Organic DOES NOT MEAN Pesticide free.

This is a pet peeve of mine, and one that I think is a harmful myth perpetuated by the “green revolution.” It is also a misconception I saw illuminated in the words of Julie Cummins, the director of education at the Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture (in this Chowhound thread). She tells consumers: [...]

The Food Revolution is going to be televised?

I’m not a huge student of reality TV; however, you can understand how a student writing his thesis on Community Supported Agriculture as a Tool for Food Justice would be interested in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Now I’ve already briefly talked about why I think the show has failed to address the underlying issues in [...]

The Perils of Long Term Planning

Its a wonder at some level that the express stops along the IRT were so well planned from the outset and most were located at critical junctures before development could even take place. Second Avenue Sagas mused the other day about how Columbus Circle managed to not be an express stop whereas 72nd street did? [...]

The MTA; another way out?

These images are taken from Benajmin over at Second Avenue Sagas, and I’m borrowing them as a great historical image about the power of transit construction, to summarize the point he very elegantly makes, but the story of New York’s development pattern is highly related to subway construction. Flushing is shown in the top image [...]