Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
General Mills announced plans today to cut the sugar content in many of its cereals by as much as 25% in popular brands such as Lucky Charms, Trix, and Cocoa Puffs. The move comes as food manufactures like General Mills face increased scrutiny from food regulators, and pressure from consumer and health groups over the [...]
This thought-provoking essay was posted on December 3, by Christopher Bedford of The Center for Economic Security, to a sustainable food email group. I found it compelling as one of those defining moral questions: Can we move past the sins of Big Ag and work for a better future? Could I do this, let alone [...]
Since 1917, the USDA has created a series of food guides to help people figure out what to eat. Over the years, this guide has included between four and seven different food groups, evolved from a list to a pyramid shape, and now can be customized to individual nutrition needs. Over the last few months [...]
These days, it seems like nearly everything in the supermarket is good for the environment in one way or another. Over the past decade, more and more companies have jumped onto the “green bandwagon” to collect a premium on products that claim to contribute to environmental protection. Wildlife-friendly ecolabels are a popular choice for companies [...]
Sometimes the best-laid family Thanksgiving plans do not entirely pan out. Due to various circumstances or issues, your family is left with just a small gathering. With the help of my mother, I have a few great ideas to make sure the house is still warm, and the cooking is still delicious for your holiday [...]
I drink two fluids – water and tea, which is mostly water. We all need water and safe, healthy, convenient water doesn’t come in a plastic bottle. According to EndBottledWater.com, our landfills are overflowing with over 26 billion plastic bottles from water every year. Aside from the negative effects of BPA that could come from [...]
While watching the new documentary “Tapped” with some of my other Greenies, we glanced at each other when one of the water rights experts used a notable quote courtesy of Mark Twain, “Whiskey is for sipping and water is for fighting.” So true, and the fighting will only get worse at least if you believe [...]
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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. My personal blog is urbanartichoke.com.
