Eating Organic
Our Thanksgiving Feast
We love to spend the holidays together, but this year we'll be a little scattered. On Thanksgiving Day I'll be curled up in a quiet house with a draft of my upcoming book and a steaming bowl of organi…
Willie Nelson: Potatoes from his Past, Farmers for our Future
Dr. Greene's recap of Willie Nelson at Farm Aid... Abbott, Texas, where his family grew some of their own food in a small garden. He sees the local community model from his childhood as a workable sol…
John Mellencamp
Earlier this year, John Mellencamp was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, alongside Leonard Cohen and Madonna. He'd earlier won a Grammy for Best Male Rock Performer. (m…
Frances Moore Lappe
Frankie Moore Lappe is a dear friend and one of my heroes. Her groundbreaking book Diet for a Small Planet has been called "the blueprint for eating with a small carbon footprint since long before the…
Dave Matthews
"Our planet will not sustain us if we continue living the way we are. It cannot." "People often say we must save the planet. The planet, in my opinion, will be fine. What we want to do is work with th…
Neil Young on Saving Family Farms
Neil Young got involved in Farm Aid at the very beginning, just to try to save family farms because, "they were dying on the vine." Today Farm Aid is far more than a benefit concert. And it is far mor…
Quality Organic Milk
Dr. Greene's take on quality organic milk... Since its founding in 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $30 million to support our family farmers. This year, Horizon Organic and Whole Foods Market were…
HOPE
Transitioning a conventional dairy farm to become an organic dairy farm is quite a journey. The cows must be raised without the use of toxic synthetic pesticides, antibiotics, added growth hormones, c…
Frankie Moore Lappe Speaks Out
Frankie Moore Lappe is a dear friend and one of my heroes. Her groundbreaking book Diet for a Small Planet has been called "the blueprint for eating with a small carbon footprint since long before the…
Backstage at Farm Aid
Not only do all of the musicians donate their time to play at FarmAid, but they also pay all of their own expenses to get here and play. (more…)…
DES in Beef – World Congress Keynote
I recently addressed the assembled crowd at the World Congress. I started by showing them this picture of hundreds of thousands of Koreans, some pushing strollers with young children, coming together …
Dinner with Frances Moore Lappe
Local Johns Hopkins-trained Pediatric Neuroscientist Dr. Joan Blom took best-selling author Frances Moore Lappe, Cheryl, and me for a cross country drive to a fabulous Italian restaurant, Vincenzo, fo…
Carlo Petrini and Vandana Shiva
Delegates from over 70 countries gathered together under a huge white tent set up in Parco Novi Sad as the Congress began in earnest. Carlo Petrini is the founding father of the Slow Food Movement, wh…
Flughafen Muenchen
Our flight to Munich arrived late, so we get to spend the day in the Munich airport. Often, an airport is just an airport - but this one has German character through and through. (more…)…
The Journey to IFOAM
Cheryl and I are at O'Hare Airport in Chicago getting ready to board a plane to Munich on our way to the World Congress of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. (more…)…
An Organic Dad
Dr. Greene's take on being an organic dad... As a father, I have a desire to teach, provide for and protect my children. For me, one way to do all three of these is to choose organic foods for my fami…
Choosing a Green Pediatrician
As you did when choosing an ob/gyn, you want to find a pediatrician who is top-notch medically. How much better if he or she is also on the journey to an environmentally sustainable perspective on ped…
Winter Groceries, Pesticides, and Kids
How does kids' pesticide exposure vary over the course of a year? To answer this question, Dr. Chensheng (Alex) Lu and colleagues at Emory University and the CDC followed a small group of suburban Was…
Organic Living in 2008
Food trends are very interesting to watch and this trend is dear to my heart (and stomach). So what's changed in organic since I started my journey? (more…)…
Eggs, Fish, Milk, Nuts, and Peanuts for Babies?!
Get ready for some surprising recommendations. Eczema, asthma, and food allergies are all on the rise in children, each having more than doubled in the last several decades. This rapid increase has le…