Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle
The Food and Drug Administration recently expressed concerns related to the overuse of antibiotics in raising animals for food. FDA raised concerns about the rise in drug-resistant pathogens, and they’re pointing to industrial agriculture as a major culprit. The problem is that it’s an industry practice not to just use these antibiotics to treat sick [...]
Contrary to Big Agriculture’s claims, research out of Essex University shows evidence that sustainable farming practices can dramatically increase yields and potentially feed the world.
There is a completely absurd debate underway in France. A group of wine makers called Terre et Vin du Monde is vehemently protesting the planned planting of a test plot of GMO grapevines near the Alsatian town of Colmar (a lovely place by the way). The vines include a gene from Grape Fanleaf Virus, which [...]
7 (or more) alternatives to a standard peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Do you love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches too much? Think you need a break from them or need to change it up a bit? Here are 7 (tested) alternatives to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich you can try out.
Thank you to reader Vines & Cattle for pointing us to this in our post about Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa:
According to Ellen Gustafson of the 30 Project, the last thirty years have seen enormous changes in our food and agricultural systems, such as the consolidation of agriculture in the United States and abroad and the move towards highly-refined, processed food as the bulk of our diets. The 30 Project is based on an interesting [...]
One of the misconceptions about vegan eats is that you’re either living on salads or making some kind of elaborate, fake-meat based meal. That can’t be farther from the truth! Sure, I dig a good salad from time to time, but most of the meals we eat around here are much heartier and take less [...]
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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.
