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Get Up and Grow: Interview with Michael Ableman
The Jew & The Carrot | October 2nd 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
A farmer, an educator and an activist, Michael Ableman is also a photographer and a writer. His three books include his latest, Fields of Plenty: A farmer’s journey in search of real food and the people who grow it, for which Ableman traveled N read more
Rosh Hashanah Round Up
The Jew & The Carrot | September 28th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Hazon’s Executive Director, Nigel, likes to quote Reb Shlomo Carlebach with the idea that the Jewish holidays come around to remind us of the things we should be doing all year. For example - in theory, we should always work to clear out the s read more
Away From Home, Students Take on Tradition
The Jew & The Carrot | September 26th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Headache, fatigue and a metaphysical hunger for chocolate: the sure signs of sugar withdrawal, and during Pesach 2002, in post-industrial Wisconsin, I had to settle for potato chips and jelly. Potato chips and jelly. Yep, you heard me. Picture an 18 read more
Shabbat Shalom from the Saddle
The Jew & The Carrot | August 29th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Shabbat Shalom from everyone at Hazon and The New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! To find out about the Ride or to sponsor a rider, click here. read more
Food Delivered by Bicycle!
The Jew & The Carrot | August 25th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Hazon’s New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride is starts this weekend! The office is buzzing with last minute details, and piles of water bottles, cue sheets and other random gear are sprouting on just about every available surface. In homage read more
Agriprocessors, Elsewhere
The Jew & The Carrot | August 12th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
The news about Agriprocessors is spreading both within and beyond the Jewish community, reaching sites as nearby as a Jewish educators’ conference in Vermont, and as far away as acclaimed political publications like The Nation and The Huffingto read more
Jack Nash z”l
Jewlicious | July 31st 2008
Nigel Savage, founder of Hazon, has written a moving letter about legacy of Jack Nash, who passed away today at the age of 79. Nash had a huge impact in the Jewish world, and may his memory serve as an inspiration and a blessing. New York Thursday read more
Make Your Own Sports Drink
The Jew & The Carrot | July 24th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Imagine you are out on your bike (or running, rock climbing, extreme gardening - whatever you like to do) on a hot day. You’re sweaty and tired, and feeling like you need a boost of energy. The question is, do you reach for a bottle of Gatora read more
Water Shortages in the Middle East - and a Bit of Hope
The Jew & The Carrot | July 22nd 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Monday (7/21) New York Times article, The Food Chain: Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water, was a good reminder to me as to why I am glad to be involved with Hazon, and the work that we do to create a healthier and more sustainable world. Le read more
Eating Our Values: Hazon’s Food Values Statement
The Jew & The Carrot | July 22nd 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Ever since that fateful board meeting bagel brunch back in January, Hazon has been on a quest to align our mission to create a “healthier and more sustainable Jewish community” with our own food purchasing and practices. As we do in many read more
Home Grown: Did Jews Start the Food Movement?
The Jew & The Carrot | July 18th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Hazon and The Jew & The Carrot may be the homes of the new Jewish food movement, but in a way the general food movement, even without the ‘Jewish’ modifier, is still very Jewish. I am not referring to the fact that, much like many pro read more
Get the Bug Out - Washing Greens
The Jew & The Carrot | July 9th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Thanks to Eve Jochnowitz for this guest post. Eve teaches Yiddish, Jewish Studies, and Culinary History at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Culinary Center of New York - she is also a Tuv Ha’Aretz CSA member at the 14th Street Y read more
Ancient Texts Online: Rising Messiahs and Reproduced Mandaean Sou…
Exploring Our Matrix | July 7th 2008 by James McGrath
A 2,000 year old stone tablet has (once again) been making news headlines because of its possible reference to a Messiah who rises after 3 days. Of course, the truth of the matter is that there are numerous difficulties involved in reading and then read more
Jewish Farmers Roll Into Town
The Jew & The Carrot | June 23rd 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Last week, Adamah dropped off our first-ever Tuv Ha’Aretz share to Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York. It felt somewhat historic (bashert? destined?) to finally bring together the young Jewish farmers at Adamah with Hazon’s Je read more
Unboxed: For the Love of Leeks
The Jew & The Carrot | June 17th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Rabbi Rebecca Joseph is a conservative rabbi, a cultural anthropologist, and a Tuv Ha’Aretz member! Her blog, The Parve Baker is filled with delicious recipes and (equally delicious) words of Torah. This is her second installment of “Unboxed& read more
Jewish Farming - From the Field
The Jew & The Carrot | June 16th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Thanks to Moshe Cohen for this guest post. Moshe is participating in Hillel’s Sustainable Agriculture Alternative Break at Kayam Farm in Maryland and sending in “reports from the field.” The alternative break is being led by the J read more
Tuv Ha’Aretz Chicago: Soggy Start to the Season
The Jew & The Carrot | June 11th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
One of the primary differences between shopping at a supermarket and joining a CSA is that, in the latter model, customers benefit along with their partner farmer when the weather is good, and share the burden when the weather is excessively hot, wet read more
Rabbi Morris Allen Reports from Postville
The Jew & The Carrot | May 30th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Yesterday, Hazon organized a conference call with Rabbi Morris Allen for our staff, board, and volunteer leaders of our food programs. Rabbi Allen is the founder of Hekhsher Tzedek, and and just came back from visiting Postville, Iowa along with his read more
Digest This: All Eyes on Agriprocessors
The Jew & The Carrot | May 28th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Here’s a roundup of the latest from the Agriprocessors scandal: Take a hike, son. Amidst the recent flurry of calls from Jewish communal leaders to boycott Agriprocessors’ products (including the Uri L’tzedek boycott, which Hazon read more
Eating Like a Champ - Sports Nutrition with Chana Citron
The Jew & The Carrot | May 20th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Last night Hazon sponsored a sports nutrition workshop at the 14th Street Y. We invited Chana Citron, nutrition and wellness consultant, to help us learn feeding ourselves as we increase our physical activity with the change of the seasons. We wanted read more
Food, Faith & Farming Event - Tomorrow Night in NY
The Jew & The Carrot | May 12th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Reminder: Tomorrow night’s Food, Faith & Farming panel in New York is a must-attend event for Jewish foodies and food lovers of all stripes. If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet - now is the time! Join Gastronomica for a panel d read more
Shwarmonic Convergence
The Jew & The Carrot | May 5th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
The incredibly talented visual artist, Mat Tonti, created a beautiful rendition of the controversial goat schecting at last year’s Hazon Food Conference for PresenTense Magazine. It captures the event, the mood, and the whole experience perfec read more
Getting Beyond the Bagel Platter
The Jew & The Carrot | April 28th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
Last January, Hazon began an organizational soul-search to explore how we could model our values by sourcing and serving healthy and sustainable food at our meetings and events. Our ultimate goals are lofty - we want to serve food that is: sustain read more
Michael Pollan on Counting the Omer (and the Freedom to Bother)
The Jew & The Carrot | April 25th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
In last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine’s Green Issue, Michael Pollan asked the question that tugs at the anxious heartstrings of every environmentalist, “why bother?” “What’s the point of living green?” he read more
The Kale Haters
The Jew & The Carrot | March 27th 2008 by The Jew & The Carrot
I admit it - I live in a bubble. A tiny, insulated bubble within which everyone cares about eating ethically, and while some people eat meat and some don’t, just about everyone can agree about the merits of garlic-sauteed kale. Inside my cozy read more
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