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Loco for Locavore: 9 Ways to Taste the Food of the Futurenew

In a world where big brand mayo companies are pushing their locavore roots, we've got to cut through the noise. To help you freshen up your locavore diet we're feeding you nine freshly-picked ideas that source no further than 100 miles from your front door and grow as close 10 feet from your back steps.

NOW Magazine | Adria Vasil | 04-19-2011 | Food+Drink

Tags: locavore, local food, environment, health, gardening

Awesome Green Roof Designs Invade Cities, but On-High Agriculture Isn't Ready for its Closeupnew

It turns out that not all building walls can bear the extra load of soil on roofs, especially the box stores thrown up for the lowest price to move discounted goods. There are also security and safety issues with having so many people on roofs, issues that planners are still wrestling with.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 11-02-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: green roofs, food, gardening, urban planning

Cultivating Honey the Bee's Knees for West Philly Residentsnew

Bartram's Garden, the pre-revolutionary estate of naturalist John Bartram, has become home to the buzz of honeybee colonies tended by passionate locals.

Philadelphia Weekly | Dan Packel | 08-03-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: City Harvest Program, Joe Duffy, John Bartram, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Southwest Philadelphia, gardening, Beekeeping

Chives: A Sign of Springnew

Along with onions, garlic, and other pungent shoots and bulbs -- oddly including asparagus -- chives are part of the allium, or lily, family. Includes recipes for Chive and White Bean Hummus and Pan Roast Salmon with Chive Beurre Blanc.

Artvoice | Joe George | 05-16-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: recipes, salmon, gardening, chives, hummus

School Garden Programs Hope to Change Kids' Relationship with Foodnew

If there's a downside to teaching children how to nurture a green, nutritious school garden, it's hard to fathom. The list of touted benefits is lengthy: students reap fresh air and physical exercise, hands-on participation, awareness of the natural environment, so called "school bonding," and an unprecedented taste for raw spinach.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Dina Maccabee | 04-16-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: local food, Education, gardening, organic

Resourceful Home Brewers Grow Their Own Ingredientsnew

Growing some of the plants needed for that five-gallon batch of beer will bring new meaning to the term hand-crafted. Plus, growing your own beer ingredients is a great way to brew green.

Isthmus | Robin Shepard | 04-14-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: Beer, gardening, organic, home brewing