Posts tagged: #food system

iEat Green is Live at the Food Tank Summit

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Hi Everyone, Yesterday I recorded my show live, at the Food Tank Summit, so that I could share with you first hand, some of the discussions and topics that were being discussed at the conference. The purpose of the conference … Read More

iEat Green Heads to Washington for The Food Tank Summit

Hi All, It’s been a busy week in the garden, getting it set up to plant! I picked up a truckload of fresh compost that I mixed in with my own compost and added it to the beds. The snow … Read More

Take Action: Don’t Let Robert Califf Become the New FDA Chief; Tell Darden Restaurants To Make Their Food Healthier; Tell Obama to Prosecute ExxonMobil; Tell Our Next President He Needs to Be Serious About Food Reform

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Don’t Let Robert Califf Become the New FDA Chief With so much going on lately about price hikes in prescription pills, it’s becoming clear that Americans pay the highest prices in prescription drugs in the world. Appointing Dr Califf, as … Read More

iEat Green Welcomes In Summer with Memorial Weekend Celebrations; The Circle of Life Keeps Flowing; An Interview with Diane Hatz, Founder and Organizer for TEDxManhattan ?Changing the Way We Eat? and Founder and Executive Director of Change Food

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Hi Everyone, The ebb and flow of life is a wondrous thing, with the ups and downs, the highs and lows, and all the curves. One moment I am celebrating the beginning of summer, sharing sunsets, fireworks, pot-lucks, and friendships, … Read More

An Interview with Ellen Gustafson, Author of “We the Eaters; If We Change Dinner, We Can Change the World”

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Hi All, This morning I had a great interview with Ellen Gustafson, talking about her new book, We the Eaters, and about the connection that our food choices have on so many aspects of our lives. The obvious ones are … Read More

iEat Green Celebrates the Rejection of the Fast Track for the TPP, and Interviews Ellen Gustafson, Co-Founder of Food Tank and Author of “We the Eaters”

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Hi Everybody, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful Spring, which has finally arrived. We’ve been busy planting our seeds in the garden for this summer’s Farm to Table Cooking Classes, and planting more wild flowers to keep our bees … Read More

An Interview with Margaret Gray, Author of “Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic”

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Hi All, This morning I had the pleasure of talking with Maggie Gray, about her new book, Labor and the Locavore, which is a book about the farmworkers who grow much of our food, grown in the Hudson Valley. The … Read More