A few nice organic foods list images I found:
Farmer’s market, Jul 2009 – 11
Image by Ed Yourdon
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 24, 2009 blog titled "Aussie goes NYC." It was also published in an Apr 17, 2010 blog titled " Smyrna Fresh Produce Market," and an Apr 22, 2010 blog titled "Fresh and Locally Grown: A Great Farmers Market is Just Minutes Away." And it was published in a Jun 6, 2010 blog titled "Juliet Schor on Plenitude." It was also published, in a tightly cropped format, in a Jun 9, 2010 blog titled "Show Me the Slow Money." And it was published in a Jun 13, 2010 Swedish blog titled "Mp = matprotektionisterna," as well as a Jun 13, 2010 San Francisco blog titled "73. Farmers’ Market at Fort Mason." It was also published in a Jul 16, 2010 blog titled "Support the Lake Mary Farmer’s Market." It was also published in an Aug 30, 2010 OurWorld 2.0 blog titled "How Things Work: Food Energy." And it was published in a Sep 8, 2010 blog titled "Vegetarian check-in." It was also published in an Oct 9, 2010 "Zen to Fitness" blog, titled "Boost Digestion With Carrot Salad…." And it was published in an Oct 31, 2010 blog titled До НГ 61 день, позитивное (at http-slash-slash-place-30p3.livejournal-dot-com-slash-414074-dot-html), which means … well, actually, I have no idea what it means. But it’s all good… It was also published in a Nov 22, 2010 blog titled "The Music Industry shows us how to add marketing value!"
Moving into 2011, the photo was pubished in an undated (early Feb 2011) blog titled "About Farm to School." And it was published in a Mar 7, 2011 blog titled "Building Customer Loyalty Using Twitter Lists." It was also published in an April 1, 2011 Farmer’s Market blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. And it was published in an Apr 15, 2011 Cool Music Industry School images blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in an Apr 26, 2011 blog titled "Smyrna Fresh Produce Market, 2011." And it was published in a Jun 24, 2011 blog titled "An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds." It was also published in an undated (mid-August 2011) blog titled "McGuire Organics," as well as an Aug 29, 2011 blog titled "Three tips to rotate your foods for variety and nutrition."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 3, 2012 Mrs. Pantry’s Blog posting titled "Carrot Soup with a Kick and Quick Croutons." It was also published in a Feb 6, 2012 blog titled "The #1 Tool To Improve Your Health: Your Fork!" And it was published in an undated (late Apr 2012) Squidoo blog titled "Basics of Juicing and Recipes." It was also published in an undated (late Apr 2012) blog titled "Smyrna Fresh Produce Market Starts May 5th." And it was published in an undated (late May 2012) blog titled "The 8 Best Foods to Buy at Farmers’ Markets." It was also published in a May 30, 2012 blog titled "Diversification j’écris ton nom." And it was published in an Aug 1, 2012 blog titled "WOULD YOU DATE A VEGETARIAN? 30 PERCENT OF OMNIVORES WOULDN’T." It was also published in an Aug 29, 2012 blog titled "Forget Willpower: Seven Steps to a Healthy-Eating Mindset Even If You Love Chocolate." And it was published in an Oct 19, 2012 Squidoo blog titled "Basics of Juicing and Recipes." It was also published in a Dec 7, 2012 blog titled "8 Eye Healthy Foods | Spontaneous Chick."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 15, 2013 blog titled "Tzay – en ny upptäckt." It was also published in a Feb 25, 2013 blog titled "La zanahoria no siempre fue naranja." And it was published in a Mar 7, 2013 blog titled "Day 5: Health (#BlogFlash2013)," as well as a Mar 9, 2013 blog titled "After the storm, thoughts turn to Spring /10 of 31." It was also published in an Apr 3, 2013 blog titled "New Westwood Farmer’s Market Starting Soon." And it was published in an Apr 23, 2013 blog titled "Smyrna Fresh Produce Market Starts May 4th," as well as a May 3, 2013 blog titled "Why I Don’t Read Nutrition Facts." It was also published in an undated (late May 2013) blog titled "Gutes aus Überflüssigem," as well as an undated (late May 2013) blog titled "The 8 Best Foods to Buy at Farmers’ Markets." And it was published in a Jul 10, 2013 blog titled "Natural Beauty."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in a Mar 14, 2014 blog titled "God Is A Farmer." It was also published in an Apr 15, 2014 blog titled "2014 Smyrna Fresh Produce Market." And it was published in a Nov 28, 2014 blog titled "O zdrowym żywieniu dzieci. Bez stresu."
