February 2009
45 posts
Botanical Preservation Corps Ethnobotanical Andean Foray →
botanicalpreservationcorps.com
I did a similar trip in 2007 and wish I could return.
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Inch by Inch, Everything is a Cinch
One by one, I began to implement the different aspects of nourishing traditions. Making Stock from bones, was the first thing I tackled, culturing dairy, the second (kefir, yogurt, cream cheese, creme fraiche, and whey). Once I got those under my belt, I moved on to soaking and dehydrating nuts, then began fermenting veggies. Finally, I learned about soaking and sprouting grains for pancakes or hot breakfast porridge. This whole process took about a year. I now easily incorporate all these methods into our routine. Today, for instance, I am making yogurt. Last week, I made a batch of sauerkraut. The week before that, I fermented some cucumbers for pickles. My freezer is full of stocks (lamb, fish, beef, chicken and turkey) in one cup containers that I pull out to make an entree, soup or stew.
” —How Nourishing Traditions Cookbook Has Changed the Way I Cook | Hartke Is Online!
“Brilliant: One of the first things that Megan will focus on is how Google.org can best achieve its mission. During our review it became clear that while we have been able to support some remarkable non-profit organizations over the past three years, our greatest impact has come when we’ve attacked problems in ways that make the most of Google’s strengths in technology and information; examples of this approach include Flu Trends, RechargeIT, Clean Energy 2030, and PowerMeter. By aligning Google.org more closely with Google as a whole, Megan will ensure that we’re better able to build innovative, scalable technology and information solutions. As a first step, Google has decided to put even more engineers and technical talent to work on these issues and problems, resources which I have found to be extraordinary.”
—Google Shakes Up Its Philanthropic Division
“SheSource.org is an online braintrust of female experts on diverse topics designed to serve journalists, producers and bookers who need female guests and sources. SheSource.org includes spokeswomen from a variety of backgrounds, representing demographic and ethnic diversity as well as expertise in areas, ranging from security, the economy, and politics to law, peacekeeping, humanitarian crisis, and more. SheSource.org is a program of The Women’s Media Center and was co-founded by The Women’s Funding Network, The White House Project and Fenton Communications to foster a more representative public discourse by increasing the number of women whose opinions are reflected in the news media.”
—SheSource.org :: The Online Resource of Women Experts for Journalists
“Benefits of the back channel to the audience As a presenter, the idea of presenting while people are talking about you is disconcerting. But to balance that, there are huge benefits to the individual members of the audience and to the overall output of a conference or meeting.”
—How to Present While People are Twittering | Pistachio
Startups in 13 Sentences →
paulgraham.com
Good tips on building your company.
“The mobile workforce requires people to travel more frequently for work, leaving friends and family behind,” Thompson writes. “Psychologists and sociologists spent years wondering how humanity would adjust to the anonymity of life in the city, the wrenching upheavals of mobile immigrant labor—a world of lonely people ripped from their social ties.”
—Disconnected in the Age of Ambient Awareness - AV Flox - Open Salon
“California’s unfolding drought - now three years running - may prove to be the worst in recorded history. Farms have begun to fail, communities to crumble, food prices to rise and more people are going hungry. How we respond to the drought will offer us a template of how to respond to global climate change.
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Open Forum * 02.18.09 * An indefensible lack of diversity on the U.S. District Court 02.17.09 * Stick-and-poke tattoos 02.16.09 * Lincoln’s legacy: Principles or personality? 02.16.09 More Open Forum » The drought is a national crisis because California produces 50 percent of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables, and a majority of the nation’s salad, strawberries and premium wine grapes. State and federal agencies that deliver water to farms up and down the Great Central Valley are preparing to cut deliveries by 85 percent to 100 percent. Coastal communities may begin rationing programs within weeks. Even with 50 percent increases in ground-water pumping, which is clearly not sustainable, the Central Valley alone will lose up to 40,000 jobs and $1.5 billion in income, according to a UC Davis agricultural economist Richard Howitt.” —Response to drought is dry run for a response to climate change
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Open Forum * 02.18.09 * An indefensible lack of diversity on the U.S. District Court 02.17.09 * Stick-and-poke tattoos 02.16.09 * Lincoln’s legacy: Principles or personality? 02.16.09 More Open Forum » The drought is a national crisis because California produces 50 percent of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables, and a majority of the nation’s salad, strawberries and premium wine grapes. State and federal agencies that deliver water to farms up and down the Great Central Valley are preparing to cut deliveries by 85 percent to 100 percent. Coastal communities may begin rationing programs within weeks. Even with 50 percent increases in ground-water pumping, which is clearly not sustainable, the Central Valley alone will lose up to 40,000 jobs and $1.5 billion in income, according to a UC Davis agricultural economist Richard Howitt.” —Response to drought is dry run for a response to climate change
Food Politics » Expanding portion sizes in the Joy of Cooking →
foodpolitics.com
“Brian Wansink’s latest paper is an analysis of the increasing size of servings and meals through multiple editions of the classic cookbook, Joy of Cooking. These, he finds, have increased by 35%.”
