Nutrition & Wellness
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Everybody’s friend, The onion is keeping it real
From The Optimist Magazine Fall 2015 When you bring everyone who wants to work with you to tears, and you still make it into countless dishes all over the world every day, you must be pretty special. The culinary qualities of the onion are indeed extraordinary. You can coax almost any flavor out of Read More...
This fancy food market is localizing produce, and saving "The Last Supper"
Remember this name: Eataly. It's an Italian food market that specializes in bringing only the best of ingredients and fine Italian foods to shoppers eager for locally-made foods. Wherever Eataly sets up shop whether, in New York City or Munich, the company sources nearly all the products from Read More...
Americans eat nearly 20 percent less beef than in 2005
This is good news for the planet and for health care: Americans are eating less beef than they did a decade ago. During that time, they also stopped eating as much pork, chicken, shellfish and whole milk—but not at nearly the same rate of decline as with beef. According to a new report by eating Read More...
Preventing food loss in Africa with these low-tech cooling units
In most of Africa there are no refrigerators. As a result, a third of the food produced on the continent is never consumed. It is a very painful loss for the millions of people in Africa who are food insecure or undernourished. A young IT graduate developed a solar-powered, walk-in cold room that Read More...
Vegans are making wine that's organic and gluten free
If you think wine is just made of some crushed up grapes fermented in a barrel, think again. Fish bladder protein, crushed crustacean shells, egg whites, gelatin, and casein milk protein are all commonly-used in wine-making process, from your bottom-shelf rose to a vintage Read More...
What would a community-owned food system look like?
In 2012, the Sustainable Economies Law Center along with numerous active partners successfully advocated for the passage of the California Homemade Food Act, also commonly known as California’s “cottage food law.” Thousands of small food businesses formed under the law during just its first Read More...
This rising form of agriculture is both ancient and sustainable
The number of biodynamic farms in the U.S. is rapidly increasing. These types of farms are much greener than organic farms, using their own compost and integrating livestock into their farms. Best of all, biodynamic farms rebuild the soil so that their harvest are extra healthy and Read More...
One woman has single-handedly helped Denmark reduce food waste by 25 percent
A Russian-woman named Selina Juul who moved to Denmark when she was 13 years old has been credited by the Danish government for single-handedly helping the country reduce its food waste by 25 percent in just five years. Shocked by the amount of food waste at supermarkets, she created the Read More...
Eat organic bread to fight global warming
Fertilizers used in wheat cultivation contribute almost half (43 percent) of the greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. Fertilizers consist of substances and chemicals such as methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and nitrogen. The emissions from these substances in synthetic fertilizers Read More...
Post organic? The sustainability of vertical indoor farming
Agriculture consumes 70 percent of available water globally, and over 700 million pounds of pesticides each year in the United States alone. And with a growing world population food production needs to increase in the decades ahead. That is why a New Jersey company advocates sustainable vertical Read More...