Slow Food Foundation

http://www.slowfoodfoundation.com/

http://newsletter.slowfood.com/tm/02/tmeng.html

People think of animals going extinct. These sites focus on plants, particularly food plants, which are going extinct at an alarming rate. The concept is that we need the biodiversity of all these foods. Read it for yourself! What do you think?

Where does food come from?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

As the class grows food in the growlab and green house - the tomatoes look great! - with the thought to grow a salad by Thanksgiving, it is worth reflecting on the time it takes to grow the food we eat and how it is produced. This article by Michael Pollan provides plenty of "food for thought" on this issue.