Community, Neighborhoods, Videos — Monday, May 10, 2010 11:41
The New Heroics
Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
Sunday, May 2, 2010 22:36
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver has been drawn to the kitchen since he was a child working in his father’s pub-restaurant. He showed not only a precocious culinary talent but [...]
Is it Pork without a Hog?
Thursday, April 29, 2010 22:27
The hog has gone the way of the eggplant, of corn, of wheat: pork will soon be produced by white cloaked scientists in laboratorys far away. Dutch scientists are transforming the stem cells from a hog into edible pork. This meat posesses the consistency of a scallop and is deficient in protein, yet could be used [...]
Abby’s Table-Gluten and Dairy Free
Monday, April 19, 2010 9:10
Abby’s Table Sauces, Dips and Dressings are 100% organic and free of gluten, dairy, soy, casein and refined sugar. Handmade in Portland, Oregon, our products are refrigerated to maintain optimum nutritional integrity. We are proud to announce that our delicious sauces are being sold in the following Portland retail locations:
Is it still meat?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 19:46
The evolution of agricultural science which lifted off in the 1960′s (well, the process may have started in the forties, but didn’t actually receive the sobriquet “Green Revolution” until sometime in the 1960′s) worked increasingly well: Oregonstate.com grain production increased signifcantly, yet ”global increase in crop yields per” hectare “across 1961 – 1999 were accompanied [...]
Abby’s Table – Food Your Body Loves
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 18:31
Abby’s Table Sauces, Dips and Dressings are 100% organic and free of gluten, dairy, soy, casein and refined sugar. Handmade in Portland, Oregon, our products are refrigerated to maintain optimum nutritional integrity. We are proud to announce that our delicious sauces are being sold in the following Portland retail locations:
Purchase Promotional Space with Dibits
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 19:26
Sign up for our Dibspace Community and Buy Promotion Space for 50 dibits for your Product or Services Here at the Market Place. Instead of using cash to post your products online use dibits. This is one tool we are using to get the economy going. What is Dibspace? Check it out here.
Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery
Monday, March 29, 2010 20:51
In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research — and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now. As an author, a professor of [...]
Partaking in making our cities and communities smarter.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 13:42
To make our cities and communities smarter, we must become a little smarter ourselves, seeking information and an agenda to forge connections enabling collaboration. Many people hope that someday soon, leaders will combine technological capabilities and social innovation to help produce a smarter world.
Zeitgeist
Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:02
Started in late 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement exists fundamentally as the communication and activist arm of an organization called The Venus Project. The basic pursuit of The Movement is to begin a transition into a new, sustainable social design called a “Resource-Based Economy”. This term was first coined by Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project and [...]
