A little granola, a lot nutty. Are you with me?

Those who know me know I'm a little granola. I prefer to walk, carry my own bags into the store and recycle. I buy organics, including organic cleaners and Soap Nuts, and I shop at Global Girlfriend. I garden a little, and I have an electric mower. I rode my bike and took my backpack to the Green City Market in Chicago regularly.

So it may be no surprise to know that my latest story takes my interest in the world of food and beverages and puts a green spin on it. See the story in Sommelier Journal magazine here.

But I may be slightly nutty, too. In addition to recently offering my time toward the Barr Street Farmers' Market (because I believe in farmers' markets passionately) and to Aboite New Trails (because I believe in shopping/dining/exercising/meeting my neighbors without starting the car to go a mile), I am considering being an organizer for a Slow Food communitywide program culminating in a city potluck to draw attention to the need for real food in school lunch programs.

I also have a house, a full-time job, a daughter, no spouse and regular freelance assignments. I enjoy sleeping and working out once in a while.

Am I nutty? Am I alone, or is there someone who wants to spearhead this crusade and let me take on only as much as I can pretend to manage? Fellow fruitcakes welcome!