Deborah Kane contacted me through Threepin.org to complete a series of line drawings in under a week on the history of food in the schools, leading up to the present moment. It was a very interesting learning experience to see how we have changed so dramatically in this area as a country, from digging up baseball fields to plant gardens in the hopes of fattening up our young soldiers, to seeing school lunches as a way of getting rid of surplus food produced in the marketplace, to coming back to gardens and cooperation with local farmers. Happily, at least in Portland, this series ends with a positive. Deborah puts out a great quarterly, Edible Portland, worth checking out if you are up here in the Pacific NW.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
EcoTrust!
Deborah Kane contacted me through Threepin.org to complete a series of line drawings in under a week on the history of food in the schools, leading up to the present moment. It was a very interesting learning experience to see how we have changed so dramatically in this area as a country, from digging up baseball fields to plant gardens in the hopes of fattening up our young soldiers, to seeing school lunches as a way of getting rid of surplus food produced in the marketplace, to coming back to gardens and cooperation with local farmers. Happily, at least in Portland, this series ends with a positive. Deborah puts out a great quarterly, Edible Portland, worth checking out if you are up here in the Pacific NW.
