Alice Sturm
Articles by Alice Sturm:
Pollination
in Issue 26 | Good Sex (Mar 2013)anywhere except in an envelope - the old winter chore of threshing and drying and preserving seeds has been replaced - trusting their stuff to the winds - helicopter seeds - but the proverbial redheaded child of the postman - the parents of well-known hybrids are corporate secrets - Monsanto DNA - sterility in wild forests - nearly every bite of food we eat was grown
Weeds
in Issue 17 | Hide and Seek (Jun 2012)the quintessential drudgery - manmade bounty - soil likes to be covered - an act of delineation - there is no panacea for concepts - March to the Sea
Calorie Counter
in Issue 13 | Weights and Measures (Feb 2012)a foolproof guide to health and weight loss - bomb calorimetry - a new and compelling use for calories - « nobody loves ‘em » - time away from the calculator and charts - « MyPlate »
Everyone Hates Vegetables
in Issue 3 | Nature and Its Enemies (Apr 2011)P.S. 98 in the Bronx - a brush with verdure - one-way power struggle - « poor Gladys » - Plant Based Food Day - « I’m not going to cut you, ‘cause I love you » - Juanita, the iron fist - watching televangelists late into the night - zesty meat - the necessary spunk to be accepted
The Amoral Law
in Issue 2 | Breaking the Law (Mar 2011)divorced from morality - a twenty-year-old drinking a glass of wine - this great rupture in legal theory - ignorance, malice, laziness, convenience, to name a few - clandestine raw milk bartering sessions - « to bury his son in peace » - disappointed by law