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The ethical responsibility to grow and preserve and sustain land-raised systems will survive, and local, land-raised cuisines will return and thrive.
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Glenn Miller’s “quixotic” approach to farming could help save Yankee as well as Southern food culture.
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As our disconnection from food grows more dissatisfying, the slow food movement is gaining steam.
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The Anson Mills farmer is “leery” of modified foods, but “it’s not going to go away.”
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If we don’t resist the “monoculture” of American cuisine, we’ll lose buckwheat crepes, pickles, and po’boys as we know them.
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The president treats sustainability and organic food issues as more than a talking point.
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How Glenn Roberts became an organic farmer, with Mom and several millennia of food wisdom as his guides.
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If you’re talking about small farming for a local community, “land-raised plants are far superior, period.” On a global scale, it’s a trickier call.
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A conversation with the farmer and owner of Anson Mills.
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In order to solve problems like global warming, collaboration is key.
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Digital scholarship is changing the face of academic research. Will it be for the better?
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A conversation with the vice provost for innovation at the University of Southern California.
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Majoring in guitar is great, but you should still try to glean as much knowledge as you can outside of school as well.
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Guitarist Bill Frisell constructs a playlist for someone who wants to dive into the genre.
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Playing the guitar is a healthier form of self-expression than punching somebody in the face.
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An episode of the Mickey Mouse Club inspired Bill Frisell to build his first guitar out of cardboard and rubber bands.
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A conversation with the jazz guitarist.
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After opening for They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton might be expanding his music career.
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Has the Internet changed marketing forever? Or do some people just become lucky?
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Roger Ebert says no, but Jonathan Coulton weighs in on the power of some games to move you.
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Ze Frank’s ability to use technology to bring complete strangers together for a ridiculous project.
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“My fame is very targeted. It’s not local because it doesn’t have anything to do with physical space, but it’s local on the map of ideas and taste. Walking down […]
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From “The Future Soon” to the Mandelbrot song, an inside look at some of Coulton’s biggest hits.
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Jonathan Coulton noodles until he comes up with a musical idea that he likes.
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From the Yale Whiffenpoofs to the Internet, Jonathan Coulton reflects on his career, including his breakout song about a sad software developer.
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A conversation with the singer/songwriter and Internet sensation.
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What makes the famous skeptic feel awe? Great magic tricks, of course. And sunsets.
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As a teenager in the ’40s, James Randi “would have gotten stoned” for being gay. But when he outed himself to the world in 2010, the reaction was “wonderful.”
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Hi, Mom?…Yeah, I’m in a coffin at the bottom of the La Hogue River.”
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The James Randi Educational Foundation has never met a “psychic” it couldn’t discredit—easily. Still, Randi understands why such frauds appeal to people.
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