catapult magazine

vol. 7, num. 3 :: 2008.02.08 — 2008.02.22

In many parts of the world, the land is quiet at this time of year, but not inert. The soil is preparing for another year of planting and farmers are making plans for another season of crops…a good time to sit back and think about where our food comes from.

Feature

A progressive feast

by Erin O'Connor Garcia

On a food journey and the resources that served as maps along the way.

Editorial

Squash stories

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A motley gathering of autumn vegetables decks the halls with delectable values.

Articles

The past is the future

by April Te Grootenhuis Crull

Sustainable agriculture’s solutions for biodiversity loss and rural poverty.

Back in time

by Alissa Goudswaard

A living history experience lends a new perspective on food.

The tasty tomato

by Kate Lind

Pondering a summer fruit in the middle of winter.

Eating violence

by Henry Bakker

Exploring the troubling origins of our identities as creatures who are what we eat.

Reviews

The chicken or the egg

by Brianne Donaldson

A review of Wegmans Cruelty, a short film on egg production.

Inside seasons

by Raymond Blanton

A review of Tamara Jenkins’ film The Savages.

Grant’s recommendations 2.8.08

by Grant Elgersma

Re-visiting signature films with Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Big Lebowski.

Gallery

Almost There

by Raymond Blanton

On the Sill

by Neil E. Das

In case you missed it the first time

Buying organic: What difference does it make?

by Heidi Karges

The daughter of an organic farmer explore the nature and benefits of organic products, as well as the sacrifice involved in producing and purchasing those products.

Tasting the good life

by Dale Hasenick

As small farms around the world are succumbing to corporate agriculture, a southwest Michigan couple is embarking on the road of the small-scale farmer for the first time. An interview and photos tell their story and explain more about Community Supported Agriculture.

Black gold

by Denise Frame Harlan

The discipline of composting makes a garden grow.

Weaving the web

Echo: Networking Global Hunger Solutions

An interdenominational organization that supports development workers with research on growing food in difficult conditions.

Rethinking the meat-guzzler

The New York Times

Mark Bittman on the disproportionate resource needs of meat production.

Our Food from God

Touchstone Magazine

Christopher Killheffer writes on the implications of faith for factory farming.

Food Less Traveled

Orion Magazine

A new creative ‘localvore’ solution puts down roots in Portland, Oregon.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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