Sustainable Living

What Would Happen if Everyone Stopped Eating Meat? An Open Letter to Vice and the Independent

  Guest post by Caroline Watson I was really disappointed by two stories that came out earlier this year. First, the Independent posted, “Five things would happen if everyone stopped eating meat” claiming that this shift would end world hunger. The author happens to be the director of PETA. One month later, Vice put out,

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Should Sustainability Be Part of US Dietary Guidelines?

Recently, I received an email from Food Democracy Now urging me to tell President Obama to support the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendation to include sustainability and issue clear guidance for reduced consumption of animal products and more plant-based foods in the 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines. What is your definition of sustainable? In theory, including sustainability

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Losing Traditional Foods – Coconuts in Ecuador

 By Pilar Egüez Guevara  Talk about food gentrification has been on the Internet lately surrounding Whole Foods’ new campaign to elevate a staple in the traditional cuisine of the U.S. south–collard greens–to the rank of the trendy health food kale. Early on, quinua (translated in English as ‘quinoa’) was on the table for debate. The discussion focused on whether demand in the

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