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  • Food for Thought

    On Saturday afternoon, as participants in the 2010 Hazon East Coast Food conference shuffled from their seats to the buffet tables, a small plate of goat meat appeared in the back of the dining hall. Quietly it was passed among the participants in Adamah, a three-month fellowship combining organic agriculture and Jewish learning. Weeks earlier,… More ▸

  • 24 Hours with Hazon

    The 2010 Hazon Food Conference, East Coast version, kicked off last night at the Isabella Freedman retreat center in Connecticut. I haven’t even been here a full day and already I’ve learned how to make a compost bucket, milk goats, make farmer’s cheese, and braid challah.  Well, not really. I’ve been flitting about so much… More ▸