When most of us think about climate change, the first thing that comes to mind are switching our light bulbs or riding a bike to work, but it turns out that deciding what to eat for dinner can be of much greater consequence.
Liz Neumark | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
A watershed event for the local food shed -- the second annual NYC Food and Climate Summit -- was convened on Saturday.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York
We could find true prosperity, improve our health, and fight global warming all at once. How? By transforming the way we produce, distribute, consume and dispose of our food.
Stephanie Paige Ogburn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
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.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green
Sandwiched between the caricatures of loco locavores and McWilliams' hey-ho-GMO cheerleading, lies the meat of the matter; we can't go on eating animals like this.
Elizabeth O'Neill | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
A dynamic group of urban-agricultural enthusiasts gathered in New York to celebrate the fourth day of Pollinator Week 2009.
Jacquie Berger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green