Novel Eats

Read about the Just Garden Project, which is helping low-income families and communities in the Seattle area to learn how to grow their own food.

Learn more about the Farm Bill and why it is important to your own personal food choices.

If you are considering a vegan diet, find out how to avoid processed foods made with non-vegan ingredients.

I attended my first food blogger conference in Seattle about a week ago, the International Food Blogger Conference. I encountered a lot of interesting food bloggers and ideas, including the big question of the weekend posed by Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock – how can we get more people to care about food?

This past weekend Matt, a couple of friends and I went and saw Food, Inc., a film hoping to expose the inner workings and flaws of the food industry. It featured advocates like Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, and Joel Salatin, a farmer who runs Polyface Farms in Virginia.