Articles tagged “Eco-Friendly Foods”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Karma of a Fast Food Burger By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 9 2011 You are what you eat, karma-wise. + READ MORE

What if Nutrition Labels Included Carbon Emissions? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 7 2011 Your food's carbon footprint right on the label. + READ MORE

The Surprising Way I Spent My Las Vegas Vacation By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 22 2011 It’s pretty hard to avoid having an all around unhealthy, overly indulgent stay in Las Vegas. The entire Strip, with its smoke-filled casinos lacking any hint of natural sunlight and fast-food courts around every corner, lends itself to that “I wasn’t very good to my body” feeling. That’s why I was amazed to come back from my recent trek into the city of sin feeling rested, cleaner and, yes, thinner! + READ MORE

Weirdest Eco-Friendly Products By Julia Austin IN Home & Garden Jun 16 2011 With every rising industry comes the underdog—those who are helping the cause in their unexpected, but just as crucial ways. The designers of these odd and innovative eco-friendly products are those underdogs: + READ MORE

Frito Lay Admits New Quieter SunChip Bag Only Decomposes at High Temperatures By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 11 2011 Not so revolutionary after all. + READ MORE

7 Dangerous Food Additives and Ingredients and How to Avoid Them By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 12 2011 Food additives serve a world of purposes, most of which we weren't even aware of, but they can also do us harm. You may be seriously surprised at not only what you've been ingesting, but what it could be doing to you and the planet. + READ MORE

Denmark Drastically Limits Antibiotics in Livestock: Here's Why By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 4 2011 Sub therapeutic use of antibiotics is using them for any use other than sickness including fattening them up faster or to quell any sickness caused by cruel treatment or unhealthy living standards that could cause them to get sick in the future. Sub therapeutic use of antibiotics is under fire because scientists are finding that they cause the perfect breeding ground for drug resistant bacteria and the super bugs which are wreaking have started to show their frightening heads in Britain in the U.S. + READ MORE

Study: Canned Foods Much to Blame for Exposure to Synthetic Hormones By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 3 2011 A new study has found that the majority of our exposure to dangerous synthetic hormones, namely Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates are canned foods. The urine of subjects eating canned foods and fresh foods were tested to check for levels of these hormone disruptors. + READ MORE

Top Eco-Adventures in the Southern States By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 1 2011 I wanted to turn our attention to the environmental efforts of a region that may not necessarily come to mind when we think eco-tourism—the South. Home to some of the most historical natural landmarks in this country, eco-tourism actually has a very special place in Southern hearts. + READ MORE

Quinoa's Popularity Abroad Creates Health Problems at Home By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 21 2011 Now popularity of the food has sky rocketed and with it the price at home in Bolivia. Long a staple of the Bolivian diet, its price in one of the world's poorer nations is now out of reach. + READ MORE

2 Girl Scouts Compel Kellogg's to Take a Stance on Palm Oil By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 19 2011 According to Grist, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen to motivate Girl Scouts USA to switch to cookies made with healthier alternatives like olive or canola oil. + READ MORE

Winter Gardening: Crops You Can Grow in Cold Weather By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2010 Just because it's cold outside--and SO snowy, if you're in the northeast--doesn't mean you can't keep up the green thumb you were developing all summer. + READ MORE

11 Cookbooks to Complete a Truly Green Kitchen By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 15 2010 A list of cookbooks that will round out any green or veg kitchen. It is gift season, after all... + READ MORE

11-Year Old Organic Food Activist Explains What's Wrong With Our Nation's Food System By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 9 2010 Eleven-year old Birke Baehr has a lot to say about our nation defunct food system and it's perking the ears of parents and kids alike. He talks on the specifics of genetically modified foods and how they have been proven to cause cancer in lab animals. + READ MORE

Bugs, It's What's For Dinner: Insect Eating Goes Mainstream By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 29 2010 Snacking on crickets, caterpillars, termites, and beetles seems like something out of an episode of Bizarre Foods but eating bugs, also called entomophagy, is growing in popularity, according to Change.org. + READ MORE

What Does the Frankenfish Scandal Tell Us About GMO Labeling? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 25 2010 Is a nation where the genetic modification has long flown under the radar, the recent Franken Fish scandal has made many Americans realize that they have no way of knowing how many of the other food in their diet are currently genetically modified. While many are disputing that the fish in question, a farm-raised salmon modified so that it can eat year round and fatten up faster, what of the other food that we eat? + READ MORE

Eight Tasty, Egg-Free Dishes By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 8 2010 Has the massive egg recall got you a little bit gun shy about shopping for eggs? Never fear! It’s a common misconception that eggs are a staple for cooking and baking. There are plenty of eggless ways to prepare your favorite meals and treats -- here are eight to get you started. + READ MORE

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Restauranteur Joe Bastianich (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 3 2010 Joe Bastianich’s life charts a culinary adventure that ends with this nice Italian boy becoming one of America’s premier restaurateurs — as well as a noted winemaker, bon vivant, street-level philosopher, and eventually, a marathon runner. He sat down (with a glass of wine, of course) to talk about how he sees the Gulf Oil Spill affecting the country and food world at large. + READ MORE

Food Policy Meeting in Africa: We Need Home-Grown Solutions By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Sep 3 2010 The keynote address at an annual food policy dialogue in southern Africa highlighted the need for home-grown solutions to the region's lack of food security. + READ MORE

Is Gandhi's Favorite Food in Your Yard? By Care2.com IN Food & Health Aug 18 2010 Purslane is an annual, low growing fleshy herb, up to eight inches tall with prostrate reddish stems. It has been used throughout history in treatment of everything from cardiac weakness to high cholesterol and sore throat. Purslane is reported to have been one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite foods and also consumed by Thoreau while residing at Walden Pond. + READ MORE