Organic Food

Dining Calendar

A tasting of proseccos, a conversation about Asian dining, a four-course menu showcasing organic farming in winter and more.

Is a New Food Policy on Obama’s List?

To advocates who have watched calls for changes in food policy gather political and popular momentum, Barack Obama looks like their kind of president.

How Green Can a Christmas Tree Be?

Locally grown, pesticide-free food is gaining sway these days but how many of us give the same kind of thought to the Christmas trees we bring home?

Homegrown Flavor

A farm in Washington, Conn., produces its tomato sauce using only its own organic heirloom tomatoes, one of only two doing so in the state.

When Chocolate Is a Way of Life

A group of cacao farmers in Ecuador have become the world’s most unusual chocolate entrepreneurs by making and marketing their own chocolate.

• Making Their Own Way

Farms Are for Lovers

The green crusade, with its emphasis on organic and local products, seems to be spurring interest in farms as the ideal venue for vows.

Budgets Squeezed, Some Families Bypass Organics

The organic industry is starting to show signs that a decade-long sales boom may be coming to an end.

Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town

Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of Hardwick, Vt., are betting on farming to make it the town that was saved by food.

Fresh Fare, Ready to Eat

On a recent Sunday morning, in a steady rain, the crowd at the Morristown Farmers’ Market was smaller than usual; shoppers who didn’t mind getting wet had plenty of space to poke around. Farmers from near and far corners of New Jersey set up covered stalls and offered apples, cauliflower and plump pumpkins. Specialty vendors brought littleneck clams, organic gazpacho and olive spreads.

And Then There Was the Food

Much has been made of Paul Newman’s legacy as an actor, but less attention has been paid to his impact on organic snacking.