Category Archives: Old Blog bits

The Long Road

Posted on 28/05/2013 by fishinthewater

So recently I was skimming through my inbox, which is full of things from years past, and came across this lengthy email that I wrote to a friend at the time while I was in Germany. I have edited one … Continue reading →

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Food Inc

Posted on 03/01/2010 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on 25 September 2009. I love this town. No, I really do. Whenever there is a need, the entire town comes together to support that need. And the need last night was to support Colchester Farm, CSA, the … Continue reading →

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Old Links Galore

Posted on 02/01/2010 by fishinthewater

So here’s the last of the load of links from my old blog. Go over there and read, if any of it sounds curious. Sweet Surprise (High Fructose Corn Syrup, anyone?) Part 2 of Sweet Surprise Ranting about local foods … Continue reading →

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Der Markt

Posted on 28/12/2009 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on 6 June 2009. One thing, at least, Germany has in common with Chestertown. Well, again, sort of. Usually two or three times a week, every city or village has a farmer’s market. The curious thing about the … Continue reading →

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Local Co-op(ted)

Posted on 27/12/2009 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on 22 June 2009. This was a fun one. When Local Makes it Big So I like to talk about local foods on this blog. When I use the term, I am thinking in my head of something … Continue reading →

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Green Vaginas (for the holidays!)

Posted on 25/12/2009 by fishinthewater

My Christmas present to you! The original Green Vagina lecture, that got banned from my “work” blog on grounds that I couldn’t use the word vagina in a work related context. Screw that. Here it is, originally published sometime in … Continue reading →

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Green Elitism

Posted on 23/12/2009 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on 19 April 2009. Not really related to food, but as I am about to move onto a farm in the middle of a lot of people who have been farming for ten generations who aren’t too fond … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Food

Posted on 22/12/2009 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on February 9, 2009. Still a frickin awesome book. It is amazing since this book came out how often I am hearing people referring to the ideas in it. This is the kind of case where an informed … Continue reading →

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King Corn, Pt II

Posted on 17/12/2009 by fishinthewater

Originally posted on 28.1.09 on George Goes Green Part one of the post was kind of boring. Decided to revisit this as I bought the dvd for my dad for Christmas… Among the many, many things we discussed last night … Continue reading →

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Totally Disgusted

Posted on 23/11/2009 by fishinthewater

This old post suddenly become even more relevant in light of this terrifying post: The New MSG. This actually happened to someone I know, and reading this gets me riled as hell at our health care system as much as … Continue reading →

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