Street Farmer (read article)
By ELIZABETH ROYTE
Published: July 5, 2009 in The New York Times
Can Will Allen make the inner city the next front in the good-food movement?

I was reading a magazine today and there was a feature about doing good things for other people. A couple of the suggestions mentioned two organizations that I thought were doing exceptional work and were worth writing about.
CARE (www.care.org) is a humanitarian organization that assists poor women of the world so that they can become educated, [...]

 A short video about the effects of human consumption has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation. (read article)

Visit ‘The Story of Stuff’ Web Site
(but first, watch the video)

(This is a little late. Apologies.)
I gladly ventured into the rain last Tuesday to attend the first day of the Krankies Local Market and was delighted to see it humming with vendors and patrons alike. All of the items that were listed were present and at the ready on various tables: pasture-raised lamb, free range [...]

[ May 5, 2009; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]

(via PeaNC)

Triad Buying Co-op and Krankies Coffee have teamed up to offer a truly sustainable Farmer’s Market.  The market starts this week, Tuesday, May 5th, from 11 am to 1 pm, and runs throughout the Summer and into the Fall, every Tuesday.  What sets this Farmer’s Market apart from others is that all the produce [...]

[ May 2, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Stop by City Beverage Co. (915 Burke St., next to Lighthouse Restaurant) this Saturday from 12-4pm for the Organic Market!  They started the market last Saturday and it was a huge success.  They will carry eggs, organic fertilizer, herbs, a little produce and lots of organic vegetable plants. Take your own bag and check it out!

[ April 25, 2009; 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. April 26, 2009 1:00 pm to April 27, 2009 6:00 pm. ] Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:00pm - Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:00pm

A chance for local sustainable farms to shine and 3,000+ folks to see where our food and fiber really comes from. Forty farms in Orange, Chatham, Alamance, Durham and Person Counties - organic and biodynamic farms, pastured livestock, Cute bunnies and [...]

[ April 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm. April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 10:50 am. ] Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
2008 / USA / 80 minutes
SCREENINGS:
April 24 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Gold
April 26 / 9:30am / UNCSA - Main

[ April 24, 2009; 12:45 pm to 2:18 pm. April 25, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:33 am. April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 11:03 am. ] Directed by Robert Kenner
2008 / USA / 93 minutes
SCREENINGS:
April 24 / 12:45pm / UNCSA - Main
April 25 / 10:00am / UNCSA - Main
April 26 / 9:30am / Reynolda House

Coming May 5, 2009! (This is so exciting!!!)
A new farmers’ market in downtown Winston-Salem will feature locally grown foods from farmers using sustainable methods. 
The market is a joint effort between Krankies Coffee and Triad Buying Co-op Inc. to increase the availability of locally produced, high-quality food. The market will include vegetables, fruit, honey, eggs, goat cheese from [...]