Two major Harvard studies, following the diets of more than 100,000 men and women, for up to 22 years have concluded that red meat consumption contributes to a significantly shorter life – increased cancer mortality, increased heart disease mortality, and increased overall mortality.
The...
Apr
10
Do you know where your food comes from, who grows it and why you should care?
If you’re like most people, you buy the bulk of your food in chain grocery stores where almost all the produce is grown on large-scale industrial farms and comes from thousands of miles away. In the name of convenience...
Dec
08
The WE Garden Project
For 20 years, Joe’s Restaurant — fronted by L.A. chef Joe Miller — has dedicated itself to creating market-fresh meals using locally sourced ingredients. And now, Miller has expanded his vision to help indoctrinate a younger generation in the wonderful world...
Oct
21
What does nourish mean? Watch this inspiring video by the folks at Nourish and think about what really nourishes you.
To nourish yourself and others means more than just sustaining life with food. It implies some deeper sense of feeding the heart and soul as well as the body. In fact, the...
Sep
26
In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.
About Mark Bittman
Sep
07
11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food — far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.
About...
Sep
06
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.
About Jamie Oliver
Sep
06
