Oh the brilliant peach. Ripe and plump, the peach can be virgin like purity cloaked in a temperature sensitive skin. Precious and untouched as it hangs from an unassuming protective tree blushing, the peach hides a soft and aromatic flesh that loves you back once you bring her on down. Possibly the forbidden offspring of [...]
Archive | August, 2009
Forgetting Fair Trade?
Well, are we? You tell me. Long ago and not so far away, Fair Trade was the hot topic. People oogled over where coffee came from, searching for a tiny emblem that signified if it was fair trade certified or not. Fair traded seemed to be a move in the right direction; give workers and [...]
Up the River: MS Matters
Gather round now and get your skillets ready… I’m going home! Alright only to visit but it will be a productive and intense time of talking to people, visiting places and eating the fares all in the name of food. Good fair food for all… I can’t wait to get to MS and see what [...]
Ham Hock Holding
Green Beans Evoked this moment Last Thursday: There are times when you start to remember where you come from and know when it is time to go on back. Though getting myself to Mississippi and a front porch somewhere in the sprawling lands of the delta was not in the cards this morning, I did [...]
Mississippi Burning?
Mississippi's Weight Crisis and Our Broken Food System For another year, Mississippi has been named the fattest, most unhealthy state in the country. Adult obesity is highest (32.5%) for the fifth year, and leading the way in childhood obesity (44.4%.) Statistics that are staggering. The result of socioeconomic status, race and cultural norms according to [...]
