Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
Rather than trying to combat big business or the federal government, the people who initiated food politics 40 years ago turned away from policy reform and instead formed an alternative. Today, the alternative food movement is based on the premise that, if enough people stop supporting the industrial food system, then market forces will drive [...]
Meat, especially the factory farmed variety, is just no good for people or for the environment. There’s really no getting around it. A new book, GRISTLE, looks to “connect the dots” between factory farming and its effects on human health and on the planet. We are lucky enough to have five copies of the book [...]
Not only do low-income neighborhoods have less access to fresh produce, but the rare fruit or veggie found in these areas is also more likely to be tainted. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that the levels of bacteria, yeast, and mold found on fresh produce vary according to the [...]
I know that some readers will find my title surprising or offensive, but I hope you will read on. I’m writing this because I’m involved in a “broad stakeholder process” that is trying to define “scientifically sound metrics” to measure the sustainability of specialty agriculture (fruit and vegetable crops…). Its a very ambitious effort and [...]
This is a post by Susan Clark, executive director of the Columbia Foundation. The Columbia Foundation grants tens of thousands of dollars each year to regional sustainable food and farming projects. Our communities desperately need a transformation of our food system. All over the country, people are calling for locally produced, healthy, fresh, affordable food. [...]
From April 24 through May 2, vegan groups around the world will be holding bake sales to raise money for the causes of their choice.
A new study published in Nature this week found that grazing animals on grasslands reduced the amount of nitrous oxide released by those grasslands. Nitrous oxide is the third most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane. It contributes to the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere and accounts for roughly 6% of the [...]
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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.
