Over the past 2 nights I watched the 4 part series from HBO, “The Weight of the Nation”. For the most part, I thought this was a pretty good look at the obesity epidemic and recommend people watch it. That said, there were definitely a number of things that I …
NOTE: Its 2 am, my 2 kids are both having sleepovers at our house and watching non-stop movies, and to top it off my 2 dogs are being sick out of both ends. What a night! May as well write a blog post. I can’t vouch for the coherence of …
As so often these serendipitous things happen, last week I watched the 1973 film “Soylent Green” and this week finished the 2012 book by Josh Schonwald, “The Taste of Tomorrow“, both views of our impending food future. That they were produced almost forty years apart is amazing. Mainly, in my …
I saw “The Hunger Games” with my 11 year old son today and, while I enjoyed the movie (and the books), I believe that we are in the midst off our own “Hunger Games” at the moment. I won’t go into too much detail on the story, but here’s the …
When I first read “the Omnivore’s Dilemma” and learned about Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms and the concept of permaculture, I knew that this was someone worth paying attention to. Over the past year, on my journey to Paleo, I have learned a great deal about about our ancestral past, the …
Recently I saw this and it caught my eye. You can make a donation to the Obama 2012 Campaign and be entered to win dinner with the President and First Lady. Check it out. Having some strong opinions on the state of things, I have put my money where my …
If ever there was a book that was the epitome of shouting “I’m mad as he’ll and I’m not going to take it anymore!” it’s this one. As a mother who discovers her daughter is allergic to eggs in a frightening episode during what is the prototypical American breakfast, Mrs. …