Seasons

As I study food security, local and seasonal concerns always come up. While I know that it’s a good idea, I often find it hard to make personal changes. It was easy last summer when the farm markets were so active; but I struggled with … Read more

Citizenship and Food: Some Next Steps

In my last post, I challenged myself to find ways that I can make difference as a consumer, and act on them. I’ve taken on this challenge because I felt overwhelmed by all the difficult and confusing issues around food, and I needed a … Read more

A Greening Girl, Living in a Consumerist World

I live in a world that wants to spend my money. The sticky fingers of mega-corporations and their ad agencies constantly try to worm their way into my wallet. Often, these products are little more than a cheap combination chemicals and marketing. But Albuquerque is … Read more

Citizenship and Food

Citizenship has been on my mind a lot, maybe since it’s an election year. I believe good citizens nourish democracy, and I love being part of it all. Working at La Montañita requires me add health, the environment and social justice to that list. It … Read more

How I Buy Organic

Several weeks back Valerie made the case (quite well, we thought) for eating organic. We asked her to elaborate on her techniques for making an organic diet affordable – not just for herself, but her family. Here’s what she came back with:

I am … Read more

LMC Featured in Voices from the Field!

Recently we got a visit from Kevin Gillespie, who’s traveling the US in search of hearty, healthy, fresh (and organic, naturally) food. In addition to his passion for freshness and wealth of tattoos, he brought a camera crew, and interviewed several of the Admin … Read more

Earth Day 2012

It just has a ring of excitement to it, doesn’t it? Earth Day 2012. Over at the various Co-op back rooms, between the shelves and behind the counters we’ve been rolling those words around for months; some of us even approximately 364 days. Earth … Read more

Six Ingredients You Don’t Want to Find In Your Food

In the age of Monsanto enforcing patents on seed genes, we’ve already got plenty to worry about. We don’t know the long-term effects of those genetic modifications – and for those worried about higher prices, worry more about what could happen if one corporation monopolized … Read more

Why I Go Organic

“Is organic food too expensive?”

It’s a slippery question. I eat organic, but not because I’m rich. There are a lot of things other people consider necessities that I don’t have, and because organic food is a priority for me, cutting some things loose helps … Read more