Food Movement

Food 101: Why College Students Should Learn How to Cook

Will Levitt | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: College Students, Food, Food Movement, College, Students, Wesleyan, Cooking, Cooking Classes, KitchenDaily News
Will Levitt

Too many students leave college without any knowledge of how to cook for themselves. Learning how to microwave instant ramen is not a cooking skill. When we enter the real world, we need to be able to provide for ourselves.

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Will You Join The 'Food Revolution'?

Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Jamie Oliver Chef, Jamie Oliver Obesity, Food Movement, Video, Jamie Oliver, Food Revolution, Local Food, Jamie Oliver Food, Green-Living, Food Politics, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, Green News

He’s a chef, author, restaurateur and TV personality who has launched a food revolution, bringing healthier eating to communities, schools and homes...

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What the Food Movement Can Learn From OWS This Thanksgiving

Carla Wise | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Local Food, Food Politics, Food Occupy Protests, Thanksgiving Food Costs, Occupy Movement Food, Corporate Deregulation, Food Movement, Food Costs, Farm Subsidies, Green News
Carla Wise

While OWS protesters may focus on Bank of America and Chase, it is the corporate giants of food and agriculture, such as Monsanto, Nestle and ADM that are the 1% in the food world.

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Occupy the Food System!

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Local Food Movement, Local Food Systems, Occupy Wall Street, Food Movement, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Agribusiness, Occupy Movement, Food News
Eric Holt Gimenez

The rules and institutions governing our food system -- Wall Street, the U.S. Farm Bill, the World Trade Organization and the USDA -- all favor the global monopolies controlling the world's seeds, food processing, distribution and retail.

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The Food Movement Must Occupy Wall Street

Kristin Wartman | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Food Movement, Local Food, Occupy Wall Street, Cargill, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Monsanto, Raj Patel, Food News
Kristin Wartman

If you eat any processed or packaged food, or anything from a typical restaurant or café, you can guarantee that Monsanto or Cargill played a role in those foods somewhere along the line.

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Eco Etiquette: My Friend Feeds Her Toddler Junk Food

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Food Movement, Adhd, Artificial Food Dye, Green Advice, Dr. Greene, Junk Food Subsidies, Eco Etiquette, Childhood Obesity, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Green Living, Diabetes, Childhood Nutrition, Farm Subsidies, Junk Food, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. My good friend and I have...

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Eating, an Act of Diplomacy

Ann Gentry | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Healthy Restaurants, Food Revolution, Vegan, Food Movement, Omnivore, Diplomacy, Ann Gentry, Vegan Family Meals, Real Food Daily, Real Food, Food News
Ann Gentry

We all want to eat well, and that means we all care about how food gets to our plate. That's the starting point for diplomacy in the kitchen and at the table.

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The Good Slaughter: A Proud Meat Cutter Shows His Processing Floor

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Larry Althiser, Food Movement, Food Videos, Sustainable Food, Ny, Butchering, Beef, Agriculture, Pigs, Food Curated, Sustainable Agriculture, Lamb, Liza deGuia, Gothamist, Meat Processing, Butchers, Good Food, Inspiring, Local Farmers, Pork, Slaughter Video, Farming, Larry's Custom Meats, Dairy Farms, Skeeternyc, Featured, Grass-Fed Movement, Cattle, Pasture-Raised, Slaughterhouse, Ominvore's Dilemma, Food, Grassfed, Cade, News, Meat, Food News
Liza de Guia

"My hope is that my children will have the same passion for this as I do..." Meet Larry Althiser, the owner and head meat cutter for Larry's Custom M...

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Building Artisan Slaughterhouses to Feed the Demand for Grass-fed Meat (Part 1)

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Larry Althiser, Food Movement, Food Videos, Ny, Butchering, Beef, Agriculture, Pigs, Food Curated, Sustainable Agriculture, Lamb, Liza deGuia, Gothamist, Meat Processing, Butchers, Good Food, Local Farmers, Pork, Slaughter Video, Farming, Larry's Custom Meats, Dairy Farms, Skeeternyc, Featured, Grass-Fed Movement, Cattle, Pasture-Raised, Slaughterhouse, Ominvore's Dilemma, Environment, Food, Grassfed, News, Meat, Cade, Food News
Liza de Guia

Meet Chris Harmon, the Executive Director of CADE, The Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship in New York State. CADE is a non-profit ...

