‘Good Food’ Showing At Sedona Library On January 20th
Jan 13
Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest. After leaving the land for decades, family farmers are making a comeback. They are growing much healthier food, and more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms. And most of this food is organic. For decades Northwest agriculture was focused on a few big crops for export. But climate change and the end of cheap energy mean that each region needs to produce more of its own food and to grow it more sustainably. Good Food visits farmers, farmers' markets, distributors, stores, restaurants and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all...
Nevada Health Dept. Raids Local ‘Farm To Fork’ Picnic Dinner
Nov 11
It is the latest case of extreme government food tyranny, and one that is sure to have you reeling in anger and disgust. Health department officials recently conducted a raid of Quail Hollow Farm, an organic community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in southern Nevada, during its special "farm to fork" picnic dinner put on for guests -- and the agent who arrived on the scene ordered that all the fresh, local produce and pasture-based meat that was intended for the meal be destroyed with bleach...
Video: Connolly’s Farmers Market In Sedona
Sep 17
Connolly's Farmers Market - The doors open Saturday, September 25th. If you have fruit and veggies that you would like to make available to the larger community, contact Bruce Connolly at 928-300-6586. And help spread the word...
News: Filthy Conditions At Egg Farms Driving Cage-Free Movement
Sep 01
FILTHY CONDITIONS AT EGG FARMS DRIVING CAGE-FREE MOVEMENT By Lisa Wade McCormick ConsumerAffairs.Com September 1, 2010 Original Link Recent findings of piles of manure, rodents, and other unsanitary conditions on the Iowa farms linked to the massive salmonella-tainted egg recall are “disgusting,” but not surprising to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The conditions on farms...
Video: Supermarket Secrets
Aug 31How and what we eat has radically changed over the past few decades with the all-consuming rise of the supermarket. But what price are we paying for the homogenized, cheap and convenient food that supermarkets specialise in? In this two-part programme, UK TV Channel4 journalist Jane Moore investigates how supermarkets have affected the food on our plates and reveals the tell-tale signs that the...
Video: Path to Freedom – Urban Homestead
Aug 31Founded by Jules Dervaes (Dur-VAYS) in 2001, Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family operated, viable urban homesteading project established to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and reduce one family’s “footprint” on the earth’s dwindling resources. Since the mid 1980s, all five members of the Dervaes family have steadily worked at transforming their...
