Thursday's Thinking of Food

OK, so since I started this weekly post, it seems all sorts of food-related information has been landing in my lap, (no pun intended). Lots of fun morsels today, so here goes:

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*Triscuit, (yes, the woven wheat crackers that go great with a spreadable cheese), is sponsoring a "Home Farming movement." Their website states: "Triscuit has created this site with help from Urban Farming, a non-profit organization, to help build a home farming community where both beginners and more seasoned gardeners can dialogue and gather information towards their common mission: to reap food that is deliciously fresh, penny-wise, healthier for themselves and the planet." Pretty cool. The site has crop guides, tips for growing vegetables at home, and more information about the movement. Right now, inside specially-marked boxes of Triscuit are basil and dill seeds ready to plant!

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*SunChips, (you know, those delicious, multi-grain chips--of which I could eat an entire bag of Garden Salsa flavor in one sitting), well they now boast 100% compostable packaging. They have designed each 10.5 oz. SunChips package to fully break down in 14 weeks, when placed in a hot, active compost bin or pile. They even tell all about their journey to create a better bag on their website--see it here. New plant-based bags coming Earth Day 2010. Way to go, SunChips.

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*New blog to follow: Fed Up With Lunch: The School Lunch Project. {I found this blog via blogging friend Sarah McColl of Pink of Perfection-also a great blog to check out!}. Mrs. Q, the author of the blog, is a public school teacher and has decided to eat school lunch with her kids every day in 2010 to raise awareness about what the kids have to eat. If you haven't been in a school cafeteria in a while, it's pretty eye-opening, although some districts are better than others. When I taught in Santa Clara, CA, sushi was a daily option on the middle school lunch line... But, in many districts, french fries are considered a vegetable. (Reminiscent of when Reagan tried to say ketchup was a vegetable in school lunches--anyone else remember that?) Scary stuff.

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*Good Magazine--one of my favorite things to read when it shows up in my mailbox--wants your help! The project is called Foodstamps and Farmers' Markets. The objective is to make it easy to use and accept food stamps at farmers' markets. They want you to come up with a low-cost, easy to implement solution...barter?delivery? centralized check out? Post a comment, tweet @GOOD, or e-mail projects[at]goodinc[dot]com with your solution to the problem of how to accept food stamps at farmers' markets. Your response can take the form of a sentence, a paragraph, a sketch, an annotated photo—whatever you think will best convey your idea. Deadline is Monday, March 29. You can purchase a year's subscription to Good magazine, ("The magazine for people who give a damn"), for only $20--and all proceeds go to a social action project...details here.

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*And to wrap-up today, I know I have been posting a lot about Earth Fare recently, but man, they've been doing a lot of cool things lately! The most recent cool thing I've heard from them is that every Thursday, starting today, from 4-8 pm will be Family Dinner Night at Earth Fare and KIDS EAT FREE with the purchase of an adult meal of $5 or more. The kid's meal includes any kid's sandwich or 1/2 wrap, served with chips, or a slice of pizza. Click here to see the new "Itty Bitty Bites Menu," full of healthful options for kids. Earth Fare is using it's new Itty Bitty Bites initiative to try eliminate childhood obesity; click here to read more.


Have a great weekend, y'all! Heading to Charlotte tomorrow night to see Ben Folds and a Piano--post about that later in the weekend!

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