Food sustainability :

potato soup

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Great discussion on the organic post ! A little follow up:     if industrial organic isn?t sustainable, what are my options? Industrial organic produce is still better than conventional produce because it doesn?t[...]

health halos

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My favorite thing about Saturday morning (besides sleeping in, duh) is visiting the farmers? market. I used to go to Soulard in St. Louis every weekend, I love my hometown?s market, and I?m slowly getting to know Ann Arbor?s market, too. I[...]

Don't Palm us off!

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I just got an email from my friend Mick, he is an expedition leader and very much engaged in promoting sustainable food, amongst other things. He would not eat fish on board our vessel if he is not 100% sure that the fish is from a sustainable[...]

dietetic internship

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This is Fresh Gatherings, the cafeteria in SLU?s Allied Health building where I?m completing my cafeteria rotation. About 50% of the food used in Fresh Gatherings is obtained locally, which is actually a lot higher than most restaurants who[...]

A bone of contention

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Infographic courtesy of Good Magazine Just try to sort out the information on fish. It’s undeniably healthy: low in saturated fats, high in essential fatty acids, and an excellent source of protein, B vitamins, and trace minerals.[...]

Guilt-free eating out

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Last time you went out for dinner, did you worry at all about whether your meal was sustainably sourced and whether the restaurant had any kind of ecological business practices? Chances are that you didn't: the majority of us are usually too[...]

Cadbury Goes Fairtrade

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It would seem that you can’t walk through a supermarket or watch television these days without witnessing the greenwashing of fast-food chains and major producers. The marketing machines are full-steam ahead spruiking organic this,[...]

The Last Banana on Earth

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image courtesy of Geostationary Banana Over Texas Bananas are on a crash course to extinction. 10 years, give or take. That’s how long scientists are giving the banana. Then what will we slice on our morning[...]

Community Supported Foods

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It started with Community Supported Agriculture. CSA programs invite consumers to buy advance shares of a local farm’s harvest. Each week of the growing season shares of the harvest are distributed to the participants. What started in[...]

Grow your own... lettuce?

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I mentioned a few entries back, that I wanted to really concentrate on sourcing where my ingredients come from and find out a history, a story or a background on my meats.  Well I thought the answer might be for my to get a little green[...]