I used to think that beef was the worst meat for the environment. And from a greenhouse gas perspective this is true. Cows are massive animals that take vast amounts of inputs (corn, water, space) and excrete tons of harmful outputs (methane gas, waterway-polluting feces). When these inputs and outputs are totaled up for their […]
If that title doesn’t make you feel a little bit uneasy, it probably should. Anyone who is conscious or becoming conscious of what they eat and where it comes from learns about factory farming very early on. If you would like to learn more about the subject, I have books to recommend. One in particular […]
I have a shirt that says “Every Day is Earth Day.” My brother gave it to me as a birthday gift one year. It’s organic cotton, dark brown (probably dyed with dirt), and has a nice artistic image of a tree on it. Real Yuppie stuff, right? I wear it sometimes on Earth Day. Not […]
Ok you don’t have to stop eating rice, but I did want to get your attention. I will explain toward the end why I say this, but let us begin by revisiting a common topic on this blog; local food. There is so much to be said about local food. It is such a buzz word […]
I see you. Yeah, you. You with the shaker of guar gum in one hand, a bottle of maltodextrin in the other. Put those down for a second and listen up. Sure they taste great, don’t they? Who doesn’t like a sodium benzoate spice rub on their entree, or a high fructose corn syrup stir […]
Last Fall I attended an event here in Boston called the “Local Food Festival.” Being the pretentious-grass-fed-organic-sustainable-free-range-local-all-natural-michael-pollan-hipster-snobbish-reusable-grocery-bag-liberal-foodie that I am, I was excited. The event was held on a beautiful Autumn day by the water. I had come with expectations of mantras and creeds and unifying messages of hope and practical steps toward more sustainable […]
I was recently at a friend’s house having a discussion about food. This is surprising because I never do this. And by never I of course mean this is the only thing I do with friends. But either way, we were talking about vegetarian diets, and the subject of fish came up, and I said […]
