Reading Time: 2 minutes Growing meat uses so many resources that it’s a challenge to enumerate them all. But consider: an estimated 30 percent of the earth’s ice-free land is directly or indirectly involved in livestock production, according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, which also estimates that livestock production generates nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes by Noel Cleland In the U.S. we are irradiating fruits, meats and other foods to kill dangerous bacteria. But wait a minute – shouldn’t our food be safe to eat in the first place? How did the human race ever survive if nuking food is the only thing that keeps us from getting sick from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes by Noel Cleland The latest Harris Interactive poll on American consumers’ green behavior is out, and the news is mixed. Participants were asked what activities they had done in the last year, ranging from installing more energy-efficient light bulbs (63%) to starting to pay bills online (46%) to installing a low-flow toilet (16%). 41% had […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes by Noel Cleland How much of the food we consume each day should actually be considered food? I must admit, I hadn’t really considered calling it anything else before, but Michael Pollan makes a strong case in his new book that many of the meals that we eat should be considered food-like substances and not […]