The Great Divide: No Appetite For Change At Elementary Schools

Tina Traster, 01.07.2010

Writer, NY Post Burb Appeal Columnist

Why is no one paying attention to foods disseminated at birthday parties or on special occasions in classrooms at public elementary schools?

How to Green Your 2010

Avital Binshtock, 01.07.2010

Sierra magazine's lifestyle editor and editor of the Sierra Club's Green Life blog.

Whether you call them resolutions, goals, or lifestyle changes, here are four key measures you can take to make 2010 easier on the planet.

"Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis

Michael Pollan, 01.04.2010

Author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," "In Defense of Food"

I set out to collect and formulate some straightforward, memorable, everyday rules for eating, a set of personal policies that would, taken together or even separately, nudge people onto a healthier and happier path.

Chocolate in Every Savory Bite

Big Girls, Small Kitchen, 12.29.2009

Food bloggers Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress

When you're sick of all the rich holiday food, try this simple, healthful, and colorful dinner for relief: Dark Black Beans with Yellow Rice, Green Avocado, and Orange Sweet Potatoes.

7 Restaurants That Keep Los Angeles Carnivores and Vegetarians Happy

Lauren Harb, 12.28.2009

Food blogger

Here are just seven of many LA spots a vegetarian can confidently take her meat-eating boyfriend (and vice versa) to eat. Consider it an effort toward world peace.

A Green Message From the Land of Rice and Curry

Ingrid Newkirk, 12.26.2009

President and co-founder, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

It shouldn't be news anymore that the most important thing that we can do for the planet is not to use less holiday gift wrap -- it is to go vegan. Here are some dry facts to go with the dry sherry this season.

Why I Recommend Organic Foods To My Weight Loss Patients

Dr. John Salerno, 12.25.2009

New York Diet Doctor and Author

I recommend organic foods for my weight loss patients because I want them to eat nutrient dense foods, thus you have to begin with the dirt.

American Public Health Association: Ban Genetically Engineered Hormonal rBGH Milk, Meat Adulterated With Sex Hormones

Samuel S. Epstein, 12.27.2009

Cancer prevention expert, prof. emeritus at U. of IL School of Public Health, Chicago

The Cancer Prevention Coalition has announced that the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association has voted to oppose the sale of hormonal rBGH milk, and meat adulterated with hormones.

4 Steps To Ensure You'll Keep Your New Year's Resolution

Neal Barnard, M.D., 12.28.2009

President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

If you've made a New Year's resolution to lose weight, chances are your resolve doesn't last very long. But if you follow these simple steps, you're more likely to keep your resolution--and keep off the weight.

Healthy Food: Where Hope Begins

Robyn O'Brien, 12.18.2009

Author of The Unhealthy Truth

We consume more pharmaceutical drugs than any other country, and we consume more chemicals in our food supply than the cows in France. Our lives have been devalued.

USDA Allows Meat In Schools that Doesn't Meet Fast Food Chains' Standards

Dave Murphy, 12.18.2009

Founder of Food Democracy Now!

How is it that the U.S. can put a man on the moon, but can't seem to feed its children school lunches that are no healthier than the food served at McDonald's or Jack in the Box?

Who's at the Table, Talking Food and Climate?

Leslie Hatfield, 12.17.2009

Senior editor, GRACE Foundation

Last week, when a few news organizations ran away with the (non)-story of a "Danish text" supposedly leaked last week in Copenhagen that gave excess l...

Getting at the Roots of Climate Change: Food

Paula Crossfield, 12.18.2009

Managing Editor of civileats.com

We know that a third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we produce, process, distribute, and consume food, but there are some real obstacles to lowering this figure.

Don't Have a Cow

Elihu Dietz, 12.10.2009

Writer, performer and comedian

Meat is wasteful: it takes 10,000 pounds of grain to produce 1000 pounds of meat. But is abstaining from eating meat really the solution?

Food: Commodity or Human Right

Ruth Messinger, 12.11.2009

President and Executive Director, American Jewish World Service

Last year, enough food was produced on our planet to feed humanity nearly twice over. So how is it that 30 children will die of hunger or a related cause by the time you finish reading this column?

Before You Throw That Shrimp on the Barbie, a Few Words of Caution

Neil Zevnik, 12.08.2009

Private chef based in Los Angeles

Consider the many nerve-wracking environmental issues surrounding the procurement of shrimp before making this Lemon Shrimp with Orzo Pasta, Wild Mushrooms, Feta & Asparagus.

Rainbows After The Rain

Ani Phyo, 12.08.2009

Ani Phyo Raw Food Author

We are lucky to be able to decline food because it's not organic, raw, or vegan while people on the planet are starving to death and would graciously accept what we don't consider real food.

A Delicious Analysis of Veggie Burgers

Big Girls, Small Kitchen, 12.08.2009

Food bloggers Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress

When the patties I ordered at Cafe Colonial arrived, I took one bite of them and was reminded in both taste and texture of these Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers.

Nicolette Hahn Niman: A Vegetarian Ranchers Explains How to Raise Animals the Right Way

Tara Lohan, 12.08.2009

Tara Lohan is a senior editor at AlterNet.org and editor of the book "Water Consciousness"

Part personal narrative and part investigative journalism, her Righteous Porkchop is a much-needed addition to the conversation about what should be on our plates these days.

Turning Food Deserts Into Jobs Oases

Joel Berg, 12.08.2009

This holiday season we note the sobering reality that more than 49 million Americans live in households that can't afford enough food. Locally, accord...

Meatless Monday: Junk Food Rat Race

Ellen Kanner, 12.07.2009

syndicated columnist, the Edgy Veggie

Drop the Twinkie, junkie. Just in time for the holidays come these findings from your pals at Scripps Research Institute: Junk food is addictive. Rea...