This morning I was fortunate to attend new media press event with Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. A small group of us took a short trip outside of Washing DC to Tree and Leaf Farm. Which is exactly 47 miles away from the Dupont Farmers Market in the city, according to co-owner Georgia O’Neal.
The reason for this farm adventure was to launch a very special program for the USDA, called Know Your Farmer Know Your Food. The details of which are still coming out. DepSec Merrigan did clue us …

Cravings don’t make you fat. Being inactive doesn’t make you fat. On the flip side working out will not stop you from being fat. Diets won’t help either.
It’s all about the food.
It’s the food you put into your body. Every bite and every morsel.
It’s very simple. Put food, real food, into your body and you will lose weight.
The complex part is determining what real food is. Nobody really knows anymore. Most of us know more about the “recommended daily nutritional intake” than we do about ripe fruit. Our minds are …

My baby girl challenged me to post my spending habits. Below are all of my purchases for as far back as I can grab. It reflects money spent on only fresh local food since June 1, 2009. Before that it is a mix of grocery stores, whole foods, 7 Eleven, and others.
The point of this is to show that fresh local food is not expensive. I even find it less expensive!
Should you want to try this too remember, like anything in life, it is a process. It’s taken me years …

Food is in trouble.
You know I really struggled with writing this piece. I wanted to just present the facts with brutal honesty. To scare anyone who reads this into the movie theater to see Food Inc. Then I wrote a piece from a neutral point of view, to ease everyone into the story. I deleted both pieces.
On the suggestion of my Mom, maybe I’ll just provide the trailer:

I cannot escape what is happening here. I cried a little during the movie. I read the book it is based on, Omnivore’s …

One of the most important features of a start-up is its founders. As my friends and I go down this journey to the trashatorium I think its crucial that we “walk the walk”.
This will mean something different to each of us and I hope we can each share our journey.
Here is one of my most basic but fundamental lifestyles:
Shop More, Buy Less, and Eat Healthier.
Grocery Shopping
I started down this path several years ago but only recently went “extreme”. By extreme I mean completely changing my grocery shopping routine. I wanted …