The Story of My Grandfather and Darby Tillis

The Story of My Grandfather and Darby Tillis

According to 18th century judge, jurist, and politician William Blackstone in his treatise on the common law of England, “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”   Prussian Statesman Otto Von Bismarck, on the other hand,...
Good Food Festival:  Bringing the Good Food Movment Together

Good Food Festival: Bringing the Good Food Movment Together

  FamilyFarmed is a national leader in building the Good Food movement and developing regional, sustainable food systems.  Its annual Good Food Festival & Conference — America’s longest-running sustainable and local food trade show — brings together key...
Special Offers from Local Foods and Baker Miller

Special Offers from Local Foods and Baker Miller

I believe there exists a need to let more people know about how to find healthy, affordable food in Chicago, so I like to periodically share special offers from places that I support.  Also, for those who are not aware, I have compiled a comprehensive list of every...
Spontaneous Order on the Playground and the Nature of Play

Spontaneous Order on the Playground and the Nature of Play

Spontaneous order refers to the idea that “stable macro-level patterns—those things that make a complex system a system, an instance of order rather than disorder or randomness — do not come about through design, planning or imposition, but arise instead from the...
Communities vs. Networks

Communities vs. Networks

In a previous e-mail, I discussed various possible root causes of the decline in social engagement and community participation along with the potential consequences.  I also discussed the benefits of community participation and how we can use community dining as a...
What Does it Mean to be Healthy?

What Does it Mean to be Healthy?

I recently came across this article and thought I would share it with each of you because it discusses not only the importance that nutrition has regarding our health, but also hypothesizes a broader definition of health to include lifestyle, social, and environmental...