Sustainable Food

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Finally -- Locavore Candy at the Farmers Market

Flora Lazar | Posted 12.16.2009 | Style

Read More: French Pastry, Candy, Kings of Pastry, Chris Hegedus, Fruit, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Chocolate, Green City Market, Green Market, French Food, D.A. Pennebaker, Locavores, Local Farmers, Style News

What does a French-inspired chocolatier make for a tightly-regulated farmers market such as Chicago's Green City Market without chocolate, hazelnuts, and almonds?

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Big Trend: America's Chefs "Discover" Sustainable, Local Sourcing for Food

David Becker | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Chefs, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Restaurants, Local Farmers, Nutrition, Green News

According to a new survey of 1,800 American chefs, sustainability, local sourcing and nutrition are some of the hot culinary and restaurant menu trends this season.

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How To Be A Countertop Composter (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Composting, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Gardening, Green Living, Compost, Sustainable Food, Video, Green News

We at HuffPost Green love to get down and dirty...with compost that is! Umbra Fisk of GristTV offers her top tips for composting. From huge outdoor ...

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Eco Etiquette: How To Eat Local This Winter

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Community Supported Agriculture, Green Living, Winter CSAs, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Csa, Farmers Markets, Green News

For those of us in the Midwest, summer is so much easier when it comes to eating local -- lots of farmers markets stocked with goodies from local grow...

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Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Laurie David | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Factory Farms, Laurie David, Sustainable Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Vegan, Eating Animals, Green News

This book is a game changer. Eating Animals offers an impassioned argument against animal cruelty and for a more informed, responsible relationship with our food.

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White Christmas -- How About A Green Thanksgiving?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Turkey, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Farmers Markets, Thanksgiving, Eco-Friendly, Thanksgiving Recipes, Green Thanksgiving, Green News

White Christmas is a cultural and traditional icon of our society. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Green Thanksgiving will also become an American standard.

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Seven Great Questions to Ask Your Farmer

David Becker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Organic, Local Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Food, Nutrition, Green News

Most farmers who work farmer's markets and farms stands are proud of what they produce. And many want to tell just how they do it.

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15 Seafood Options Good For Human And Ocean Health

treehugger.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Sustainable Seafood, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Green News

Finding sustainable seafood has always been about balancing the health of a given fishery with the health effects of consuming that fish. Some that ca...

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Blending Agriculture and Technology to Create New Jobs

Mark Miller | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Broadband, Purpose-Prize, Civic Ventures, Purpose Prize, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Abc, Business News

Tim Will's work in organic farming has just been recognized with a 2009 Purpose Prize. He's been recognized for demonstrating creative and effective work to tackle social problems.

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How Green Is Tofu Really?

Slate Magazine | Nina Shen Rastogi | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Tofu, Healthy Eating, Food, Eating, Meat, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Eating, Food Politics, Green News

it is true that switching from meat to tofu should help you cut back on your greenhouse gas emissions. How significant are those savings, exactly?...

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How to Build a Community With Every Bite

Sarah Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Bat Mitzvah, Los Angeles, Sustainable Food, Takepart, Green News

Sadly, we live in an era where Bar and Bat Mitzvahs have become night-club shuls with absurd budgets. One family went the opposite route, incorporating sustainable practices throughout.

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45 Food Essentials You Can Make Yourself (But Never Thought You Could)

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Google, Cooking Recipes, Do-It-Yourself, Sustainable Food, Homemade, Cooking, Food, Green Living, Green News

There are many food items that people regularly buy that they could make at home; healthier, cheaper, and tastier. In days past people did not run to ...

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A New Direction on Research at the USDA? The Experts Weigh In

Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Sustainable Food, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Food Safety, Food Security, Csrees, Nifa, Green News

After Tom Vilsack's speech, I've reached out to some key thinkers on agriculture to find out what they would like the USDA's new research body, NIFA, to be focusing on. Here are their answers.

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Schwarzenegger, Solar Power, and Midland School

Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Eco Living, Sustainable Food, Solar Energy Projects, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, College Prep, Sustainable Agriculture, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Independent Schools, Midland School, Solar Power, California, Santa Barbara County, Green News

Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.

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Name Your Cow, Get More Milk

David Becker | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Welfare, Dairy, Dairy-Farms, Cows, Sustainable Food, Milk, Sustainable Dairy, Green News

"Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they are given a bit more one-to-one attention," explains Dr. Douglas of Newcastle University.

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Becky Wasserman: A Unique Perspective On Food, Wine & Ketchup Foam

Brad Haskel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Becky Wasserman, Sustainable Food, Wine, Style News

In a profession where confusion and pretense reign supreme, sometimes there is a voice of reason.

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Miles from Nowhere: Why Does James McWilliams Hate Local Food?

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: James McWilliams, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Green News

In the end, McWilliams comes off as a bitter and snarky outsider. His argument is weakened by his obvious bitterness and cheapened by its lopsidedness.

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The Greening Cow Town

Nancy Wadsworth | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bicycle Culture, Greening Denver, Sustainability, Green Lifestyle, Organic Gardening, Denver, Sustainable Food, Denver News

I'm no sustainability expert, but in the eleven-plus years I've called Denver home, I've watched us undergo some significant paradigm shifts.

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Spreading Positive Social Epidemics

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Twitter, Yom Kippur, Social Change, Sustainable Food, Health Care, Civility, Living News

We need an epidemic of civility, we need to redouble our efforts to teach our children respect, honor, kindness and goodness.

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High Tech Food: Cocoon Cooker Grows Meat In Your Kitchen (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Coccoon Cooker, Weird Sceince, Grow Meat, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Eco-Friendly, Food, Green Living, Eco-Friendly-Innovation, Cocoon Cooker, Cocoon Meat, Cocoon, Cacoon Cooker, The Cocoon, Kitchen Appliance Meat Without Killing, Technology News

**See photos and video below** The Cocoon Cooker is the weirdest way to go green yet. The controversial cooker could 'grow' meat and fish in ...

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Go Bananas During National Food Desert Awareness Month

Mari Gallagher | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Food, Health Policy, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Health, Food Politics, Food Access, Nutrition, Food Deserts, Chicago News

Fast, cheap and easy is not a porn film; it's the new American diet.

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No Impact Man and the Pursuit of Happiness

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Colin Beavan, No Impact Man, Sustainable South Bronx, Sustainable Food, Farmers Markets, Sustainability, Kerry-Trueman, Michelle Conlin, Green News

I liked watching these two regular people play around with change, with having less and discarding less, and with what it means to take individual action towards a global goal.

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Meatless Monday: Labor Day Pains

Ellen Kanner | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Barry Estabrook, Inc., Food, Josh Viertel, Eric Schlosser, Labor Day, Ciw, Slow Food, Eat-Ins, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Meatless Mondays, Green News

Purple mountain majesties, amber waves of grain, we've got it all, but one of America's greatest natural resources is you. Yeah, you sitting in your ...

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The Food-Climate-Atrazine Connection Explained

Grist.org | Tom Philpott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Atrazine, Roundup, Sustainable Food, Climate, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Food Politics, Environment, Food, Global Warming, Green News

By Tom Philpott. This post originally appeared at grist.org. In the ongoing debate about whether sustainable agriculture can "feed the world," it's i...

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Fat and Fated? The Changeable State of Low-Income Communities, Part I

Isabel Cowles | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Food, Community Gardens, Sustainable Food, Low Income Healthcare, Food Politics, Green News

Prevention is at the heart of the health care debate, but low-income and minority communities are often deprived of the nourishing options they deserve and have greatest risk of heart disease.

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