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Hot? Cook Outside!
Posted by Sharon Astyk on June 24, 2010 It is hot and sticky here – only low 80s, but humid. This afternoon we should have rain, but in the meantime the sun is shining and the very last thing I feel like doing is putting any dinner on anywhere near the house. We’re out of propane for the grill, and let’s be honest,…
Getting the Actual People in Your House to Eat the Healthy Food
Posted by Sharon Astyk on June 22, 2010 I’ve heard from quite a number of people lately who have started gardening, but find that they can’t get everyone in their family onboard with the actual eating part of all these veggies. Here are some thoughts (from 2008) on how to to convince people to try the kohlrabi. Really. I think I get more…
By the Way, the Food Crisis Didn’t Go Away
Posted by Sharon Astyk on June 7, 2010 Thanks to reader Sunshine for forwarding me this AP article, which I think does a really good job of pointing up something I’ve been talking about for a long time – the food crisis that was in the news two years ago never actually went away. While food prices stabilized in the developed world and…
Barriers to Eating Sustainably, Real and Imagined
Posted by Sharon Astyk on April 5, 2010 During the period of my life when I was a professional smart-ass (ie, my adolescence), I used to complain to my mother that even the day after she went grocery shopping, there was never any food in the house, only the component ingredients of food. As I teenager I wanted to eat like my peers…
When Cheap Food Isn’t Cheap
Posted by Sharon Astyk on March 12, 2010 The Miami-Herald is reporting today that food stamp use has more than doubled among Floridians in the last three years: More than 2.5 million Floridians are on food stamps, up from three years ago where 1.2 million residents received assistance. That’s according to records kept by the Department of Children and Families, which administers the…
Should You Drink Raw Milk?
Posted by Sharon Astyk on December 27, 2009 As I’ve mentioned, we raise our own dairy goats and milk them, and we drink the milk raw, or rather, unpasteurized. Since I wrote my last piece about the goats, I’ve had several people email me asking for advice about their dairy choices – one person living locally wanted me to sell her raw milk,…