Cultivated

Maybe this cause.

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:17:41 -0500

Dreaming.... Bloom Festival

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:00:00 -0500

So I found a job- thought it’s not my dream job, I am very thankful for it! I also was just hired by a tutoring company serving as a mentor/tutor for college kids. My time has been quite occupied, but it’s time to get back to it!

Which brings me to Bloom Fest, a benefit festival of local music and arts. The first and very success Boom Fest was put on in 2010 by my partner Dane Edwards and his friends. We are thinking of doing another one in 2013 benefiting a public health/sustainable food non profit. We are currently looking for the right one! Super exciting, more to come!

2011 Harvard Forum on Food Policy I Nutrition

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:07:28 -0500

2011 Harvard Forum on Food Policy I Nutrition

Reforming the 2012 Farm Bill: Subsidies, Food Assistance and...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:30:36 -0500

Reforming the 2012 Farm Bill: Subsidies, Food Assistance

and America’s Health

I love you TED Talks. Ken Cook - Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:21:54 -0500

I love you TED Talks. Ken Cook - Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill

Look what I found....

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:13:55 -0500

Look what I found....

What does clenbuterol have to due with volleyball athletes?

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:22:00 -0500

After reading an article on The Salt, NPR’s food blog, I was left to wonder, what does clenbuterol have to do with top volleyball athletes?

According to the article, China just lost in the 2012 FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) World Grand Pix finals to the United States. China’s coach blames it on lack of animal protein. Apparently, since the Chinese athletes were “on the road” competing they didn’t have access to “clean” meat. The team typically gets its meat from organic farms that guarantees its meats are clenbuterol free. But why add clenbuterol to your meat in the first place and why is it important that athletes don’t consume it? Clenbuterol is added to animal feed and is known as a “lean meat powder” and it’s considered a performance-enhancing drug by the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. The articles states that “some 50 percent of meat consumed in Beijing is said to contain the chemical”.

Since they had been on the road for several weeks the athletes stopped eating meat all together, so the coach blames their low performance on access to “clean meat”. I guess the real question is, why are Olympic athletes, Chinese astronauts, and other high ranking officials the only citizens that have guaranteed “clean food”. My eyebrows are raised.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/05/156295405/warning-against-eating-meat-has-chinese-olympians-off-their-game#more

Cattle die close to Austin from grass poisoning. Something's really wrong here...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:16:25 -0500

Cattle die close to Austin from grass poisoning. Something's really wrong here...

Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2012 Shopper’s...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:31:15 -0500

Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2012 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

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Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:35:32 -0500

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"He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the time of his doctor."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:09:42 -0500

“He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the time of his doctor.”

- Ancient Chinese Proverb

"The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:08:44 -0500

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.”

- Thomas Edison

The Salt: NPR's food blog

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:04:00 -0500

The Salt: NPR's food blog:

NPR’s food blog THE SALT just posted a new article discussing the presence of pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

Central City Co-oop Houston

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:36:02 -0500

Last week I volunteered at Central City Co-op in Houston. They are located off of Waugh St. inside of Grace Lutheran church. I helped in the office, restocked the shelves, and bagged fruit and vegetable orders. My favorite moment was when 7 year old Jose helped me count the number of plums each fruit order took. I forgot how much fun counting can be! You get perks as a volunteer too, local and organic produce.

http://www.centralcityco-op.com/

Grist.org: A beacon in the smog Environmental News, Commentary,...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:56:12 -0500

Grist.org: A beacon in the smog

Environmental News, Commentary, Advice

Great website for getting the dirt on public policy, big ag business and food politics

Did you know that 50% of white sugar in the US is made from sugar beets?

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:39:19 -0500

Did you know that 50% of white sugar in the US is made from sugar beets?

As Grain Piles Up, India’s Poor Still Go Hungry

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:16:13 -0500

As Grain Piles Up, India’s Poor Still Go Hungry

"Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:09:30 -0500

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Sowing Seeds

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:07:00 -0500

The field is fertile, the season is right, now which seeds to sow? I have so many seeds I can plant, it’s overwhelming at times.

This blog serves a purpose. I am looking for a job. I have been told all my life, “you can be anything you want to be” and “follow your dreams”. I want to be more informed of my interests, read articles in the field(s) in which I want to work, and research people and their positions, so I have a better idea of where to find my dream job and how to get there.

With each post, I symbolically sow another seed and with care and consideration cultivate my future harvest.

Timucua Indians preparing land and sowing seeds, engraving by...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:40:13 -0500

Timucua Indians preparing land and sowing seeds, engraving by Theodor de Bry from a drawing by Jacques Le Moyne, c. 1564; first published in 159.