Yay! I think I just broke the back of the new book. Watch this space for more on that front. But now that I've a draft that I'm reasonably happy with, I can return to more posting here, more activism, and a little bit more going outside than I've managed this year.

With that in mind, I've two events coming up over the next couple of days. If you're in New York and are interested in the food riots that happened there in 1917, I'll be talking tomorrow after a performance in Downtown Manhattan of Give Us Bread. I've written about this project before, and I continue to think it's terrific. Do support them if you can, and if you're free tomorrow night, do come along. Tickets here. ... read more »

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Posted on 10 June, 2009 - 16:08

The Edible Schoolyard is a non-profit program located on the campus of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, California. The cooking and gardening program grew out of a conversation between chef and author Alice Waters, and former King Middle School Principal Neil Smith. Planning commenced in 1995 and two years later, more than an acre of asphalt parking lot had been cleared. A cover crop was planted to enrich the soil, and in 1997, the school’s unused 1930s cafeteria kitchen was refurbished to house the kitchen classroom.

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Posted on 28 November, 2006 - 22:56