Food & Food Politics:

In Britain, a Rite and a Right
Both England and America are in the grips of grow-your-own fever, a trend is driven partly by economics, partly by the desire to eat locally grown food and reconnect with the seasons. ButEngland's allotment system has stronger and deeper cultural roots, thanks to long-standing government support.
(Washington Post, May 13, 2009)

This Little Piggy Goes Home
How the lack of small-scale slaughter facilities hampers both local meat production and distribution. Includes brief, author-shot video of a custom slaughterer named John Taylor, aka "One Shot Johnny."
(Mother Jones, March 2009)

The Sustainable Pork Smackdown (PDF)
Should Bay Area residents choose locak pork over that from the Midwest? Maybe...but maybe not. Here are five reasons to think hard about that pork on your fork.
(Edible San Francisco, April 2009)

The Groaning Table
A national discussion of food politics has sprouted practically overnight. Eating is not only an agricultural act, these new voices tell us. It is also an ecological act, and a moral, political, and ethical one. But the following books, films, and Web sites don't scold—simply celebrate the pleasures of growing, cooking, and eating
(Sierra, March 2009)

The Bi-Rite Stuff (PDF)
COVER STORY: With a new farm in Sonoma and a new arts space in the Mission, Sam Mogannam is determined to turn his tiny grocery store into even more of a nexus of food and community.
(Edible San Francisco, Oct./Nov. 2008)

Review: "Hungry City"
The current food crisis is nothing new, according to Carolyn Steel in her wide-ranging and engaging book, "Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives." Cities have struggled to feed themselves since man first got sick of chasing woolly mammoths around with sticks.
(Financial Times, June 2008)

Technology & Business:

Craigslist, the One Thing You Won't Find For Sale on Craigslist.org (PDF)
Whoever heard of such a thing—a high-riding dot-com that’s repelled by the very idea of maximizing profits or, worse, going public? What are these people, Communists?
(Corporate Board Member [registration required], May/June 2008)

50 Top Women in Tech
(Registration required)
COVER STORY: Oversaw selection of and cowrote 50 profiles of technology's female movers and shakers, from household-name CEOs to unknowns in academe, the space program, medical research, software, and video games.
(Corporate Board Member, March/April 2008)

Stalled Gains for Women in Technology (PDF)
The silicon ceiling hasn't risen in pace with Moore's Law.
(Corporate Board Member [registration required], March/April 2008)

Into the Breach (PDF)
A 2002 state law that requires companies to notify consumers of compromised data security has had far-reaching consequences.
(Boalt Hall Transcript, Spring 2008)

The Insider's Guide to Shooting in China
Photographers share their advice about permissions, visas, politically sensitive topics, food, communication, logistical and ethical issues.
(Photo District News, June 2008)

Multimedia That Packs A Punch
Still photographer Josh Meltzer delivers experiential journalism in two minutes or less.
(Photo District News, August 2007)

PDN's PLAYERS: Computer Generated Imaging
Once feared, CGI is the technology that photographers are at last ready to embrace.
(Photo District News, May 2007)