Yearly Archives: 2009

In the wave of optimism surrounding Obamarama, it is sad to discover that he’s not as smart about food as one might hope. His appointment of pro-GM, pro-biofuel former Iowa (the corn state) governor Tom Vilsack for secretary of agriculture … Continue reading →

A few idle moments lead me to start jotting in my nice clean 2009 diary… Here are a few items to pencil in. January Tuesday 13thAnother chance to catch one of three fundraiser screenings of Island on the Edge, a … Continue reading →

The Victoria Film Festival‘s on our horizon. Now that we can see the horizon between lashings of rain. It has some food elements, including Mad City Chickens, a film about (what else?) Mad City Chickens, urban poultry farmers in Madison … Continue reading →

BBC Radio 4 provides me with most of my entertainment these days (I bless the internet that brings it to me) and I was spellbound the other day by a documentary called Professor President, which explored Obama’s intellectual and teaching … Continue reading →

You can start the new year off in an activating sort of way by exercising some civic muscle on the new federal budget. We, my fellow Canadians, have been invited to offer some guidance to our country’s budgeteers, and share … Continue reading →