Our friends at Meatless Monday are at it again…getting some fantastic coverage in the news, that is. The movement is spreading throughout the country and even Oprah, Michael Pollan and Chef Kathy Freston are enthusiastically showing their support for Meatless Monday.
Just when you thought the scandal surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops couldn’t get any worse, breaking news of a novel pathogenic microorganism that might be linked to GM agriculture is spreading like wildfire across the internet. While you couldn’t write a better sci-fi script if you tr[...]
Confirmed by the FDA: In the US, 80% of all antimicrobial drugs are administered to animals. Yet another way in which industrial livestock production threatens human health.
How many people can say they get to spend some time on the water and in nature as part of their job? Friends of the Bay Executive Director Pat Aitken can. Pat’s chief responsibility is advancing the group’s basic mission of protecting the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor estuary and watershed.
My Grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, turned 93 on Valentine’s Day. When I think about how many unregulated chemicals my grandmother was probably exposed to in her life time, it scares me.
Organic food pioneer Michael Straus has found new meaning for the term "sustainable food" through his travels and fundraising efforts to help indigenous people in Burma.
The natural gas drilling industry is working hard to silence the discussion created by Josh Fox's film Gasland, which seems to have the industry running a little scared these days.
Why do we know so much about the supply chain and so little about the removal chain? TrashTrack focuses on how pervasive technologies can expose the challenges of waste management and sustainability.
There are bigger obstacles to a healthier nation than a dearth of healthful food at big box stores, or a dearth of big box stores in urban food deserts and to fight a problem as big as Americans’ expanding waistlines, we need a sea change with help from all sides.
There are many inspiring examples of the use of new media to promote fairer food systems. Consider the Eat the View campaign. Consider the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Consider the Real Food Challenge. What does food justice mean to you?
Come spring, Jack Algiere won’t have much time to talk; he’ll be too busy teaching apprentices and Farm Campers, and overseeing the hundreds of varieties of crops growing at Stone Barns. Good thing we caught him before the thaw.
A recent paper produced a mouthful of a talking point: 85 percent of oyster reefs have been lost globally. Yet oyster lovers can still gorge themselves on a sustainable supply of these briny delights. What gives?
Meatless Monday Interviewed on WABC New York
Our Hero: Pat Aitken of Friends of the Bay
And the Oscar For Best Horror Film Goes to…Gasland!
