“There are a lot of vacant parking lots in places like Cleveland and Youngstown,†said Kovach, who works at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster and holds a joint appointment with Ohio State University Extension. “We’re hoping to learn if the trenches work, if the pots are worth it and of all three techniques, which is the best?â€ï»¿
WOOSTER, Ohio — An OSU scientist has started a three-year study on the best ways to grow food in empty, abandoned parking lots.
There is Food…and then there is Foodiness….Erica Wides hits the nail right on the head in this piece…and in her podcasts. (A weekly must listen for me for a while, she used to do the Chef Smartypants show. )
"Food is anything edible that at one time walked, swam, or flew, or that grew out of the ground, and has not been tampered with at all.
If it walked, swam, flew or grew out of the ground but has been altered in some way, or if it came straight out of a manufacturing plant, then it’s foodiness.
In a nutshell foodiness can be defined as something edible that is presented as if it’s food, but which in fact isn’t completely and totally food – or at least the food it claims to be."
WHAT IS FOOD? Food is anything edible that at one time walked, swam, or flew, or that grew out of the ground, and has not been tampered with at all. If it walked, swam, flew or grew out of the ground …
" But food choices are not black and white; the alternative to fast food is not necessarily organic food, any more than the alternative to soda is Bordeaux.
The alternative to soda is water, and the alternative to junk food is not grass-fed beef and greens from a trendy farmers’ market, but anything other than junk food: rice, grains, pasta, beans, fresh vegetables, canned vegetables, frozen vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, bread, peanut butter, a thousand other things cooked at home — in almost every case a far superior alternative."
It’s a myth that chips are cheaper than broccoli. They’re not. So what’s stopping people from eating more healthfully?
tick tock goes the clock
but neutrinos move faster
The New Outdoors HappyCakes is open for the breakfast rush…..
