November 2007

Features

Exposed
The global power struggle over poisonous products by MARK SCHAPIRO

The Carnivore’s Dilemma
Responsible meat eaters belly up to the offal truth by LISA M. HAMILTON

Eat Local, Really Local
This Thanksgiving, revive an endangered local foods tradition by LISA M. HAMILTON

Conversations: Simply Seo
by RITZY RYCIAK

Poems by Rumi
In honor of the upcoming 800th birthday of Rumi, our readers submit their favorite poems of his, and get a chance to win a trip to Turkey in December.

On Our Radar

The Anti-plastic, Super Fantastic Ecohero
by ANDREA MANITSAS

PCC Takes the Trash Out
by SHERYO WISER

Be the Change, Be A Star
by ALASTAIR BLAND

Don’t just get mad…get active

What Counts?

Green Scene

The New Organic
A controversial agricultural technique rooted in esoteric mysticism is converting farmers to cleaner, greener growing practices by NIKI STOJNIC

Tune In

Enough
What you gain when you give up the goods life by E.B. BOYD

Blackwater Runs Deep
by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Healthy Living

Beauty News We Can All Use
Facing up to the toxic truth about cosmetics by STACY MALKAN

Martial Arts for Flu
by LIZ BARKER

Grateful Eating
You eat the way that you want the other 360 days out of the year, this holiday season be thankful for the gesture regardless of what’s on the plate. by ADLER, M.S., C.N

Local Food
Toast-est with the Most-est...at Capitol Hill’s Dinette by AMY PENNINGTON

Travel

Travel Through Life
There’s no place like home for your next getaway by CRAI S. BOWER

Art and Soul

Javatrekker
Dispatches from the world of Fair Trade coffee by DEAN CYCON

Reviews

Essay

Plastuck
One woman’s stand against the polymer that’s poisoning the world by LAURIE GREIG