Food
- 100 Mile Diet
- ChewsWise by Samuel Fromartz
- Civil Eats
- Eat Local Challenge Blog
- Eat Well Guide
- Eating Alabama
- Edible Nation
- Food Politics by Marion Nestle
- FoodRoutes
- Grist on Food
- Local Harvest
- Locavore Nation
- Michael Pollan
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
- National Center for Home Food Preservation
- Organic Consumer Association
- Pick Your Own (Mobile Area)
- Politics of the Plate by Barry Estabrook
- Slow Food Blog
- Slow Food USA
- Sustainable Table
- Sustainable Table Blog
- The Ethicurean
- U.S. Food Policy Blog
For Gardeners & Growers
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System
- Alabama Farmers Market Authority
- Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network
- American Farmland Trust
- Deep South Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association
- Kitchen Gardeners International
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Mobile Botanical Gardens
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
The Environment
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Packaged Salad Can Contain High Levels of Bacteria
Civil Eats reports that in the March 2010 issue of Consumer Reports, “tests of packaged leafy greens found bacteria that are common indicators of poor sanitation and fecal contamination, in some cases, at rather high levels.” Organic greens fared no better than conventionally grown. Recommendations are (if you are going to buy packaged salad) that [...]
Winter’s Damage
In last week’s Press-Register column, Bill Finch continued his series on predicting the effects of cold weather in the garden. I’m happy to say that he writes If I’ve learned anything from this winter, it’s that I’ve been too conservative in promoting winter vegetable gardening, and perhaps not loud enough in encouraging the use of [...]
Michael Pollan: The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition