Mary Crimmins

(Image Source) I am excited to announce that this week is National Farmers Market Week. Every year America has the opportunity to focus on how abundant the benefits of local food are. Whether it be supporting local farms and your local economy, enjoying fresh food, or battling issues of obesity – these benefits are note [...]

It’s Friday people, and that means relaxing. And what better way to do that than by catching up on some must-see food documentaries. Actually, these are documentaries you can’t afford to miss. Start from the top and start chipping away at them one by one. Trust me, your eyes will be opened and you’ll never [...]

Yesterday I stumbled upon a website called JustLabelIt.org : a campaign that recently launched to get the FDA to label genetically modified foods. The organization is partnered with an impressive group of 450 other organizations including groups in healthcare, agriculture, faith, parenting and environmental advocacy. One of my favorite filmmakers, Robert Kenner from the documentary Food, [...]

When we walk into a supermarket we are hit with an illusion of diversity. We have 50 options for cereal, cheese,yogurt, etc. In reality the majority of those options contain the same ingredients, and most of them will contain some form of corn. This commodity crop has become so cheap to produce, that we had such [...]

It’s easy to feel like you have no control over things  that happen in our country. Take our dependency on oil for example- what are you suppose to do, not drive your car anymore? It often feels like one person cannot make a difference, so things just stay the same.  As I have read the array of [...]

Lately I have been obsessed with watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. It’s been both inspiring and frustrating to watch the struggles of trying to get healthier -fresh food into the system. Then there was fast food owner Dino, who fought Jamie every step of the way as he challenged him to implement meat from a local farmer. [...]