Author Archives: Rhona

This course, about defending yourself from bear and cougar attacks, offers a whole new vision of locavore. Our local continuing studies calendars are full of courses about sustainability, organic gardening, permaculture, vegetarianism and food issues: all very heartening. There’s an … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished reading a book I started ages ago, The Way We Eat: Why our food choices matter, Peter Singer/Jim Mason. Now I’m cogitating about protein consumption, meat sources and humanitarian practices around meat production. And I listened again … Continue reading →

Have received a couple of notices now about the Google Book settlement. Anyone who owns a US copyright interest in a book that might be included in Google’s mass digitization enterprise (apparently this is any US author (or heirs) and … Continue reading →

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 →