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Gramma Jo

Today is May Day. Warm, sunny days are almost here, and soon, purveyors will bring their produce to sell at local farmer’s markets.

Slate.com: Our Diet's Effect on Carbon Emissions

At work we stumbled upon the horrifying fact that our garlic was being flown in from China. “How can that be?” we asked.

Happy Holidays!

A Birthday Toast to Howard, The Karmic Conundrum, & a Recipe for Spicy Gingered Dhal

(Photo shamelessly filched from howardisms.org)

I’ve known Howard for a hundred years or so. (I guess today makes it a hundred & one.)

"What's in Your Beef?" by Charles Stuart Platkin

Yesterday the Seattle Times Food & Wine section came out with an article on beef labeling standards - just supports what I've suspected for years.

Tell the USDA- We Want Strict Labeling Standards!

We only have a few more days to state our concerns to the USDA about the integrity of grass fed animals before the comment period closes and ruling begins.

Super Yay, Safeway!

One blogger exclaimed that pigs were flying & hell must be frozen over, another wondered the implications to the small organic farmers (...all vital concerns).