Vegan MOFO III is Coming - Let’s Talk Food!

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

October is the third Vegan Month of Food (Vegan MOFO)! Vegan superstar Isa Chandra Moskowitz started the tradition three years ago as the vegan community’s answer to NANOWRIMO. For the month of October, food bloggers all over the internet are going to be talking about vegan eats.

Forget Fast Food - It’s Time for Slow Food

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Last weekend, groups across the U.S. held “eat ins” to send a message to Congress about the Child Nutrition Act, which governs the National School Lunch Program. Not only was this event a great opportunity to get heard, participants got to learn about Slow Food USA and the movement as a whole.

Slow Food USA’s Time for Lunch Campaign

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

When I was in elementary school, Wednesdays were beefaroni day. My pops and I called it “barfaroni,” and we made sure to pack a lunch for me on Wedesdays. Not every kid was lucky enough to have a family like mine or can afford to pack a lunch even once a week. [...]

Eat Real, Eat Local

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This illustrative video was produced for the Canadian “Eat Real, Eat Local” campaign, targeted at getting Canadian’s to support local agriculture, but the message is universal:  Eatling locally grown food is healthier, more environmentally friendly and better for your local economy.

Elephant Journal: Michael Pollan Interview

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This week our good friend Waylon Lewis interviewed Michael Pollan the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.  They touch on how to communicate “green” to the masses, why he eats meat, GMOs, cancer, diet, Swine Flu & Michelle Obama’s organic garden.  Check it out!

Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts”

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Monsanto should patent their modification of the word “Fact”

While I was working on my review of the movie Food, Inc. I happened upon Monsanto’s “Fact Site” about the movie and thought I’d address some of their “Facts.”  I highly recommend you watch the movie and judge for yourself, but until then here is Monsanto’s position [...]

Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Michael Pollan was on the Colbert Report last night talking about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (a common sense look at what we eat). They also talk about the gigantic Cheeto canon, how Pollan got caught buying Fruity Pebbles in Berkley and Mrs. Pollan outs that he wasn’t breast fed.

Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter & Poorer

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

“How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?” For most, the answer is very little. Of all the social and environmental issues we face today, “what we eat” is probably the most important and the most urgent. Food, Inc, a new documentary by Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing many of the shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who is calling the shots.

Chews the Right Diaper for the Environment

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Finally an answer to the diaper debate, which one do I choose? Disposable or Cloth?… Neither! And, no we aren’t talking about gDiapers. We are talking Chewable Pampers.

Help Green the White House with an Organic Farm

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Derek Markham .

Eat the View is a campaign to turn part of the White House’s 18 acre lawn back into an edible landscape. The Garden of Eatin’ video tells the story of the “America’s Garden” from 1800 when President John Adams planted the first “first vegetables” to feed his own family to the present day. It ends [...]