Organic Foods

SMU Researchers Prove that Eating Organic Makes You Live Longer -- If You're a Fly

There was a minor furor in the media last year when a study conducted by a researcher at Standford's medical school concluded that organic fruits and vegetables are no healthier than their conventionally raised counterparts. This wasn't quite as newsworthy as the headlines made it sound, since the s ... More >>

Famed Sustainable Farmer Joel Salatin In Town for Dinner, Conversation and a Workshop

The evangelical-esque farmer Joel Salatin, who gained icon status from The Omnivore's Dilemma and the documentary "Food Inc.," which referenced his work as examples of sustainable farming, will be in town next week for two events. The first is a dinner and conversation at Four Corners Brewery, which ... More >>

Whole Foods Announces GMO Labeling and Transparency Goal

Austin-based Whole Foods Market has announced that by 2018 all products in U.S. stores must be labeled to indicate if they contain any genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This move by the natural and organic foods retailer marks the biggest step in a growing movement led by consumers and various ... More >>

Since Sharon Hage's Doing Menus for Bowlers and Pat Green, Why Not Really Expand Her Horizons?

Sharon Hage is a celebrated chef in Dallas' dining culture. She opened and ran the much-mourned York Street, the fine-dining restaurant that brought the farm-to-table movement to Dallas by showcasing simple, honest cooking based on high quality ingredients. So she's recently turned her efforts to co ... More >>

Origin Natural Food is Open on McKinney Avenue

I don't know about you, but I am enjoying the trend wherein "healthy" does not mean "low fat, low calorie, tastes like cardboard warmed over." Something can be healthy, good for you and not devoid of all fat and calories until there's nothing left but a shitty attitude. In fact, there are a few plac ... More >>

Dallas County Wants to Start a Garden at the Jail, Complete with Butterflies

Prison gardens have become something of a thing in recent years, sprouting in California, then taking root in an increasing number of jails and penitentiaries across the country. The benefits claimed by gardening advocates are numerous: reduced recidivism rates; skills that are transferable to life ... More >>

City of Plano Pushes Back on Farmers' Market Fight

Kari Gates grows seasonal fruits and vegetables over several acres of land at Spring Creek Organic Farms in West Plano. She drives her produce to several markets around the region, including Greenling. But, more recently she's exploring her options closer to home, particularly Fairview Farms near U. ... More >>

Is "Artisan" Food Made for the Masses Still "Artisan"?

Texas' Organic Farmers Descend on Dallas This Weekend, and You Can Nerd Out with Them

The Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (TOFGA), a non-profit educational organization that "supports farmers, ranchers and gardeners who grow food and fiber in a sustainable manner," arrives this week for its annual conference, at the Mesquite Convention Center, February 17 through 19.

Churning Desire: The Making of Dallas' Newest Artisanal Ice Cream

Even though Penelope Ryholt is a professional pastry chef, at night she dreams of even sweeter things. In a light pink chef's coat that accentuates her auburn hair and ivory skin, Ryholt says: "I use to lay in bed at night and dream of the kind of ice cream I wanted but couldn't find, so I decided t ... More >>

Whole Foods' Ramadan Promotion Controversy

​There's a storm brewing, but sadly for Dallas, this one won't bring rain. CNN jas followed up on a story from our sister blog in Houston, which reported that the food retailer pandered to right-wing pressure and canceled promotions related to the ongoing Ramadan holiday. Eating Our Words br ... More >>

Farm Fresh: Two Twentysomethings Dig In to Create a Sustainable Ag Project in Ponder

Photos by Anthony MarksDan Moon and Amanda Austin, faces for a new version of Grant Wood's "American Gothic."​Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma might have changed my thinking about food, but it sure didn't produce any big changes in my actions. Oh sure, there was plenty of stomping aroun ... More >>

Five CSAs That Aren't Just For Earth Day

​Earth Day is this week's cause celebre. Everyone from food trucks and arts institutions to television networks and giants of industry has jumped on the green bandwagon. Come Monday, many will have forgotten the simple message of how each of us can do our part to protect our planet. One method ... More >>

Get Ready for the Next Hard Liquor Made Organically--Texas-made Bourbon

​A Texas distillery has a shot at releasing the world's first organic bourbon, but the makers of a pioneering organic vodka say the spirit may not be an easy sell. Garrison Brothers Distillery, Texas' first legal whiskey distillery, is already producing bourbon that's organic in all but name. ... More >>

Down on the Farm: Are Women Being Denied Credit for Changes to Eating Habits?

In a less patriarchal and oppressive society, she'd be holding the pitchfork.​Ms. Magazine took on food politics this month, arguing in a cover story that women aren't getting enough credit for their contributions to the changing culinary landscape. Author Jennifer Cognard-Black fingers a "fa ... More >>

Doing Good In The Garden

Country Grammar

The Bees Needs

The Science Diet

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?Accor ... More >>

One Benefit of Having Urban Chickens? They Manufacture Some Great Garden Fertilizer.

Courtesy Leslie Finical HalleckThis would be Leslie's Polish hen Phyllis. Friend of the show Leslie Halleck is a horticulturist of some renown who chronicles her "Adventures in Urban Organic Gardening..." on her blog GrowLively. She's also general manager at North Haven Gardens and a veggie test-gar ... More >>

Farm to Market

North Haven Gardens gets fresh with you

A Cold Day In He...nderson Avenue

We're not sure what we did before Natsumi. One of the first responders to Dallas' need for fancy yet natural fro-yo has kept us in "healthi" cold treats for one year now. And we couldn't be more grateful. It even earned our "Best Ice Cream" designation in the 2008 Best of Dallas Awards. Well, they ... More >>

Food For Thought 3.05.09

"Consumer awareness for natural and organic foods is so much stronger now that more retailers want to imitate what we do." (Mark Dixon, southwest region president for Whole Foods, staking a trendsetting claim. As quoted in a Dallas Morning News story on the opening of a new Lakewood branch of the gr ... More >>

Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

One man’s attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex

Green Is Our Signature Color

The Dirt Doctor

How radio show host Howard Garrett pushed Dallas to the center of the organic gardening movement through passion, principle and molasses

Review: Villa-O

The "O" is for original and organic.

Not Easy Being Green

Whole Bull?

Green Yule

Best Free Lunch

Whole Foods Market

Best Herb

Redentas Organic Gardening Center

Doctor's In

It's easy being green

Dead Kennedy

Plus: J.Ho, The Human Weed

Green Giant

Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

Fly Cook

Jeff Moschetti joins team ZaZa

Best Health-food Store

Ann's Health Food Center

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