“A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us. What I am saying is that if we apply our minds directly and competently to the needs of the earth, then we will have begun to make fundamental and necessary changes in our minds. We will begin to understand and to change our wasteful economy, which markets not just the produce of the earth, but also the earth’s ability to produce.” -Wendell Berry
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Michael Pollan visits the Daily Show to STAND FOR LESS “edible food-like substances.”
Author and food activist Michael Pollan discusses his new book on The Daily Show.
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Take a stand for our San Diego County farmers markets this year.
Nov
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Healthy food for kids
Whole Foods recently sponsored a contest for schools. The winning school won a school lunch makeover. Chef Ann Cooper will visit the school and give a healthy lunch coaching session.
Albert Einstein Academies of San Diego won! Enjoy their winning video:
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Visiting that local fruit and vegetable stand is standing for less
Did you know eating local fresh food helps fight global warming?
Johnny Cash sang “I’ve been everywhere, man. I’ve been everywhere, man. Crossed the desert’s bare, man. I’ve breathed the mountain air, man. Of travel, I’ve had my share, man. I’ve been everywhere.”
For sure, he wasn’t singing about the food we eat each and every day. But he could’ve been. The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture tells us that the average fresh food item on our dinner table travels 1,500 miles to get there.
That certainly exceeds the daily allowance of carbon dioxide.
Hence the argument that eating locally helps fight global warming. And here in San Diego, the options to do so are bountiful. Do a Google search of San Diego Farmers Markets and you’ll discover there may not be a day of the week that you cannot find real, live farmers selling fresh, locally grown food somewhere in San Diego County. This tasty sampling was found on sandiego.about.com.
TUESDAY
Chula Vista - Otay Ranch Town Center: 4 to 8 p.m. 619-656-9100
Coronado: 2:30 to 6 p.m., corner of First and B Streets (Old Ferry Landing). 760-741-3763.
Escondido: 2:30 to 6 p.m.(Summer: 4 to 7 p.m.), Grand Avenue between Broadway and Kalmia Street. 760-745-8877.
UCSD/La Jolla: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (September thru June), UCSD Certified Farmers Market at the Price Center near the bookstore near Lyman Lane and Library Walk. 858-534-4248.
WEDNESDAY
Carlsbad: 2 to 5 p.m., Roosevelt Street between Grand Avenue and Carlsbad Village Drive. 760-434-2553
Ocean Beach: 4 to 7 p.m. (Summer: 4 to 8 p.m.) 4900 block of Newport Avenue. 619-279-0032.
Temecula: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Promenade Mall across from Edwards Temecula Stadium 15 Theatres. 760-728-7343.
THURSDAY
Oceanside: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pier View Way at Coast Highway. 619-440-5027.
Oceanside:4 to 8 p.m.Tremont and Pier View Way. 760-754-4512
Chula Vista: 3 to 7 p.m. Third Avenue at Center Street. 619-422-1982.
North Park: 3 p.m. to Sunset, CVS Pharmacy parking lot at University and 32nd Street. 619-237-1632.
Horton Square/Downtown: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., March to mid-October, 225 Broadway. 760-741-3763.
Tierrasanta: 3 to 7 p.m. De Portola Middle School at 11010 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Santo Road. 858-272-7054
FRIDAY
La Mesa Village: 3 to 6 p.m., Allison Street, east of Spring Street (at La Mesa Village). 619-440-5027.
Rancho Bernardo: 9 a.m. to Noon, Bernardo Winery parking lot at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte. 760-723-2469.
Borrego Springs: 7 a.m. to noon (Nov thru May) Christmas Circle Community Park at Christmas Circle and Palm Canyon Dr. 760-767-5555.
SATURDAY
Pacific Beach: 8 a.m. to Noon, Mission Boulevard between Reed Avenue and Pacific Beach Boulevard (at Promenade Mall). 760-741-3763.
Vista: 7:45 to 11 a.m., corner of Eucalyptus and Escondido Avenues (City Hall parking lot). 760-945-7425 .
Poway: 8 to 11:30 a.m., corner of Midland Road and Temple Street (in Old Poway Park). 619-440-5027.
Del Mar: 1 to 4 p.m., corner of El Camino Del Mar and 10th Street (City Hall parking lot). 760-727-1471.
Scripps Ranch: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ellen Browning Elementary School at 10380 Spring Canyon Rd. 858-586-7933.
Temecula: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Old Town Temecula at 6th and Front Street. 760-728-7343.
Carlsbad: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Roosevelt Sreet between Grand Avenue and Carlsbad Village Dr. 760-434-2553 .
SUNDAY
Hillcrest: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., corner of Normal and Cleveland Streets (DMV parking lot). 619-237-1632.
Solana Beach: 2 to 5 p.m., 410 to 444 South Cedros Ave at Rosa Street.
La Jolla: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Girard Avenue at Genter Street (La Jolla Elementary School). 858-405-6086.
Downtown Third Avenue Market and Asian Bazaar: 9 to 1 400 block of Third Avenue between Island Ave and J Street. 619-279-0032.
Leucadia/Encinitas: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Paul Ecke Elementary at Union Street and Vulcan Street. 858-272-7054.
After you visit these wonderful markets, you’ll no doubt go home with plenty of good, healthy food to eat. Do so knowing that you not only helped the environment, but you also helped keep the local economy healthy. Yes, eating locally also has a financial impact. That’s because when you account for transportation, processing, packaging, refrigeration and marketing, it’s estimated that farmers receive only 20 cents of each food dollar spent. But when local farmers sell to local customers, they get a buck for every food buck spent. That’s certainly something to chew on.