It Doesn’t Have to be Complicated!

Eat outside – being outside doesn’t have to be complicated.

Sometimes I think when we are planning to get more outside time there’s a temptation to get all complicated. Personally I like the planning stage of outside time to be a lot shorter than the actual outside time! Doesn’t food taste better when you are in [...]

Safe, Sustainable, Food and Water – Consumers Union

Safe food and safe water are arguably our most precious resources. I don’t take them for granted. When a threat to our food and water safety comes around I need for someone to be paying attention, because I may not be. Consumers Union is one of the organizations who keep track of this kind of [...]

Beans Are Better Than Steak!

It was Saturday night and I was in the kitchen cooking. “Can’t we have beans for dinner. Beans are better than steak!” It’s not quite the words I expected to hear as I tossed a couple of KC Strip Steaks under the broiler. It was even more surprising to me that these words were coming [...]

What do people eat in Kansas?

OK, I’ll admit it’s a stupid question, I mean, we’re not aliens in Kansas! A better question might be, “If people living in Kansas could only eat food grown sustainably in Kansas what would they eat?”

When I was interviewing Dr Rhonda R Janke about sustainable agriculture a few weeks back she sent me an interesting [...]

Taste of the Sea

kid eating sand by gill wildman

Why is it that toddlers on the beach like to put sand in their mouths? Do they just want a taste of the sea?

My earliest memories of the beach are of sandwiches- quite literally – and crisps (potato chips) which tasted distinctly gritty. I was old enough to know [...]