The Internet can be helpful and not helpful and as one scrolls through its vast stores of important and unimportant information, that realization only becomes brighter. But these days, it’s almost as if it’s the only game in town. The Internet has become our source for everything. Now imagine we sourced our food information from the Internet just like we do information on let’s say the French Revolution. There we are perusing sites as if the Internet really was one a useful place to find out about food issues. At the same time the Internet can be a tool for foodies. Now let’s say you had a guide to this Internet? Well, maybe now you do. The Eat Well Guide, which is part of sustainabletable.org, is publishing Cultivating the Web, a guide to the Internet but for food people. It cites examples of how companies have used the Internet in grassroots movements to change long-standing destructive policies; how the clamoring of voices from the Internet has actually made a difference. It’s nice to remember that the Internet has done some good things too.
–Nick
Nick,
Wow. Thanks for the compliment. In this day and age, the internet is an inevitable (addiction?) for us all and it’s nice to see that some see its potential for good. I’m a volunteer with them and think their website is a terrific resource for finding local, sustainable foods wherever you go! Thought you’d be interested to know that Eat Well has teamed up with the Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, to issue a Local, Organic Thanksgiving Challenge.We’re inviting people to take a spin on the Eat Well Guide to find local food and prepare at least one local (preferably organic) dish for Thanksgiving, and share recipes at the CU site. Read more about it at the Green Fork. [http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/11/take-the-local-organic-thanksgiving-challenge/].