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I was excited to see that the local supermarket here (here being Corvalis, Oregon) has a huge bulk foods section. There were literally hundreds of items in bulk bins: grains, cereals, flours, beans, cake mixes, pastas, nuts, candies, dried fruit, and so on and so on.
The big slogan on the wall above the bulk bins […]
For those of you who are Michael Pollan fans, radio station KLCC in Portland will be broadcasting a show called The Cornification of Food tomorrow (Tuesday, December 4th) evening at 6:30pm Pacific Standard Time. Not in Portland? You can listen to the broadcast via the KLCC website (click the ‘listen live’ link) at the scheduled […]
This article on 10 steps to becoming a locavore has some fun ideas. What is a locavore, you ask? According to the article,
“Locavores are people who pay attention to where their food comes from and commit to eating local food as much as possible.”
Some commit to eating food that comes from no more than a […]
Just in time for Blog Action Day, I came across this interesting Globe and Mail article about diet and the environment.
Meat consumption’s negative effect on the planet has been big news especially since the release of the UN’s report Livestock’s Long Shadow in 2006. Animals raised for human consumption do more damage to the environment […]
Check out factoryfarmmap.org for an interactive map showing state-by-state statistics about factory farming in the US. You can also download a PDF brochure about the consequences of factory farming for the environment, economy, and your health.
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