Fooled by Food Dyes
Fooled by Food Dyes: From Cereal Bars to Salad Dressings, Artificial Food Dyes Are Everywhere — And They Aren’t Doing Our Health Any Good…
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What’s In Season?
Approaching Food from a Seasonal Perspective Opens New Worlds of Health and Taste
What is “Slow Money?”
Slow Money is dedicated to connecting investors to local economies by marshaling financial resources to invest in small food enterprises & local food systems.
Eating Real
The First Food Day Launches October 2011 to Celebrate Healthy, Sustainable Eating…
Life from a Freegan Perspective
It’s eight o’clock on a sticky hot August night. The members of the New York freegan movement have gathered by a subway entrance in west Brooklyn, New York. It’s time for the trash tour, a monthly event where members forage local dumpsters for discarded, but still edible, food. These are not your typical trash divers, […]
Chemicals in the Butter
A study from the University Texas School of Public Health found extremely high levels of flame retardants in supermarket butter purchased in Dallas, Texas. Instead of the 19 units of flame retardants expected, they found 37,700 units in one stick of butter.
Vitamin Depleted Vegetables
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the nutritional difference between the carrot I ate in 1970 and one I eat today? I’ve heard there’s very little nutrition left.
Lost in the Food Labels
Packages today come plastered with label claims designed to appeal to your green-mindedness. E explains exactly what those labels really mean.
Environmental Implications Of So Much Food Waste
What are the environmental implications of all the food waste we create here in the United States as well as around the world?
Pickle Power
Pucker up for this season’s smartest snack-food pick.