After seeing how government regulations benefit industrial agriculture at the expense of family farms, Judith McGeary left her legal practice to form the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance in 2006.
Many of us feel passionately about certain issues, but may become too overwhelmed by the sheer complexity to even know how to take action. We can help.
It seems with every food and farm bill that makes its way through Congress, small family farms, ranches, dairies and small, local artisanal food producers take a hit. A bigger hit it seems than their corporate counterparts.
The standard American approach to cooking is to come up with dinner plans and then shop for the ingredients. Buying local takes more creativity. You need to look at what’s available at the market and then plan your menu accordingly.
Dana McCoy is a food broker by day and a Belly Dancer by night. She’s also a certified personal trainer and holds Boot Camps as well as Belly Dancing cardio classes.She will be a first time mother before the year is out.
Artisanal food products come and go. The ones that have staying power aren’t simply tasty or versatile, they”re well thought out from a business, sales and marketing perspective.
You’re the one people point to as a fantastic cook. You get requests for your culinary creations the way radio listeners request songs from Disc Jockeys. Family and friends have told you more than once that you ought to “bottle that stuff and sell it.” You’ve finally come to a point in life that you are willing to give that a try. Now what?
Austin, Texas food broker, Dana McCoy, doesn’t just walk the talk–she eats it. As the proprietor of Yum Runnerz, this energetic belly dancing personal trainer and mom-to-be not only assists local food crafters by obtaining wider distribution for their products, she also uses those products in her own culinary creations.
With a growing number of self-professed foodies, food bloggers, artisans, chefs and other culinary enthusiasts who wax eloquently, knowledgeably and even cynically about Austin’s growing food culture and offerings, Slow Food Austin decided it seemed fitting to test their mettle with a good-natured competition.
It’s been said that bread is the staff of life. But bread and other baked goods made with wheat, rye and barley–as well as processed foods containing gluten– can cause about 1 in 100 people who eat it all kinds of problems.
