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Digging Deep through Gardening

During the past week, I’ve spent a few lucky hours in the afternoon sun helping dig out a new community garden. The hot and monotonous task among neighbors is a surprisingly peaceful, and dare I say grounding, opportunity to connect with a potential food source and so much more. Yesterday, after a Sunday picnic, we planted row after row of heirloom tomatoes, squash, melons,... Read More

Strawberries Forever

Is there a better way to spend the first weekend in May than hand picking sweet strawberries from the vine? I think not. After a half hour or so, the quest for the perfect berry, with it’s repetitive motion and  quiet focus, becomes as zen-like as Tai Chi. (But tasty!) That would explain how I emerged from my little trance with four gallons of berries. In my mind, the... Read More

Size Matters

Ever wonder how we went from 1970′s bell bottoms to today’s muffin tops? Click and scroll your mouse over the inforgraphic, “Where Do Americans Get Their Calories?, and the mystery is solved. You’ll see what forty years of portion distortion looks like in about 40 seconds. And trust me,  it isn’t pretty. A 23 percent increase in calories consumed... Read More

Go Green for St. Pat’s and Save the Earth

What does drinking green beer have to do with a saint? Hmm, not sure…  Here’s another thing to contemplate: What does eating green have to do with protecting the environment? Ask the guy on the barstool next to you. Maybe he’ll know that animal agriculture (producing meat for our food supply) is responsible for more greenhouse gasses than all the world’s... Read More

Show Me the Money!

In the final course toward eCornell’s certificate in plant-based nutrition, I’m asked to defend my diet — again. Of course, I’ve done this before and posted my “ESAD” philosophy, but if you don’t want to be offended, don’t click the link. Meanwhile, here’s a refresher on the question, “Why don’t you eat a normal... Read More

Opening March 5: Cacao on Peachtree

 Anticipating the grand opening of Cacao, chocolate maker extraordinaire Kristen Hard captivated fans at a preview for For Food’s Sake supper club. Guest Sherean writes: I don’t know if it was the full moon, or the wine, or those delicate little discs of chocolate – actually, I do know – it was all three, combined, that made February 17th one of For Food Sakes’... Read More

Nosh like Natalie

 Oscar winner and vegan, Natalie Portman explained to The Huffington Post why the book Eating Animals changed her world. Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist. I’ve always been shy about being critical of others’ choices because I hate when people do that to me. I’m often interrogated about... Read More

Protein Ratios Implicated in Chronic Diseases

Life-threatening Diseases Now Thought to be Caused, Possibly Cured, by Diet Once considered healthy, high protein diets (of meats, fish, dairy, eggs) have emerged as a common denominator in a series of multi-national studies concerning heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS), kidney stones, macular degeneration, cataracts and many autoimmune... Read More

Pork Chop with a side of Bugs?

More than 60 percent of transmissible human pathogens originate from factory farms, according to a new report by the International Livestock Research Institute. Writing for VegNews, Alexandra Chang explains that livestock production encourages epidemics.  New diseases appear approximately every four months, and while many are not dangerous, diseases such as avian flu, H1N1 swine... Read More

Who’s Your Daddy?

Think your Naked juices and Honest teas are pure and organic? Maybe not. Consider these eight Big Daddys of the food industry, courtesy of www.fooducate.com. In many cases, these baby brands don’t prominently display their parent company logo on their packaging or website because they want to retain an innocent, healthy image, one that is long gone... Read More