July 2008

Features

Grow Your Own Way
Believe it or not, with a little ingenuity, you can turn dirt into food! by JEANNE STORCK

Veg-O-Lution
Thanks to the twin drivers of personal and planetary health, our hyper-carnivore culture may be taking a left turn by GREGORY DICUM

Conversations
The Future of Food is Now
With our global food system facing collapse, filmmaker and food activist Deborah Koons Garcia tells us how to save the day by BY NOELLE ROBBINS

On Our Radar

Whatcha Gonna Do with All That Junk...?
by SUMMER BOWEN

Roadkill
It’s What’s for Dinner by ANDY ANDERSON

The ABCs of CSAs
by E.B. BOYD

Salud!
Raise your glass to a summer of sustainable sipping by ALASTAIR BLAND

The Cheese Impresario
by ALASTAIR BLAND

What Counts?
by JENNY ROUGH

People in Your Neighborhood
The Café Gratitude Family

Healthy Living

Peace at the Table
The Ayurvedic practice of food sadhana restores mindfulness to mealtime by AMELIA GLYNN

Fear of Frying
Lost without your Teflon? Restock your kitchen with these chemi-free cookware basics by JOLIA SIDONA ALLEN

Good-For-You Grilling
by ELIZABETH BARKER

Universal Yoga
Defining yoga, one style at a time by JULIA STEINBERGER

Comfortably Numi
Liquid meditation at Oakland’s Numi Tea Garden by ANDY ISAACSON

Tune In

Yum Yoga
Vice becomes virtue with the holy trinity of yoga, chocolate and wine by JULIA STEINBERGER

2008: The Return of Chicken Little
by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Art and Soul

Bottlemania
How water went on sale and why we bought it, by Elizabeth Royte (Bloomsbury) review by ERIC LARSON

Reviews

Essay

Mom’s Cooking, So Hold the Arugula
by ANDI MCDANIEL