Beyond the ethical philosophy underlying whether creatures—we humans—have a right to farm, collect, milk, kill, use or eat other creatures, there is also the importance of personal and global health, environmental sustainability and harmony between all living things. All these ideas are in effect at Vegan Santa Fe.

Chef Josh Novak puts his own twist on Southern cuisine. Nothing deep-fried, no greasy gravies—the food here simply uses the best aspects of a regional style of cooking that combines flavor and texture with eye appeal.

It’s barely April and juniper has already poisoned the Santa Fe air with its rusty pollen intoxicant for weeks.

  If the new non-Agua Fria Tree House is missing anything, it’s Cream of Wheat and a giant oak springing up from the floor.

New Mexico is on the verge of some major success with regional food efforts, so long as a blind, do-gooder federal government doesn’t screw it all up for us.

SFR's annual guide offering entree into the world local eating and economics:

The first thing to understand about local food is that it is not a fad among the wealthy or a hobby for the bourgeoisie. Local and regional food systems are possibly the most overlooked and undervalued mechanisms for fighting obesity and diabetes, decreasing health care costs, increasing energy efficiency, bolstering the economy and restoring community in a society increasingly marked by alienation and despair in a global, fast-paced, high-tech world.

The Santa Fe Alliance is spearheading and effort to transform the local food and energy economy.

The Del Monte Sol Charter School is proving that science starts in the kitchen.

Wednesdays in the Railyard aren’t exactly thebusiest night of the week. I almost expect the proverbial tumbleweed to blow across Montezuma as I walk toward the New Mexico Film Museum—formerly known as the Jean Cocteau Theater. Once inside, the tiny lobby holds six people, which fills it just about to capacity.

Long before agriculture became an industry, farmers were saving seeds from their harvest for replanting the following year. It was not only practical, but necessary for survival.