Moving into 2015, the photo was published in an Apr 7, 2015 blog titled "8 Foods To Buy At Farmers’ Markets."
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Contrary to what you might think, New Yorkers do not eat all of their meals at Starbucks or pizza joints. Nor do they buy all of their food at supermarkets or corner delis.
We also buy our food at farmer’s markets, where organically grown fruits, vegetables, cheese, and other items are brought from farms in nearby New Jersey and upstate New York. Some of these are large and noisy, some specialize in ethnic foods; and some operate every day, with great fanfare and publicity.
But then there are the neighborhood farmer’s markets, many of which operate only one day a week. In my neighborhood, it’s Fridays mornings: on 97th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus, you can find an assortment of beans and beets, tomatoes and potatoes, carrots and garlic, peaces and cucumbers.
These photos will give you an idea of the kind of food that many of us are lucky enough to enjoy…
This’ll drive you round the bend!
Image by allispossible.org.uk
Control arms poster I designed to highlight the sad fact that there are more rules and regulations for trading in bananas than there are for trading in arms. Which is why it is important to campaign for a global arms trade treaty (ATT) atthe UN. Add your voice to the debate and click ‘take action’ at speakout.controlarms.org
Updated version now: www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/6877313378/
Also on my @behance portfolio: bit.ly/zt5kdw
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Apocalypse Chow Pantry
Image by Earthworm
Yuppie emergency food prep. The authors of Apocalypse Chow, a husband wife team, one of whom writes gourmet cookbooks and the other domestic spiritual lifestyle books, have combined skills and with their experience weathering Florida hurricanes, put together a book on emergency prep that is a real find. Since most people have not acquired the long haul skills of canning their own home-grown produce or cooking dried beans in a solar oven, this book most replicates the resources of your average urban household.
The premise here is that, in a prolonged power outage, you will have no refrigeration and must conserve fuel by cooking one pot meals on a portable gas stove. This means small packages of food that will be eaten once open so no leftovers and food that doesn’t take a lot of time=fuel to cook. Half the book is recipes—all of them vegetarian because meat spoils. The other half is sound advice on how to prepare and live through the usual disasters from a culinary perspective. Thus is born Pantry Cuisine. The difference between merely surviving and really living. And since there will be lots of time to fill when the power is out why not spend it in food prep?
I like the tone of the book. It is reassuring but insistent in a quiet way, giving many good reasons why you should acquire these skills. With anecdotes from the authors’ real life hurricane experience and tidbits of disaster prep lore from government sources, it is also a fun read. The list of possible disasters includes nuclear war and the actual biblical apocalypse with reasons why you would still want your haute cuisine. This is a sound approach to take because people seem to hope that things will be so bad it will be pointless to prepare. (Much like the college students who don’t want to finish school because the world is going to end in 2012 so what’s the point.)
Interestingly enough he also includes the detail of increased solar flares knocking out power grids. This, he points out, will only increase because the magnetic poles are shifting and that has lowered the electromagnetic field. (I’ve come to the conclusion that the entire future will be disaster ridden so we might as well get used to it, because we will still be expected to carry on, go to work and put food on the table.)
The book provides a five day menu and shopping list plus lists of kitchen supplies to augment the manual can opener on everyone else’s list. He calls this approach the five-day wine box. There is also a list for a "well-tempered" pantry; items your basic home chef would want to have on hand anyway.
Since some items on both these lists I didn’t feel inclined to serve and some I had never heard of, I took the route of going through all the recipes and picking out the ones I could imagine serving to a fairly fussy foodie family. Then I went off in search of the canned vegetables at places considerably cheaper than our usual Whole Foods. I was astonished to discover that you can get organic items at the Bargain Grocery Outlet. Canned potatoes are not found at our high end places, nor would we think to buy them. Nor would we eat canned green beans or carrots, but for the sake of the prep I found what I could in low sodium or no salt varieties.
For , the same as what I spent for emergency back-up dog food, I have ingredients for 12 dinners (or lunches) for 4 people, plus breakfast cereal and snacks. Freeze dried food would cost twice as much. As would MRE’s (meals refused by Ethiopians). Most of the ingredients we would actually use since canned beans and tomato products are often in our repertoire. And I will try some of the recipes on my video night pals too. Cans last a few years so it would be a while before it would all go to the food bank. I could not bring myself to buy instant rice because the way we cook rice does not take much fuel. I just bring to a boil and turn off gas. A hotbox would help.
Because of recent events in Japan I had the blessing of my family to put all this together and share the cost.