by Chelsey Simpson, communications manager for the National Farm to School Network As students across the country return to school, many will encounter “classrooms” with rows of garden beds instead of rows of desks. An increasing number of innovative educators are turning to hands-on, food- and agriculture-based education activities to teach everything from math and […]
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Food as Medicine: How One Hospital Is Using Organic Produce to Help Heal Patients
by guest blogger “Coach” Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute executive director In 431 BC, Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” More than 2,500 years later, we are inundated with advertisements boasting the latest, greatest cure-all superdrug. From a young age, we learn that it doesn’t matter how or what we […]
Kids Can Make Healthy Food Choices: Education Is Key
by Anupama Joshi, executive director and cofounder of the National Farm to School Network While politicians in Washington debate implementation of school nutrition standards, the next generation’s leaders are sitting in a school cafeteria deciding whether or not broccoli salad is “gross.” In both cases, the stakes are high. A 2012 study by the Trust […]
Our Favorite Recipes from The Edible Schoolyard
by guest blogger Alice Waters, chef, author, proprietor of Chez Panisse, and founder of The Edible Schoolyard Project The Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley is a one-acre organic garden and kitchen classroom in Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. People sometimes think creating it was just about putting a garden in the school or installing a […]
Join the Farm to Cafeteria Movement
At 5 years old, Miguel Villarreal hated beets. Born into a family of migrant farmworkers, his disdain for this root vegetable stemmed from hoeing it. Today, Miguel is pro-beet, and as food service and wellness director of Novato Unified School District in California, he wants to make sure that the students he serves have the opportunity […]
The Local Food Project
By guest blogger Nate Luke, photographer and video director There’s an old story that’s just starting to be told again in the Ozarks. Or maybe these days it’s being told more loudly and by a new generation of young farmers and entrepreneurs. Isn’t that the way most stories begin again? I started searching the Ozarks […]
Dinner in the Dell
I’ve read about those beautiful farm dinners, and I’ve even been to one or two big outdoor dinners led by Alice Waters (who probably got the whole thing started), so when I got invited to attend a Dinner in the Dell, I said YES! And I’m so glad I did. What a great way to connect everything together and celebrate.
Maria’s First Annual Top Ten Farm to Table Restaurant Recommendations
The places that make you feel good and make you want to go back to again and again. Vote for your favorite and send me your recommendations! 1. Bolete – Bethlehem, PA. Aside from the fact that Gourmet Magazine just listed it as one of its favorites, it’s so close to home it’s the place […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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