Tue, 10/12/2010 – 2:10pm On a cold March day in 2006, Sandra Steingraber called The Land Connection and mentioned that her grandmother Leah Maurer had passed away at age 100. At the time she contacted The Land Connection, Steingraber said, “I had already succumbed to the inevitability of losing this farm to urban sprawl development […]
Designer Fashion on eBay to Benefit The Land Connection
Tue, 09/28/2010 – 1:55pm What’s black and white and read all over… and will raise money for The Land Connection? Lara Miller, a Chicago-based eco-designer, has created a one-of-a-kind party dress (100% recycled material AND 100% biodegradable) for the Green Catwalk event held last week in New York City. Now it’s on eBay and for […]
Safe Eggs Come From Healthy Hens (Duh!)
Wed, 09/22/2010 – 10:21am The results are in! Barry Estabrook took the challenge, sent eggs from his free-ranging hens to a lab to be tested and . . . no salmonella! This may seem like no big deal, but his hens, like those my family raises, my grandparents raised, and countless generations before them raised […]
Eat Well to Be Well (A Love Story)
Wed, 09/22/2010 – 10:42am OK, I admit it, I’ve just fallen in love. This morning. Over my New York Times and coffee. With two guys, doctors no less. This is the line that got me: Food is at the center of health and illness . . . and so doctors must make all aspects of […]
A New Documentary, Living Downstream, Coming to Illinois
Fri, 09/10/2010 – 12:22pm Join The Land Connection and local sponsors in welcoming Dr. Sandra Steingraber and film-maker Chanda Chevannes to the Illinois screenings of the new documentary that explores the connections between chemicals in our environment (including agricultural chemicals) and cancer. Immediately following each screening is a Q/A session with central IL native and […]
Not Putting All Our Eggs in One Basket
Sat, 09/04/2010 – 4:07pm I’m living dangerously. I just made a Sunshine Cake whose main ingredient is (gasp!) eggs. Yes, dear reader: I licked the bowl. And the spatula. And the beaters, too. But I have not a shred of fear, because the eggs came from my brother Henry’s farm. He has a few dozen […]