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Mangalitsa Mania: The Kobe Beef of Pork on More NYC Menus

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skeeternyc, Food Movement, Farming, Sustainable Food, Food Curated, Fat, Liza deGuia, Heritage Breeds, Nyc, Organic Food, Raising Pigs, Restaurants, Wooly Pigs, Mosefund Farm, Food, Mangalitsa Pigs, Pork, Meat, Nj, Rearing Pigs, Slidepollajax, Food News
Liza de Guia

Enjoy the video from my fall tour at Mosefund Farm. You'll learn about the breed itself, meet the wooly pigs, and see how happy heritage "old world" Mangalitsas are raised.

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The Value of Food, or Why Sotheby's Will Auction Veggies on September 23

Brian Halweil and Brent Ridge | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Movement, Local Food, Sothebys Auction, Heirloom Tomatoes, Greenmarkets, Csa, Sothebys, Amangansett, Green News
Brian Halweil and Brent Ridge

The auction is a coming-of-age sign for heirloom vegetables: those old-fashioned symbols of food diversity that are just the sort of innovation our dysfunctional food system needs.

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Bold Changes, Great Leaders, Big Movements

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Movement, Rachel Lloyd, Social Justice, Learning Disabilities, Sexual Exploitation, Prime Movers, Human Trafficking, Mark Hanis, Genocide, Social Movements, Domestic Workers, Social Entrepreneur, David Flink, Social Capital, Youth-Food-Movement, Anim Steel, Ai-Jen Poo, Josh Viertel, Impact News
Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Our country is facing a glut of complex problems that no single politician, political party, or other organization can solve in a lasting way, without help. For shifts of this magnitude, we need social movements and compelling leaders.

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Michael Pollan: The Food Movement, Rising (New York Review)

The New York Review of Books | Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fast Food Nation, Fast Food, Michael Pollan, Food Movement, Food Politics, Books, New York Review of Books, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News

Cheap food has become an indispensable pillar of the modern economy. But it is no longer an invisible or uncontested one. One of the most interesting ...

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Planting an Urban Orchard

Wesley Epplin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apple Orchard, Food Movement, Orchard, Dave Snyder, Raft, Renewing Ameria's Food Traditions, Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, Seed Savers, Chicago Rarities Orchard Project, Uncommon Ground, Local Food Movement, Svalbard Global Seed Bank, Slow Food USA, Slow Food Chicago, Urban Orchard, Crop, Neighborspace, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Where will your next slice of apple pie come from? What if it came from apples you've never tasted before that were grown in your city? In Chicago, this hypothetical could soon be a reality.

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James McWilliams' Over-Hyped and Undercooked Anti-Locavore Polemic

Stephanie Paige Ogburn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Movement, James McWilliams, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Locavore, Just Food, Green News
Stephanie Paige Ogburn

The problem with McWilliams' argument is its irrelevance. To devote an entire book to debunking the impulse to eat closer to home doesn't address the points raised by food and farm activists.

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Chicago's Green Food Resolution Advances

Wesley Epplin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Food Movement, Chicago City Council, Organic Gardening, Growing Power, Organic Food, Farmers Markets, Chicago Food Deserts, Green Food Resolution, Local Farmers, Local Food Movement, Food, Green Living, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Chicago is even closer to beating out the likes of New York and San Francisco in officially resolving to help both the the planet and their citizens by encouraging more sustainable, healthier food options.

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Food, Inc. Gets Rave Reviews, Big Ag Shudders

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Movement, Michael Pollan, Gmos, Food Inc., Fast Food, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Regulation, Big Ag, Hillary Clinton, Food Safety, Legislation, Food Safety Enhancement Act, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Today, Food, Inc. debuts: it is certainly not a film to miss. Big Ag realizes that the tide is turning on the corporate control of our food system, and that their message is in jeopardy.

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Step One, Hone the Ask: Why We Should Better Regulate CAFOs

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Food Movement, Meat Politics, Factory Farms, Antibiotics, Food Safety, Usda, Cafos, Barack Obama, Eqip, Green News
Paula Crossfield

We've been blaming consumers for their desire to eat lots of meat as an excuse for the unsafe and inhumane practices at CAFOs, which contribute to environmental degradation, our healthcare crisis and impact the safety of our food.

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