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The Environment and Famine

Posted by rackfokus on Friday, 08 March 2013 in Food

Humanity faces serious, highly interconnected environmental problems, including much-discussed challenges such as climate change, as well as the equally or more serious threat to the survival of organisms that support our lives by providing critical ecosystem services such as crop pollinatio...

Heart Disease is 32 Percent Lower for Vegetarians

Posted by amir on Friday, 01 February 2013 in Food

Meat consumption around the world has been on the rise as incomes have grown. In the United States, more meat is consumed than anywhere else. For many, a meal simply is not a meal if it does not have at least a half-pound of flesh on it. Vegetarianism has been in practice by large groups for quite a...

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Eating Sustainable Seafood

Posted by acox on Monday, 14 January 2013 in Food

In the sea, almost everything that swims, burrows or crawls can be presented on a plate and eaten. Yet many marine species aren't well known among chefs and diners. The lack of variety on the menu represents not only a loss of culinary opportunity, but also a potential source of ecological i...

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45 Million Turkeys

Posted by Angel on Tuesday, 20 November 2012 in Food

Thanksgiving should be a time for celebration, not cruelty, yet approximately 45 million turkeys — gentle birds who enjoy having their feathers stroked and gobbling along to music — are killed every year for Thanksgiving dinner. Before they’re killed, turkeys spend several months pa...

Do's & Don'ts for an Eco-Thanksgiving

Posted by henryfool on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 in Food

by Brandy NorleenIt’s that time of year again, and you are preparing to cook a feast to feed the masses. As you start planning the smorgasbord of side dishes and entrees to feed your family this Thanksgiving, are you asking yourself how you can make this holiday a little more eco-friendly? It is eas...

Post Climate Change Food Staples May Change

Posted by henryfool on Saturday, 03 November 2012 in Food

Going Bananas Over Climate Change? You Might Have ToOur old staple and friend the potato has had a good run but, thanks to climate change, we may in the future have to find other food sources to underpin our diets — and the banana family is one likely candidate.Researchers from the Consultative Grou...

A Forecast for Food Production

Posted by Dale on Monday, 15 October 2012 in Food

I believe we might have made a mistake: a mistake whose consequences, if I am right, would be hard to overstate. I think the forecasts for world food production could be entirely wrong. Food prices are rising again, partly because of the damage done to crops in the northern hemisphere b...

California battle over GM labels

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 04 October 2012 in Food

Voters in California will decide on a proposal next month that would require the labelling of most foods made with genetically modified ingredients. Proposition 37 is supported by the organic industry but many major food suppliers oppose it saying it will drive up prices. Around ...

Eco living: how to save food and reduce waste

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 in Food

Remember bubble and squeak? That crispy, almost sweet concoction of fried mash and cabbage or brussels sprouts? Or bread pudding? These and other leftovers dishes are making a comeback from their Seventies heyday as emptier pockets are forcing us to change our domestic habits.One side effect of this...

Full Health And Environmental Benefits Of Organic Foods Ignored by Study

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 06 September 2012 in Food

A review of the scientific literature on the health benefits of organic food versus its chemical-intensive counterpart by Stanford University researchers finds that there is a lack of strong evidence that organic foods contain more nutrients than conventional foods; however, the study finds that con...

Report urges UK food industry to adapt to climate change

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 12 July 2012 in Food

By Alex Blackburne Food businesses that adapt properly to the impacts of climate change are the ones that will prosper in the future, according to a report by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra). The study, called Adapting to climate change in the food industry, was writ...

Meat Consumption And The Environment: Study Calls For Eating Less Meat

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 in Food

Should people eat less meat? Meat consumption isn't just something that impacts your health; it's also played a huge role in problematic deforestation. Animals raised for meat use very large amounts of land -- land to graze and land used to raise crops that feed livestock -- and it's increasingly co...

Eat Less Meat to Fight Deforestation

Posted by amir on Saturday, 30 June 2012 in Food

According to the study from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Grade A Choice? Solutions for Deforestation-Free Meat, the increasing global demand for meat has led to more and more deforestation for grazing pastures as well as land to grow livestock feed like soybeans. Meat consumption has bee...

Moldy matters: How wasted food is destroying the environment

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 28 June 2012 in Food

By George Webster At first glance, Austrian artist Klaus Pichler's spell-binding photographs could be mistaken for a set of stylish advertisements. It takes a moment to digest -- excuse the pun -- that you're staring at pictures of rotting food. Among them, a pineapple hangs suspended in neg...

Phytoplanktonic Seafood

Posted by Angel on Thursday, 28 June 2012 in Food

What What disturbed chef Angel León most about Spanish fishermen was all the unwanted species they tossed back into the ocean. High-value species went to market; the rest went overboard. These dead fish would never be coming up in their nets again. Bycatch is by no means confined to Spanish fisherie...

Algae Could Help Feed the World

Posted by Angel on Friday, 04 May 2012 in Food

Five years ago, algae was the “it” feedstock in the biofuel realm. The idea of taking an organism that feeds off of CO2 and using it to create fuel was as intoxicating to research scientists as it was to venture capitalists. Financing was available to fund the placement of extremely expensive photob...

Meat Consumption Must be Cut to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Posted by bensor on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 in Food

In the developed world, citizens take advantage of the enormous bounty of meat while shopping at markets and dining in restaurants. For some, a meal can only be classified as real if it contains some kind of meat in it. According to the UN, the attitude towards meat consumption has to change, and pe...

Turkey-free Thanksgiving in Balboa Park

Posted by bchristo on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 in Food

No roast turkey with cracklin’ brown skin graced the groaning boards. Nor was there a pat of butter in sight to slather on the rolls, or a poof of whipped cream to dot the pumpkin pie. Yet, none of these trimmings were missed among the The more than 200 people who partook of the vegan vic...

Bread, Coffee, Whiskey and Climate Change

Posted by Angel on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 in Food

If you need more proof that climate change is destroying the world, consider your favorite foods and beverages. Changing temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and record droughts are affecting production of honey, coffee, chocolate, and bourbon—just to name a few. Do you want to live in a world with...

What's really in your kid's lunch?!

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Food

As a child in elementary and middle school I was always sent to school with a funky looking lunch box or bag. Inside my personal lunch container were items most kids had never seen or heard of. I had rice milk in a box, multi-grain sprouted bread, sprouts on my sandwich and organic peanut butter wit...