It would seem that my parents have won the great pineapple battle and debate. It is now undoubtedly possible to grow the fruits all the way to harvest from just the fruit-tops. A bit more importantly, we can close a loop on a family favorite that previously had to travel several thousand miles [...]
Posted on January 8, 2009, 7:31 pm, by Sarah, under
conservation.
While WaterNotes is certainly not a food blog and I’m no foodie myself, this talk about ethically produced foie gras from Spain (at TED of course) really grabbed my attention. Dan Barber gives a talk on the transformation of a mindset from a farming system of mass production to a carefully tended labor of [...]