This is part one of a multi-part series of posts discussing food waste in America. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently released a report detailing American food waste, which is up to 40% of all food in the farm to fork process. As a Grist article summarizing this report pointed out, this is like filling three […]
Read more "Waste Less – Feed More, Part 1"One of the things I seem to continue circling back to in this blog is “community.” How it works, where it works, when it doesn’t, why we’ve all done our part in letting community — a sense of community fade. We live in a society where year after year, people talk about how they feel […]
Read more "Culture of Resilience/Resistance & Community Building Projects"After all, 30 years ago, nearly three-quarters (72%) of main courses served at dinner were homemade, but by 2010, that total had declined to 59%, according to the NPD Group, which tracks consumer consumption patterns. (Institute of Food Technologists) An article by Tom Philpott in Mother Jones on Wednesday addressed American food-dollar spending patterns as compared between the […]
Read more "Does Anyone Want to Bring Back the Home-Cooked Dinner?"Confession: I joined a CSA, not as a radical political act, but because I want good, fresh food and I want to know my farm and farmers. The farm is about six or seven miles from where I live and they host regular work parties, provide updates on the crops, and attend the local growers […]
Read more "Joining a CSA as a radical political act?"In 2008, the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) made a push about palm oil in products (May Contain Rainforest Destruction) using stickers — and as far as I can tell, not much changed. Palm oil, in various forms, still exists in a lot of products — including a lot of products at my local food co-op. I’m […]
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