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Friday Photos (& video!) – OMG ANIMALZ

12. Feb, 2010 2 Comments

A look back at all the photogenic beasts I met on the road.

FUN, fauna, photography, video

animals, featured posts, funny animals, photography, photos, video

Joel Salatin and the Future of Food

America's favorite farmer expounds on sustainability, grass, pigs and protoplasm!

26. Jan, 2010 3 Comments

In Virginia, I meet Joel Salatin for a rare personal sermon/tour of Polyface, the farm that’s changing agriculture in the 21st century.

Eco-Dining? Not on Cape Cod.

Part 2 of a 4-part series on tourism's impact in the Cape

17. Dec, 2009 3 Comments

Raina Stefani wants tourists to ask, “Where does my food come from?” So far, not many are interested.

Provincetown, fauna, food, things to do

dining, ecotourism, environment, food, Massachusetts, Provincetown, sustainable, tourism, travel, truro, water

Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop

In which I cynically poop on your shell collection.

16. Dec, 2009 7 Comments

Ah, the joys of shell collecting: millions and millions of dead animals imported from Asia. With googly eyes.

buy nothing, ecotourism, environment, featured posts, harvesting, nature, photography, seashells, sustainable, tourism, water

Chicken in the City

Or, How to Have Fun in New York Without Spending Money!

11. Nov, 2009 8 Comments

Travel doesn’t have to be expensive–or even scary. Here’s how I saw Manhattan for the grand sum of ten dollars. (Featuring The Navigator!)

The Waterpod: life on a New York boat

12. Oct, 2009 1 Comment

How a group of artists created a sustainable life on the waterways of New York–and what we can learn from their shortcomings.

Yesterday I told you all about Farmer John’s struggle to save his family’s farm and preserve his unique identity (The Real Dirt on American Counterculture: How Farmer John made ideals come true).
From a family farm, the place has grown a lot. These days, Angelic Organics does a lot of education, from on-farm training to urban [...]

Chicken shit bingo from Jessica Reeder on Vimeo.

Chicken Shit Bingo!

01. Jul, 2009 1 Comment

Chicken Shit Bingo is pretty straightforward. As a matter of fact, once your eyes adjust to the dimness of Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon, you pretty much can’t miss the game.
The bar is small, hot, and packed with Lone-Star-sippin’ Texans. Directly inside the entrance is a pool table with a bitchin’ NASCAR lamp hanging above it, [...]