Greens N Grains

Stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician Bill Hicks (Dec. 16, 1961 – Feb. 26, 1994) might be considered the Gen X equivalent of Lenny Bruce, both considered to be highly controversial performers whose works are steeped in dark comedy. Bill Hicks was 16 years old in 1978 when he first started performing stand-up at [...]

Thanksgiving tradition upgrade… order and enjoy cooking a delectable, pasture-raised turkey from Greens N Grains this year. Start planning your best ever Thanksgiving holiday feast with the finest possible main course available… an organic, pasture-raised turkey from Good Earth Farms. These birds are lean, firm and flavorful because of the healthy and traditional farm environment [...]

The “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. “I frequently read confident statements like, ‘when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli …’ or ‘it’s more affordable to feed [...]

Get Involved in World Food Day Rallies, Marches, Recruiting Drives, Film Screenings, Potlucks and House Parties. This World Food Day, October 16, 2011, is going to be the largest day of action for labels on genetically engineered food in U.S. history. All around the country, local Millions Against Monsanto chapters are planning Right2Know rallies, marches, [...]

Greens-N-Grains staff member Elise Roberts has recently been hired as the Upper Midwest Regional Organizer for Witness for Peace (WFP). WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Midwestern branch is [...]

Spring’s coming and it’s time to get those veggies started indoors. Linda Cockburn, Door County’s organic and heirloom gardening maven, will help you do just that on Wednesday, March 16  and 23 at 2 pm. She will teach you how to: organize your planting schedule, start your garden in just one flat and understand the ins and [...]

Nominated for an Oscar as Best Documentary in the 77th Academy Awards, The Story of the Weeping Camel is better described as a “docudrama.” The film was written and directed by two student filmmakers, Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni about a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. The Washington Post’s Ann [...]

Greens N Grains will be screening Josh Fox’s film, Gasland, a 2011 Oscar-nominated documentary about hydraulic fracturing that is enraging the fossil-fuel lobby and has Hollywood spinning. On Thursday, February 24 at 7 pm you can learn all about hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” the process by which natural gas and oil is extracted from the [...]

Works by local Door County filmmakers are the main event on Thursday, February 10 at Greens N Grains Movie Night. Yes, that’s me on the cover of the Peninsula Pulse this week. Yes, that is a camera on top of my crash helmet. But no, I failed to hit the record button last year before [...]

Hailed as “the UK’s leading raw chef,” Russell James is also publisher of TheRawChef.com, a great raw food and philosophy resource. “I first came across raw foods in Koh Samui, Thailand, when I was on a 7-day detox fast a a spa there,: says Russell James. “I was on day 5 of the fast and [...]