Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
Are genetically modified foods costing farmers billions of dollars every year? Greenpeace finds that genetically modified soy is. Genetically modified (GM) foods are infamous due to numerous health, safety and social justice concerns. A common counter-claim that genetically modified food advocates make is that genetically modified foods are cheaper. However, Greenpeace has recently compiled numerous [...]
In case you needed yet another reason to avoid sodas, a Canadian study found Bisphenol A in canned sodapop and energy drinks.
April is morel-season here in Missouri, and much of the Midwest. Morels are one of my favorite wild mushrooms. They’re delicious of course, but they also symbolize the beginning of a long stretch of foraging opportunities – chanterelles, oyster mushrooms, blackberries, service berries, elderberries, pawpaws, wild greens, and more. If you’re interested in collecting mushrooms [...]
One of my favorite ways to get “bread” on the table fast is to make socca, the chickpea pancake that’s a classic in France. It’s fast, easy, and – in it’s simplest form – contains nothing but chickpea flour, water, oil, salt, and pepper. You can find chickpea flour at health food stores and larger [...]
Living 250 miles inland means ocean fish aren’t local by most people’s definition. Staying true to my ecological ethics means sushi is a rare treat for me. (It’s also better for my budget.) But on those occasions when I do eat sushi, I need to know which fish species are sustainable sushi and which are [...]
Spirulina is called the Earth’s healthiest Superfood. It is considered to be one of the cleanest foods on the planet and it is also packed with numerous essential nutrients. This simple, one-celled form of blue-green algae is believed to have appeared on the Earth about 3 billion years ago. “Spirulina has since survived without much [...]
Over here at Eat.Drink.Better. we’re finally marching into the world of Facebook and would love it if you wanted to join us! We’ve got all sorts of extra goodies in the works for that space. To get things going, we started a discussion on seasonal eats. It would be great to hear what’s in season [...]
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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. Hi!
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.
