Miscellaneous
World's first vegan supermarket chain will open in Portland
Vegan products are usually relegated to a tiny section in conventional grocery stores, but Portland, Oregon will soon be home an entire vegan supermarket. Veganz, the first and world’s largest vegan grocery store chain, will set up shop in the famously crunchy city later this year. Along with Read More...
5 things you can do about food waste
Every year roughly 2.9 trillion pounds of food—about a third of all the food available—never gets eaten. A huge part of this is from crops left in the fields or food discarded during processing worldwide. In the United States and other countries with more advanced food delivery systems, Read More...
Suburbs embrace food scrap recycling to cut 15 percent of landfill waste
Cleaning your plate will take on a new meaning in some suburbs as food scrap collection grows in practice and popularity. The effort involves collecting food leftovers at the curb and converting them to compost as a way to reduce waste going into landfills. So far, food scrap collection programs Read More...
The moral case for cultured meat
Last Monday, the Wall Street Journal announced the creation of the “world’s first cultured meatball.” Memphis Meats, the startup behind the dish, revealed its ambitious plans to produce beef and pork using cell cultures. Per its name, the company plans to eventually debut their Read More...
NYC is on the verge of a vegan restaurant boom
New York City celeb restaurateur Ravi DeRossi is on a mission to turn all 15 of his bars and restaurants into vegan hotspots, Eater reports. And it’s all happening ASAP. DeRossi, who first made a splash in the city’s foodie scene with The Bourgeois Pig 11 years ago–and Read More...
Here’s how to solve world hunger
Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people—to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show contest is a singular rule: Nearly all the ingredients must be sourced from farms and vendors Read More...
Neil Young is taking his campaign against Monsanto and GE crops on the road
Grammy Award-winning artist Neil Young has been a powerful presence in music for the past 50 years. In addition to his artistic career, Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to highlight issues that impact farmers and the food system. In 1985, Young joined Read More...
NYC’s first resident urban farmer will grow food for Staten Island’s new green community
We recently brought you news about Staten Island’s multi-million dollar URBY waterfront community, and now it looks like the project’s developers have hired NYC’s first official resident urban farmer. Experienced agriculture professional Zaro Bates will be in charge of growing Read More...
When will our meat-filled diets go post-animal?
The hamburger is a nearly complete reflection of America through the 20th century. Popularized by White Castle and McDonald's, burgers only became the cheap, fast food we know and love in concert with improvements in food preservation, mass production lines, long-distance freight, and agricultural Read More...
4 foods to improve gut health and immune function
“All disease begins in the gut,” was wisdom given by Hippocrates nearly 2,500 years ago. While the medical community has denied it for decades, researchers are now proving substance in that statement. Did you know that your intestines are home to approximately 100 trillion bacteria? Read More...