Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Jamie's not the only chef pushing fresh and local. The Manic Organic in
Canada is another, the "man out-standing in his field" ;-) Others in the
U.S. appear on food programs. 

This is from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Waters

"Alice Louise Waters (born 28 April 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey), one of
the best-known and most influential American chefs since the 1970s, is
credited with single-handedly creating a culinary revolution in the United
States. She is the founder and co-owner of Chez Panisse, the original
"California Cuisine" restaurant in Berkeley, California, as well as the
informal Cafe Fanny in West Berkeley. A champion of locally-grown and fresh
ingredients, she has been credited with creating and developing California
Cuisine and has written or co-written several books on the subject,
including the influential Chez Panisse Cooking (written with then-chef Paul
Bertolli). She has also promoted organic and small farm products heavily in
her restaurants, in her books, and in her Edible Schoolyard program at the
King Middle School in Berkeley. Her ideas for "edible education" have been
introduced into the entire Berkeley school system, and with the current
crisis in childhood obesity, have attracted the attention of the national
media.

"Waters advocates eating locally produced foods that are in season, because
she believes that the international shipment of mass-produced food is both
harmful to the environment and produces an inferior product for the
consumer."
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paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 3/26/2008 at 12:39 PM TamesonOB wrote:

>I've seen Jamie Oliver's new show and you know I am not one bit surprised 
>it's stirred up excitement for allotments. Who wouldn't want a garden like

>his? it's magnificent even in the middle of winter (last week's episode). 
>Also he uses a lot of veg that you can't get at the grocery store (or at 
>least I can't) and I have a list of  "Jamie's ingredients" to grow so I
>can 
>try some of his recipes. BTW the guardian is on year 2 of it's own organic

>allotment experience. Their blog is an interesting read even if it does 
>incite envy in me as their season is so far ahead of mine.
>
>Tameson in NH
>
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