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Women and Meat

This weekend in Boston, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics held it’s annual conference. As a dietitian, I was sent a few special invitations to attend receptions and visit booths. Nestle wanted me to attend their “sustainable nutrition” reception so they could tell me all about their tube feeding products, and Monsanto wanted me to […]

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Pardon Me? An Open Letter to Ms. Cook and The Boston Globe about “The great rabbit pardon of 2016”

As a nutritionist living on a working farm, I feel that a deeper discussion into how people view food production is needed after reading the September 17th article, “The great rabbit pardon of 2016.” Although I think Ms. Cook is well intentioned, I believe she is misguided in her vilification of these local, sustainable farmers.

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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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How to Source and Thaw Meat

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know how important grass-fed meat is to me. I think it’s fantastic for both human health AND the environment. I’ve presented here and wrote more here about the health benefits of red meat and why it’s not as environmentally destructive as people think. In fact, herbivores

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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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