5 Ways to Engage Your Kids in Grateful Giving ~ via LaSara Firefox.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 29, 2009

Five Ways to Engage Your Kids in Grateful Giving by LaSara Firefox, MPNLP Even when funds are tight, giving reminds us of how much we have, and how fortunate we are. While coming face…

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Boulder’s own Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg: Larger than Life.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 28, 2009

Hosea! Yo, Ho! Hey, Ho. What, you too good for me now you've won Top Chef? Oh, you're a lifesize cardboard cut out. We've been hometown colleagues and buds of Top Chef winning Hosea…

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Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, and the Real Food Movement. Videos.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 27, 2009

I've added in the videos referenced below. The following letter is via Michael Pollan (see my video interview of him in Boulder here), hero of people who like to eat food everywhere: Friends: Food,…

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Michael Pollan, on Swine Flu—3 years before it happened.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 15, 2009

Great article with the following excerpt from Michael Pollan's 2006 Omnivore's Dilemma. Excerpt: Reading Michael Pollan's 2006 book The Omnivore's Dilemma. The author is, it would seem, a prophet. Or maybe just a real journalist. Stop me…

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Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies checks out the White House organic garden. Video.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 8, 2009

  With thanks for the tip to Dave Burdick of Huffington Post GREEN, the "best video tour of the White House organic garden ever": …

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“Generosity is the Virtue that Produces Peace” ~ Buddhist aphorism. Operation Frontline works to teach families how to shop, cook & eat healthy & affordably.

By elephantjournal.com on May 31, 2009

One Winter, I remember, my two-job-working mom couldn't afford Christmas presents, and we lived on (healthy, whole grain) brown rice and popcorn. Still, it's hard these days to imagine that citizens right here in…

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Rules to Eat By (inspired by Foodie Hero Michael Pollan), via Sara Watts & Lindsey Cash

By elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2009

Food for Thought   Seminal food writer Michael Pollan came to Boulder on Thursday, May 21st, as a guest of The Boulder Bookstore. He was warmly received at Unity Church by a sold-out house of…

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Chef Ann Cooper on The Daily Show! Video.

By elephantjournal.com on May 22, 2009

I first read about Ann Cooper in The New Yorker a few years back. Working to offer school children healthy food, she's fast become a hero to parents and real food lovers everywhere. And…

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Become a Fan: Boulder County Farmers’ Market. New Facebook Page.

By elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2009

Why would we bother to post about a Facebook page? Because, of course, Facebook is more than a multi-kajillion dollar company that's hardly making any money at all. Because it's more than Big Brother…

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Chili: An easy Tex-Mex style dish for a busy lifestyle [Anna's cooking at home series "The Quick and Tasty"#2]

By Anna Gilkerson on May 13, 2009

Serving chili is always a colorful feast, with warm flour tortillas, tacos, and small bowls filled with chopped tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, onions, cucumbers, grated cheese and salsa (a lazy Susan always works for this…

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Eco Parenting? What’s that? via Intent.com

By elephantjournal.com on May 5, 2009

Eco-Parenting in 8 Simple Steps By Curtis Cook Raising children is hard enough without worrying about the environmental consequences of your parenting choices.  Don’t sweat it. You already care about your child’s well-being and…

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Santiago Fort Barberá: let’s liberate people of the need for money to survive: Alternative or Utopia?

By Yesica on May 2, 2009

    As always, it is our choice. You, I, us. Moment by moment and breath upon breath. Today, Santiago Fort Barberá, from Barcelona, Spain,  wrote me saying: "Hi, Help me to spread this idea."…

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Fiona’s Granola Expands!

By Lindsey Block on May 1, 2009

Fiona's Granola, a Boulder-based natural products company ...that we've known for years via our local Farmers' Market, is growing even in these tough economic times. Their recent expansion allows for newly-designed, yummy tasting, healthy,…

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How to Go Vegan. ~ via Mark Reinfeld, Intent.com

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 28, 2009

How to Go Vegan & A Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Author: Mark Reinfeld We mentioned in our last article how important it is for those who care about our environment to look at the impact…

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Justin’s Nut Butter takes $1 Million, plans to go Big.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009

I've known the good folks at Justin's Nut Butter, and Justin himself, for years. So it's not without a sadness that I opened my virtual paper, Boulder County Business Report, this morning (thanks to…

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elephant journal columnist Peggy Markel: the Delicious Ambiguity of Easter in Florence.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 20, 2009

Delicious Ambiguity, Florence, and Easter, with Peggy Markel. From my fifth floor window, the light was sweet and warm for an Easter morn. I set up breakfast where the view of the rooftops is…

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‘You are what you eat.’ Does that mean you and I are banned in Europe? [Treehugger: 7 Foods banned in Europe]

By Lindsey Block on Apr 7, 2009

More than ever, people are becoming more conscious of what we eat and where we're shopping. Buying locally, organic, and supporting fair trade foods allow people (and our environment) to live a better life.…

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Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Oil ~ a veggie, non-toxic source of Omega 3 & 6 & GLA & SDA. Whatever that is.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 30, 2009

First, the bad news: hemp won't get you high. Okay, the good news: Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Oil is grrreat for vegetarians, first of all, who can't get Omega 3 and 6 and Gamma Linolenic Acid and…

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White House Chooses Organic Thanks to Michelle and Barack. [via U.S. News]

By Sarah Miller on Mar 18, 2009

                Though the article may not be particularly well written, nor the cartoon flattering, the information is a message worth distributing. The Obamas have clearly put their…

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What to do about all the Wasted Food? ~ via Megan Gray

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 17, 2009

What to Do About All of the Wasted Food? by Megan Gray Let’s face it; we live in a disposable world. Everything from diapers to computers are made to be used once, or for…

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