Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

In the spirit of the new year, when we often find ourselves thinking about our health and our eating habits, it seems only appropriate to spread the word that Slow Foods of Northern New Jersey, who was very helpful in identifying local foods vendors for the 12th Biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and the Morris County Historical Society are hosting “Local Harvest: Farms, Food and Family” on Saturday, January 17th at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown.

Meet local farmers, buy fresh meat, poultry, eggs, bread and prepared foods from local food artisans. Learn about community supported agriculture and how you can buy a share in a local farm for an affordable price. There will be activities for kids such as butter making and learning how to plant a vegetable garden, as well as cooking demonstrations by area chefs for the whole family.

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Food issues are more prevalent in our work than ever, which is why we find Michael Pollan’s “In Chief: What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food” an interesting article from the October 12 New York Times Magazine Food Issue.

Mr. Pollan had more to say on WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate show. You can listen to the full 20 minute interview on the WNYC website, and let us know if he’s changing the way you think about food.

We can’t think of a better way to introduce the new Dodge blog than to start with sustainability. What, exactly, is sustainability, and why does it seem like that word, which has been around for a long time, is suddenly popping up everywhere? Dodge President and CEO David Grant explored this topic with several of our grantees in his essay, “In Pursuit of Sustainability” from our just published 2006-2007 biennial report. (more…)