Thoughts on eating and living.
Posted on January 5, 2010 by diane
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, was on the Daily Show talking to Jon Stewart about his new book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.
When asked for one basic rule readers will learn from the book, Pollan answered “This is going to sound weird, but it’s eat food.” Pollan and Stewart go on to [...]
Posted on December 17, 2009 by diane
I’m a huge coffee lover. I start my day with coffee, drink it throughout the morning, and occasionally have the after dinner mug with dessert. I’ve been buying only organic fair trade beans for awhile now. Thinking I was doing my part and doing what was best for my body, I didn’t [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by diane
The Buttercup farm in Connecticut had a happy (perhaps divine?) surprise with the birth of their newest calf. The half Jersey, half Holstein calf at this dairy farm was born withs a white cross on its forehead.
His name? Moses.
Posted on October 19, 2009 by diane
Sadly the summer farmer’s markets have come to a close here in Chicago, but there are some year round markets like Green City where you can always go to find fresh produce. But what exactly can you make with the sometimes random assortment of this week’s freshest fruits and vegetables?
FRESHFARM Markets has created an [...]
Posted on August 11, 2009 by diane
The NYTimes had a great Op-Ed piece recently on the plight of organic farmers. Titled “You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster“, the story spells out the latest challenge for farmers in the Northeast: a plant disease that attacks potatoes and tomatoes. This year the disease appeared much earlier than usual in the [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2009 by diane
In a move that some are calling “profits over organics“, Dean Foods plans to create a new, lower-priced category they call “natural dairy,” aimed at drawing away organic customers.
Dean Foods sells milk under the Horizon label, which is the biggest organic milk producer in the country. This is the first time the Horizon brand [...]
Posted on July 2, 2009 by diane
You probably already know that buying organic fruits and vegetables whenever you can is best for your health, and usually tastes better too. But which foods contain the highest levels of pesticides, and which are the least contaminated?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) set out to answer these questions. They created the Shopper’s Guide [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2009 by diane
After reading Omnivore’s Dilemma, I definitely respect what author Michael Pollan has to say about food and America’s eating habits. Pollan also appears in the new documentary Food, Inc.
MICHAEL POLLAN’S SEVEN RULES TO EAT BY
1. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food — yogurt tubes, for example.
2. Don’t eat anything with more [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009 by diane
Our Daily Bread is an award winning 2005 documentary directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter that provides an unblinking look at modern food production. No voice overs, no music, just wide screen looks at how our food is produced (which involves surprisingly few humans you consider the sheer quantities of food we produce). Various farms [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by diane
After seeing a recent news segment covering Chipotle’s humanely raised meat (what they call “food with integrity”), I decided to look at their site for myself to find out more. I wanted to know if all meats at Chipotle are raised in a humane way and whether or not the rest of their ingredients [...]
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