Civil Eats » Rose Hayden-Smith

California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has released a list of state properties that might be for sale in this time of unprecendented budget crisis. On that list are a couple of fairgrounds...

https://civileats.com/2009/05/19/dear-california-keep-your-fairgrounds/

I’ve been pondering a lot the last three weeks, trying to think outside the box, and trying to proceed as if there is no box at all. Two weeks of conferences in a row, one the Kellogg Founda...

https://civileats.com/2009/05/12/there-is-no-box-big-ideas-about-urban-agriculture-and-local-food-systems/

Practical and prophetic, particular and poetic, and entirely personal, this is how I would describe Our Life in Gardens.  Composed of nearly 50 essays arranged in alphabetical order, the book is...

https://civileats.com/2009/03/05/our-life-in-gardens-living-for-plants/

Hank Cardello knows a great deal about the food industry; for more than three decades, he helped some of the world’s largest companies sell their products to you.  In his book, Stuffed: An Ins...

https://civileats.com/2009/02/05/stuffed-a-food-industry-insider-speaks-out/

Like one of the BBQ meals described in its pages, America Eats! by Pat Willard is tasty and completely satisfying.  It’s a timely book, too: not only because of the material’s origin as a Ne...

https://civileats.com/2009/01/06/a-look-at-how-we-eat-now-america-eats-by-pat-willard/

This week’s selection of former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture lit up sustainable food systems listservs like a switchboard. Vilsack’s nomination is not without contro...

https://civileats.com/2008/12/21/advice-to-new-ag-secretary-channel-another-son-of-iowa/

The election is over, and it’s time to think about the future. Glass ceilings have been shattered, and all sorts of barriers we thought existed have disappeared. I’ve got gardening on my mind...

https://civileats.com/2008/11/11/victory-garden-revival-needs-a-presidential-ask/

Last week, while the market experienced a kind of volatility that had nearly everyone drawing parallels with the Great Depression, I had the privilege of participating in the Western Regional A...

https://civileats.com/2008/10/24/montana-food-efforts-a-great-model-for-hard-times/

This morning in San Francisco, the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden broke ground, marking an important milestone in the city’s progress towards becoming a model for government-supported communit...

https://civileats.com/2008/07/01/victory-gardens-as-purpose/