying. This was a 15-minute harvest of some old apple trees along the train tracks across from the Chevron station at…

Julian seems a bit dubious about the three pounds of Winter Wheat I handed him for this “candid” shot. By the way, we’ve been loving those smooze! fruit ices you see in his hand. The one Julian has is guava…