If you eat, thank a woman. Women grow almost half our food. If you’re celebrating Women’s History Month (and you should), celebrate the femme farmers in your life. A shout-out to my local farmers. They are dynamic, they are diverse, they are organic, traditional, urban, hydroponic, they every flavor of Miami, and they’re all women….
A Taste of Honey
Yesterday, our back yard was hectic with bees, zipping back and forth in the sunlight, turning the air golden and making me briefly and fizzingly optimistic. Bees are indicative of a healthy ecosystem. They provide plant pollination, fertilizing up to a third of the crops we eat. When you look at it that way, they’re…
Earth Month Special: Stone Soup
Jesus, it is said, made wine from water and fashioned loaves and fishes from thin air. The rest of us must acquire foodstuff by more conventional means. But being Earth Month and all, I’m hoping miracles are on the menu. I did not wake up on Earth Day feeling the presence of miracles, I woke…
