Nearly every grocery store has a well-established organic produce section. Whether at Whole Foods or Market Basket we’re given the choice between the “regular” tomato and the “better” tomato—the child…
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Meat labels are notoriously opaque. Companies boast “no hormones” on pork labels when feeding pigs hormones is illegal in the US. The organic beef program paints a picture of bucolic…
When we think of New Year’s resolutions, we think of new diets, gyms, or hobbies…not necessarily new lives. Yet, for some leaving the urban life behind, the farm brings more…
As of 2002, meat sold in stores across the US has carried a mandatory COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (COOL) label. This lets us know if we’re eating a burger from home…
This was originally posted last year, but we thought we’d revisit it in light of recent news referring to “processed” meat. Although it is a “process” – there is nothing…
We recently came across a brilliant report published in 2014 by Food Solutions New England: A New England Food Vision. The authors present a future vision for our region to…
We think an important part of why we’re doing what we’re doing is contributing to the rebuilding of our region’s agricultural economy. We source products within the New England foodshed,…
Walden is a pond, a book, and a company. The latter two, needless to say, bear their name from the kettle hole situated fewer than 20 minutes from our office….
Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that, according to a study by University of California engineering professors Andrew Zumkehr and J Elliott Campbell, as much as 90% of American…
What are you having for dinner tonight? If you haven’t planned, you’re probably like me and tempted to eat out. Get a burrito down the street…dress up and go somewhere…
