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Stirring The Pot With The Women's Food Movement

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Women, Slow Food, Michael Pollan, The Women's Food Movement, Carlo Petrini, Food, Omnivore's Dilemma, Twitter, Obama, Community Organizing, Alice Waters, Organics, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

(cross-post from La Marguerite blog) One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, ...

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Ethical Chocolate Worth Craving

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Fair Trade Chocolate, Slow Food, Taste Test, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Chocolate, Green Valentine's Day, Environment, Valentine's Day, New York Times, Food, Artisan, Dark Chocolate, Sierra Club, Cocoa, Fair Trade, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

But chocolate made with an eye to its social and environmental impact needn't taste virtuous, as Sierra Club staffers recently found out.

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Sandorkraut Reports from Terra Madre

Sandor Ellix Katz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Style

Read More: Wild Fermentation, Slow Food, Organic Food, Politics of Food, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Food, Terra Madre, Youth Food Movement, Fair Trade, Style News
Sandor Ellix Katz

I'm home from Turin, in northwestern Italy, where I attended Terra Madre, a 4-day gathering of farmers, fermenters, food transformers, cooks, food researchers, and writers from 154 countries.

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Seasonal Cooking: Tips from a Green Chef

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Slow Food, Lifestyle, Eating Matters, Sustainable Food, Nutrition, Cooking, Green, Food, Green Living, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

Chef Karen Jurgensen learned the tools of her trade in forward-thinking restaurants and catering kitchens in the 1980s. She now advocates for local food in restaurants and teaches folks how to craft seasonal menus.

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10 Ways to Go Green and Save Cash -- No Excuses

Maura Judkis | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Money, Bicycling, Green Living, Saving Money, Consumer Spending, Locavore, Recession, Flexitarianism, Slow Food, Home Cooking, Freeganism, Utility Costs, Freecycle, Save Money, Personal Finance, Ways to Save Gas, Money Saving, Green News
Maura Judkis

Right now, consumers across the country are looking for ways to cut back. Luckily, some of the best ways to save money are also simple steps toward living a little greener.

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Yes, We Need More Extreme Environmentalists

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 10.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Freegan, Slow Food, No Impact Man, Environmentalists, Tiny House, Green, Environment, Treesitters, Compacters, No Plastic, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

More extreme environmentalists are needed on the right, to bring about the balance that you, I, our whole planet need

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Complicated Times and the Beauty of Simplicity: A Week with David Tanis

Elissa Altman | Posted 09.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Home Cooking, Slow Food, A Platter of Figs, David Tanis, Chez Panisse, Food, Judy Rodgers, Alice Waters, Deborah Madison, Sarah Palin, The Art of Simple Food, Living News
Elissa Altman

Every year around this time, my partner and I pack up the car with too many books, cooking tools, and our very large dog, and we head north to centra...

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7 Tips for Planning an Ecofriendly Retirement

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Slow Food, Golf, Green Living, Volunteering, Organic Food, Retirement, Public Transportation, Green News
Maura Judkis

It's not enough to just retire to a community that's healthful or a place where the golf courses are abundant. Retirees are now looking for retirement...

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Slow Food Nation: Slow Foodies Mingle, Learn And Eat

Grist.org | Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 09.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Slow Food, Winona LaDuke, Slow Food Nation, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Slow Food Movement, Natural Food, Food, Raw Food, Green Living, Vandana Shiva, Green News

It's going to take me more than just a few days to fully understand the effects and implications of the first Slow Food Nation, held in San Francisco ...

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The Slow Movement Isn't Just About Food

Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Design, Slow Food, Green Cars, Green Living, Green News
Lloyd Alter

The Slow Movement, the idea that you take it slow, do it carefully, do it right and take the time to enjoy it, is expanding far beyond its base in food, and we think will go a lot farther.

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Slow Food Nation: Taking America Out To The Foodshed

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Alice Waters, Slow Food, Slow Food Nation, Foodshed, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Our great-grandparents would be flabbergasted to learn that grass-fed milk bearing the local dairy farm's logo is now a rare luxury item available to only the affluent few.

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How to Make Green Sangria

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Drinks, Slow Food, Food, Wine, Green Living, Organic Food, Sangria, Green Tips, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

For a greener version of the red Spanish punch, try sweetening sangria with honey from a nearby farmers market and opting for organic seasonal fruits and local wines.

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Slow Coffee

Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Slow Food, Globalgiving, Coffee Culture, Coffee, Green News
Dennis Whittle

The Slow Food Movement is gaining momentum, and I have greatly enjoyed the revival of farmers markets around the Washington, DC area. I ran into a gu...

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Greening Hollywood: For Love Of Water

Paige Donner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, Green Collar Jobs, Biodiesel, Gm, Irena Salina, Sustainable Food, Green Films, Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Environmental, Slow Food, Urban Parks, Earth Works, Community Supported Agriculture, Water Cartel, Environment, Moca, Water Politics, Flow, Revolution Green, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

Crowning the first-ever Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, L.A.'s premier "green" and sustainable film festival - was Sunday night's open air scree...

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Slow Food Movement: How To Eat "Slowly"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: What Is Slow Food, Green Living Advice, Slow Food Organization, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Green, Green Living, Slow Food Nation, Green Living Tips, Green Food, Slow Food, Environment, Green News, Food, Locavores, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green News

With 85,000 members in 132 countries according to its website, Slow Food International is a grassroots project created in response to the fast food mo...

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Eating Well is a Revolutionary Act

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Slow Food, Food, Poverty, Obesity, Diet, Health, Fast Food, Soda, War on Drugs, Fast Food Industry, Politics News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

To really get "serious" in the war on obesity is a revolutionary act. The bad actors are the very folks who hold the GDP in their hot little corporate hands.

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