Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

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 [...]

Sprouting alfalfa at home is so easy, you’ll wonder why you ever paid so much for it at the store.

Dorothee & me (Mark was holding the camera)

While in Chicago, one of the things I was looking forward to was meeting the brilliant minds behind OrganicNation.tv. Dorothee Royal-Hedinger and Mark Boyer have put together a great site, dedicated to furthering the cause of organics in America. My friend TRUE (aka Jennifer Palmer) had put us [...]

Most places I visit, I stay a while; Chicago, however, was an exception. I would’ve liked to stay longer: the July sun was high and the neighborhood gardens were flourishing, and it seemed like the perfect time to run around a town I’d heard tons about. Plus, I wanted to hang out with some of [...]