March 2005

Chicago’s Organic Love Affair

Chicago Goes Organic
Top chefs, regional family farmers, national sustainable activists, all come together at Navy Pier FamilyFarmed.org Expo. by ERIN MEYER

Edible Schoolyards
Before heading to Chicago to show her documentary, The Future of Food, Deborah Koons Garcia sits down with Alice Waters, the doyenne of Chez Panisse, to discuss changing the nation’s fast food culture. by PAUL SHALMY

Goodness Greeness
Local brothers’ organic distributorship moves out of the family garage and into warehouse due to growing demand for pesticide-free food. by AMANDA-GRACE SERAFIN

Walking for Life
Spiritual activist Satish Kumar’s eco-vision. by PYTHIA PEAY

Suspicious Shots
Are some pet vaccines doing more harm than good? by DEBORAH STRAW

BackWords: The Complex Search for Simplicity
by ROBIN OLSON MAYBERRY