From the monthly archives:
Sorry that I’m only giving you one day to prepare but tomorrow (September still only has 30 days, right?) is a special day to kick off Vegetarian Awareness Month. Check out the World Vegetarian Day website. I particularly like that they explicitly welcome non-vegetarians.
I’ll avoid meat for the day (which is a shame because I [...]
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Kudos to the Cool Foods Campaign who urges us all to “Take a Bite Out of Global Warming”. Their goal, which eerily mirrors my own, is to “educate the public about the impact of their food choices across the entire food system and empower them with the resources to reduce this impact”.
The Cool Foods Campaign pledge [...]
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I played around with the new Google Insights last week, which allows you to see google searches over time, with the option of breaking down the information into different geographical regions.
The following graph shows searches for “farmers market” in the United States, over the last four years:
(direct results from Google Insights)
What does this data tell [...]
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Today The Reluctant Eater would like to welcome Tillie Trimboli. Tillie is the Client Retention Specialist for an HR company in Boston. She has participated in everything from breakdancing to Tae Kwon Do to hackey sack, and recently retired from playing semi-pro womens football for the Mass Mutiny.
TRE: Tillie, can you tell us about your [...]
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Possibly.
Food That Travels Well, a New York Times Op-ed piece from last year is a good starter piece on the subject of whether local food is actually better for the environment. Hint: In some cases it’s not!
Food from Halfway Around the World can have a Smaller Footprint
In addition to factoring in the actual transportation of the [...]
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