Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
After the rocky economy and related bumps along the way in 2009, everyone is looking for a smoother New Year. Indulge your guests this evening with a toast with Homemade Irish Cream, a creamy indulgence that makes any worries melt away. At least, shall we say, for the moment. I confess, for a celebratory toast [...]
For all California residents with a hankering for trans-fats, today may be your last day to get them, at least as easily as you could before. A law signed in 2008 takes effect January 1, 2010 that bans retail food establishments, restaurants, and bakeries from using trans-fats in their products. California is the first state [...]
In her recent TED Talk, Carolyn Steel takes a look at the history of food production and asks an important question: What would a modern city look like if it were centered around food?
At least 19 people in 16 states have gotten sick from E. coli-contaminated beef, and the company that produced these steaks is issuing a recall.
Following a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigation, Target Corporation quietly admitted last week that it wrongly advertised soy milk being sold in its stores as organic when in fact it was not. The error relates to newspaper advertisements that showed a picture of soy milk on sale at Target stores labeled as “Organic”, which [...]
Confession: In college, I was a complete Diet Coke head. There was always at least one case of the stuff in my refrigerator, and I usually kept an assortment of other diet sodas. I had no idea at the time that aspertame and other artificial sweeteners were so terrible for my body, and it was [...]
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Jennifer Kaplan is the founder of VineCrowd.com and the author of Greening Your Small Business (November 2009, Penguin Group (USA)). She is adjunct faculty in marketing at Goldengate University and is also totally stoked have been named one of The 16 Women You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business.
Jessi Stafford is a 20-something attempting to be a vegan on a recent graduate's budget. She currently writes for Vegan Mainstream and The Next Great Generation and graduated in 2009 from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Tanya Sitton is an ecovegavore, messy chef, green girl, food revolutionary, and general free-thinkin' rabble-rouser. M.S. in a health profession, with strong interests in biology, health, and nutrition.
Who is Urban Artichoke? I'm Patricia Larenas, a writer and dedicated gardener living in Silicon Valley, doing my part to heal the planet one garden at a time. I recently left my career in the tech sector to dig in the dirt full time- and write about it.
