Teaching the skills to cook healthy meals

An interesting article about brit Jamie Oliver's quest to revamp american food philosophy. Some interesting tidbits about economic and psychological factors around food access, both here and abroad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11Oliver-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

clm

NYT: The Grass Is Greener at Harvard

One organization's move to organic gardening. Hopefully, we've reached a tipping point where it will be expected that everyone changes their thinking to work with nature, not against it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/garden/24garden.html

Local Food/SF Edible Landscapes links

A ranking of the top 10 cities for local food:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/10-best-us-cities-for-loc_n_244682.html

And an interesting article about Gavin Newsom's edible landscapes initiative:
http://civileats.com/2009/09/09/gavin-newsoms-executive-directive/
and the directive itself:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/sffood/policy_reports/MayorNewsomExecutiveDirectiveonHealthySustainableFood.pdf

possibly we should share with Daley...

NYT: In Michigan, the Disappearing State Fair

In light of our recent urban county fair trip:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/us/08fair.html