Small Farm Central

"...whether you're cooking or not is one of the best predictors for a healthy diet. It's more important than the class predictor. People with more money generally have healthier diets, but affluent people who don't cook are not as healthy in their eating as poor people who still cook. So, very, very important. If you don't have pots and pans, get them."

-Michael Pollan on Bill Moyers Journal, 11/28/2008

This is a great point from one of the leading voices in the local food movement and made me think more about the intersection of cooking, farming, and health. Click the link above for the full interview. Thanks, Art, for tipping me off to the interview.

Food from local farmers does not go into the freezer cases or microwave dinners, so an important piece of this puzzle is to find out how to get Americans back into the kitchen with raw ingredients.

With a little confidence and a sense of adventure, cooking at home is easy and inexpensive.

How do we get people back into the kitchen?