 Stories About: advice AND agriculture AND Ask Umbra AND food AND sustainable ag
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A Shareable Feast
On singles and CSAs |
Umbra Fisk |
29 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Hi Umbra! I've held back from joining a CSA because 1) I live alone and am worried about wasting food, and 2) I'm worried I'll get so much oddball stuff, especially in the winter, that I won't know what to do with it. I figure I can overcome No. 1 by seeking out some sufficiently hip neighbors and seeing if they want to share (although someone cautioned me that it gets hard to split the choice stuff -- she mentioned an incident with ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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Crops and Neighbors
On community-supported agriculture |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Umbra, Please illuminate CSAs for us, how they work, and how your readers can join one. Thanks! (And by the way, that photo of a peach in your recent column is an apricot.) Bobbe Santa Fe, N.M. Dearest Bobbe, Alas for stone-fruit misidentification. Hopefully corrected by the time this question hits the screen, but still. A fruit ignorance that community-supported agriculture might solve, if one lived where apricots ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, placemaking, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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Living Piggy Lives
On organic pork |
Umbra Fisk |
15 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Commercial pork production is a nasty, polluting operation and inhumane to the animals. What makes organic pork different? Simply what they are fed, or does it involve more humane and less polluting production operations? Related, I have been purchasing free-range, organic chicken for several years now. However, recently the free-range, organic chicken breasts have been humongous, conjuring up images of Dolly Parton chicken ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, industrial ag, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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The Weigh of All Flesh
On sustainable meat |
Umbra Fisk |
13 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My wife and I recently began changing the way we eat. We located several free-range/pastured farms here in the area, and found that some local restaurants buy meat from these farms. We plan on supporting these establishments. My question is, are there any major food chains that use good meat? Rich Brantner Fair Grove, Mo. Dearest Rich, Vegetarians may wish to skip today's column. Meet your meat. Photo: iStockphoto ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, shopping, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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The Organic Verses
On organic food and farming |
Umbra Fisk |
26 Nov 2002 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I try to buy organic food where possible, but I notice that there is often a tradeoff with other factors. For example, organic food has often been shipped further and/or is more heavily packaged. How do I assess those tradeoffs? Ellen Watertown, Mass. Dearest Ellen, As I've mentioned before, the USDA national organic standards came into effect last month, an event that has caused both rejoicing and concern in t ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, CSAs, farmers markets, food, food and agriculture, green living, local food, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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