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Humphry Slocombe: Scooping It Green, Simply
Maggie Feuchter | March 8, 2010

When I'm lucky enough make a trip back home to San Francisco, I try to indulge in childhood nostalgia as much as possible. Quite often that involves some sort of food. If I get my way, the family takes a trip up Russian Hill so we can get a scoop or sundae from Swensen's, which has been a Feuchter family favorite since before I was even around.

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From Madison to Manhattan: Underground Food Collective Shares Their Community
Maggie Feuchter | January 25, 2010

As a Manhattan girl on a budget, I relish the opportunity to have a nice meal out every once in a while. But when I find out that the Underground Food Collective is making a trek to New York City for one of their many-coursed meals, I lose all sense of fiscal responsibility and drop few nice dinners’ worth of dough without a second thought in order to attend. And after partaking in their dinner for a third time, I’m already saving up my dollars for when they return.

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The Linkery Learns From Its Mistakes, and Changes a Bit of the World in the Process
Scott Ballum | January 14, 2010

The Linkery in San Diego’s North Park is one of the hottest, if not the most recommended, farm-to-table, high caliber restaurant around. But if owner Jay Porter were in the same position now as he was in 2004, he certainly wouldn’t open a restaurant again.

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A Personal Tour Guide to Independent San Diego
Scott Ballum | January 10, 2010

Sometimes it feels like you just lucked out and cold-called the right guy. I just came back from lunch with Nate Benedetto, the founder and publisher of San Diego's Urbanist Guide, and I can't imagine a better person to know as I slowly settle myself into a longish stint on the West Coast. Since the Professor got a job teaching out here, I've been bouncing back and forth to Brooklyn, which means I've just had little tastes of what the city has to offer.

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Madecasse Chocolate: a Sweeter Startup for International Aid
Scott Ballum | December 21, 2009

Every startup, one way or another, is born when someone with a vision sees an opportunity for innovation and economic sustainability where others haven’t. What makes the founders of Madécasse unique is that these visions of prosperity had nothing to do with with themselves and everything to do with a island nation that was exporting its resources without reaping its fullest benefits.

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Brooklyn Food Coalition
| November 17, 2009

The Brooklyn Food Coalition is a grassroots partnership of individuals and groups who strive to give an effective voice to all those who live in or serve Brooklyn and wish to achieve a just and sustainable system for tasty, healthy, and affordable food.

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Meet the Farmer! Bring your bikes!
Scott Ballum | November 11, 2009

This past Saturday night, I was lucky enough to be a part of an amazing community event in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. Though their businesses approach social and environmental issues in very different ways, five unique endeavors came together for one really fun night, each contributing in their own ways and engaging with their community.

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Sea to Table, a Family's Direct Line from Sustainable Fisheries
Scott Ballum | November 3, 2009

Chefs in St. Louis like him because they can serve fresh Mahi-Mahi just 24 hours out of the water. A single-boat fisherman in the Bering Sea likes him because he now has a national market and increased revenue. FedEx likes him because they have a contract to use gel ice and time/temperature indicators to deliver perishable goods from Tobago to restaurants all over the United States. He’s also a proactive member of the newly-formed Common Spaces cooperative workspace in Brooklyn, quick with a beer run or pizza order.

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An Early Bird Report from New Amsterdam Market
Maggie Feuchter | November 3, 2009

There’s not much that will get me out of bed before 7 AM other than food, or more specifically, a market. Growing up in San Francisco, from the age of 10 onwards, I would religiously get up in the wee Saturday hours to drive down with my mom and neighbor to snag a prime parking spot and the best stuff that the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market had to offer. Besides that, and maybe some early morning plane flights, I wouldn’t be caught dead waking up before the break of day, especially on the weekends.

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The Organic Progression, Stemming From the Counter
Scott Ballum | October 30, 2009

I first encountered Counter, the East Village organic vegetarian bar and bistro, while tracing back my food habits and options during my year of consuming conciously.  One of my favorite vendors at the Union Square Greenmarket, serving up the wraps and turnovers I'd been lunching on for months (and exclusively once the project started) pointed me towards the kitchen in which his goods were prepared—and I dropped in to follow the chain back.