Food!

Mango, Jicama, and Cucumber Salad

This recipe originally appeared on the Muy Bueno Cookbook blog , which I publish with my mother and sister. The warm weather is a long ways away and there is nothing I enjoy more than frolicking in the sun and less time in the kitchen, at the hot stove or oven. In the summer I love to experiment...

Joining the Chorus: Food Marketing Policy “Failures” Still Attract New Advocates to the Cause

Every year, without fail, on talk shows, in magazines, and even among friends and family, the holidays provide fodder for the same lament: how are we to be healthy during a season that holds eating – particularly foods high in calories and sugar – at its core? And every year as I hear this common...

The Holiday Season is Food Season!

The food we eat is as critically important as the air we breathe. That is why I made the documentary film, Soul Food Junkies. It is time that we start to have honest conversations about our food, the rising obesity crisis, and the negative impacts on the health of our families. What better time to...

A Farmer Navigates Heated Moms’ Meetings About School Lunches

As a small-scale organic farmer who believes in the grass-roots power of the local food movement, I find Michelle Obama’s food activism inspiring. When I heard about her reforms to public school lunches, of course I thought it was a step in the right direction. Just a step, mind you: ultimately, I’...