This week's entire New York Times Magazine is devoted to food issues, and includes a long feature article from Michael Pollan on "what the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food."
articles: October 2008 Archives
Including advice on how to battle that last batch of caterpillars (try garlic spray).
This week's Press Register has lots of information about persimmons, including how and when to harvest, how to plant, and persimmon varieties.
