What did the miners in Chile say on their shirts?

2010-10-23T17:53:00.000-07:00

four season harvest - how to build a hoop house - lakewood co

2010-10-22T15:26:00.000-07:00

This is the year to consider building a hoop house or cold frame to grow organic vegetables year round. I am planting spinach and lettuce and other cold winter greens the week of October 25. Will be teaching workshops on how to pick a hoop house or greenhouse and what seeds to use. Join with others and start a year round community garden. Go to www.meetup.com/harvestmountain for more details

new site www.harvestmountainfarmgardens.blogspot.com

2010-08-30T06:25:00.000-07:00

please check out our new site.

Oprah interviews Michael Pollan - FOOD INC movie

2010-02-09T14:10:00.000-08:00

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We Need a Food Revolution: Oprah with Michael Pollan (VIDEO)

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January 29th, 2010 By Paula Crossfield

On Wednesday, Michael Pollan appeared on Oprah to discuss the food system and the film Food, Inc. At the beginning of the program, entitled “Before You Grocery Shop Again: Food 101,” Oprah said that she saw Food, Inc., and it inspired her to host this discussion. “We all have to start paying more attention to what we’re putting in our bodies,” she said. “Do you know where you food really comes from? What’s been added, what’s been taken out? What goes down before they put a label on it?” Interspersed throughout the show were clips of the film, including the film’s introduction on the disconnect between our idea of food production and its reality; chicken production, featuring a farmer speaking out against the industry; and a family that can’t afford to eat real food and is forced to choose fast food.

Pollan explained how “the less we spend on food, the more we spend on healthcare,” siting statistics that show that in 1960, we spent 18% of our income on food and 5% on healthcare nationally, while we now spend 9% of our income on food and 17% on healthcare nationally. They got into the nitty gritty about the western diet and its pitfalls, and Oprah got a laugh when she exclaimed, “the low-fat kick made everybody fatter!”

When Oprah asks Pollan what he eats, and he speaks in favor of cooking: “I think cooking is really key because it’s the only way you’re going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us,” he said. “The fact is, so far corporations don’t cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat and sugar—much more than you would ever use at home.” The best line in the program came from Oprah: “We need a food revolution, because people want the corporations to cook for them because it all boils down to convenience.” Pollan agreed, saying that when you understand what it takes to make the food we are currently eating, “you lose your appetite.”

Oprah later asked Pollan if he eats meat, and he talks about being “picky” about the meat he eats and making sustainable choices, saying “I don’t eat feedlot meat.” Oprah then provoked a laugh by asking “you’re not worried about saying bad things about beef?” referring to the lawsuit filed against her by the beef industry 1996. (That episode focused on mad cow disease, and one of her guests described the industry’s practice of feeding processed livestock back to the cows, to which she responded to by saying that it “just stopped me cold from eating another burger.”)

The full episode is worth watching, and we’ve posted the available videos from around the web below:

Part 2:

…which gets cut off, and the ending is very worth watching:

Paula Crossfield is the managing editor of Civil Eats. She is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post's Green Page and is a contributing producer at The Leonard Lopate Show on New York Public Radio where she focuses on food issues. She is currently tending a vegetable garden on her roof in the Lower East Side. You can follow her on Twitter.

denver green school

2010-02-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

support this community school forming in denver. go to their blogsite ...slotted to open fall 2010

next planning meeting - feb 27th 2010 -wheat ridge community garden co

2010-02-08T07:37:00.000-08:00

Title
planning meeting on land site for community garden Wheat Ridge - Xenon Street
When
Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:00 AM
Details

Come and see land as we look at working together to build raised beds, decide on plot sizes and prepare the land. We will do fund raising to pay for infrastructure needs. Families welcome, seniors, teens, children - everyone will have fun and grow great organic veggies.
Where
xenon street
4322 Xenon Street
Wheat Ridge , CO 80033
How will members find you there?
will be in front of property or call 720 231 8337
Who's organizing?
barbara moore

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Harvest Mountain community garden - wheatridgecommunitygarden

What did the miners in Chile say on their shirts?

four season harvest - how to build a hoop house - lakewood co

new site www.harvestmountainfarmgardens.blogspot.com

Oprah interviews Michael Pollan - FOOD INC movie

denver green school

next planning meeting - feb 27th 2010 -wheat ridge community garden co