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POPSFood needs 'fundamental rethink' "Essentially, what we are dealing with at the moment is a food system that was laid down in the 1940s," he told BBC News. It followed on from the dust bowl in the US, the collapse of food production in Europe and starvation in Asia.
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POPSFreeganism Freegans - The ultimate frugalists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources". The website freegan.info states that freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement. The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that wa
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POPSEdible wild fungi: Marasmius oreades One of my favorite wild mushrooms. I've been picking and eating this one for 30 years. It's a great mushroom to dry for long storage and rehydrate any time you're in the mood for mushrooms. Great in stews and soups. There's nothing like free food. Usually abundant on grassy areas, such as parks, in Eastern Ontario in the fall after heavy rains.
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POPSBiggest Little Garden: Harvesting Your Backyard Thanks to tanyamm for alerting us to The "Biggest Little Garden" idea practiced in New Westminster, B.C. I hope by "clipping" it here the idea will be cloned and shamelessly copied around Canada, North America, and the world. Such a simple idea... deserves to be copied! /e
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POPSCommunity Fruit Harvesting What a cool idea! I was just this morning thinking about this after reading an Edmonton FullCircles offer to pick unharvested rasberries.
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POPSHidden Kitchens (NCPR radio show) One of the benefits of being an early riser is that I get to hear some fantastic and totally different radio programming on CBC World Service overnight radio. This is an absolutely fascinating radio show about food. Some unique, unusual, really interesting food/eating stories from around the world by "The Kitchen Sisters".
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POPSGrowing urban potatoes the lazyman way 2008 is YEAR OF THE POTATO. Here is a dead simple method for growing and harvesting potatoes -- even in the city -- that doesn't require ANY digging. These folks have reported as much as 38 pounds of potatoes per tire "tree". PS: And it's a great re-use idea for old tires
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POPSLawnless Landscapes Here in Ottawa, Canada, this it the PERFECT time for us to start thinking about ways to get rid of the lawn. In 2008, we all know that a monoculture, single species landscape is not self-sustaining. It needs TONS of inputs -- water, labor, fuel, fertilizer, pest and weed control, etc. What a waste! And for what?
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POPSEthnic Food Yesterday, I got this hair-brained idea that a "calendaring" habit could improve the eating experience of hospital patients / institutional residents. What do you folks think? Do I need more sleep? Or is this something that just possibly might work?
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