Archive for the ‘Your Food Supply’ Category

Your Food Supply #9

08/08/2010

Obesity in Mexico is a huge problem – more so than in the U.S. Find out why:

Your Food Supply #8: Real Corn

05/08/2010

Linda describes what good organic corn looks, feels and tastes like.

Your Food Supply #7: BuckHorn Mt.

03/08/2010

Buckhorn Gardens in Montrose Colorado goes “MorGanic”
Breigh Peterson and Darren Cloud go beyond organic at the Telluride Farmer’s Market.


See Buckhorn Gardens’ website.

Your Food Supply #6: Fair Trade

03/08/2010

Third World Countries Depend on First World Markets
Now what do we do? We’ve built market relationships in Mexico and other countries, where they sell everything from avocados to bananas to the U.S. Should we now stop buying their products in order to buy local? How much damage would that do to their farming economies?  It’s not so clear, according to Linda….
Your comments welcome.

Your Food Supply #5

31/07/2010

Concina Linda Works with Local Farmers

Your Food Supply #4: Healthy Lard?

30/07/2010

Good Lard, What is it and Why Should I Care?

Your Food Supply: Travel Note

28/07/2010

Posting While on the Road
We’re currently on the road, writing today from Kanab, Utah. We’ll be posting more of Your Food Supply within a day or so, so stay tuned. Also we got some… “interesting” footage of Grand Canyon’s air space, its use and abuse,  also: Tourists in Nature, which we think you’ll like.

Thanks,
R. Richards

Your Food Supply #3: Ancient Corn

27/07/2010

Cocinca Linda Explains Corn Grinding, The Ancient Way

Your Food Supply #2: Passionate Restaurateur

26/07/2010

Meet a Passionate Food Supplier

"Made by Hand, From the Soul of Mexico"

After our drive through corn fields, cattle feed lots and processing plants of the of the great American prairies complete with narration on CD of “An Omnivore’s Dilemma” we arrived in Durango for our week of House sitting. When looking for a restaurant which served local food, we found Cocina Linda, run by an energetic and passionate woman to whom we both took a liking. Below is the first post in a series from our informative interview with her. Stay tuned for more the next few weeks.  Watch this video to see why we love Linda and her good food.
Image: Cocina Linda’s Logo

Your Food Supply #1.2: You’re Kidding, Right?

23/07/2010

Do you know how many different cows are in one hamburger?
Feed Lots in Kansas, USA
Question #1: When you are eating a hamburger, you’re not eating beef from one cow, you’re eating a beef mixture from how many cows? Let us know your answer and we’ll tell you after we get 20 responses.

Question #2: Why do you think there is a hedgerow of trees along the feedlot bordering the highway?

A North American Feedlot, Kansas