Tag: Living
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15 Books For Future Foodies
Thanks to The Food Think Tank for providing this comprehensive list of books that teach kids ways to create a better food system. 1. Lidia’s Family Kitchen: Nonna’s Birthday Surprise by Lidia BastianichNonna Lidia is responsible for planning the menu for a birthday surprise feast for Nonna Mima. Through the course of the evening’s preparations, Nonna Lidia…
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4 Reasons Why We Need to Rethink Industrial Meat Production
by Kai Olson-Sawyer It’s a big world out there. On second thought, it feels like the world is getting smaller. Trends point toward a planet that will be even more crowded and tightly bound than ever as the population soars from seven to nine billion and prosperity rises for hundreds of millions by 2050. Such global forecasts have…
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Pesticides Commonly Found on U.S. Produce Raise Flags for European Food Regulators
The decision by Europe’s top food safety agency to call for new restrictions on two pesticides common on conventionally-grown U.S. produce because they “may affect the developing human nervous system” in young children underscores the danger of reliance on pesticides, Environmental Working Group (EWG) said today. [caption id="attachment_315867" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The two chemicals, acetamiprid…
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Why You May Never Want to Eat Shrimp Again
By Jill Richardson Shrimp cocktail makes a great finger food for holiday parties. Right? Only if you have no idea how those crustaceans were produced. Because if you did, you wouldn’t want to eat shrimp again. Before I go on, I’ll say this: There is good shrimp out there. Monterey Bay Aquarium provides a list of decent sources.…
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New Mom Fears for Daughter in World Filled with Genetically Modified Food
I had a scary realization when I started my infant daughter Pearl on solid foods a few months ago. Suddenly I was placing my trust in an entire global food system—its people, processes and profit motives—to care for the health and safety of my child. Until then she was exclusively breastfed, and I was exquisitely…