(photo courtesy of Library of Congress)

We try to acknowledge the good work of people and organizations dedicated to improving the nation’s food supply by posting info about them and providing links to their web sites. We’ve been impressed by the sheer number of Americans involved in improving the sustainability of food production, promoting family farms, encouraging the purchase of locally grown produce, teaching children to eat healthy, protecting the livelihoods of the people who produce food, and making foods using traditional artisanal methods.

We’re convinced that people want to know more about where their food comes from, how it was produced, and who made it; just as we like telling the story of the people behind the foods we’ve selected for our web site. People are excited about producing food that is the opposite of the highly processed food that dominates the fast food industry and takes up so much supermarket shelf space. Many have returned to practices that have been around for centuries, even millennia! By using traditional methods they’re turning out foods that are delicious, unique, and healthy. Sometimes it seems like everything old is new again.

To read a thoughtful essay that appears in the March issue of Conscious Choice click here: The New Rules of Food, By Alan Mammoser