One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, and food, and politics. “You mean, you made the crust? From scratch?” My friend could not believe I had spent the time, and thought I was “too much”. No big deal, I assured her, it [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Stirring the Pot With the Women’s Food Movement
Posted in Food, tagged 'Women's Food Movement', Alice Waters, Carlo Petrini, community organizing, Food, green, Michael Pollan, movement, Obama, organics, slow food, Twitter, women on November 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Want to Play Tag with Me?
Posted in Blogging, tagged Blogging, green, tag on November 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Very seldom do I engage in blogging games, but today I am in the mood. Daryl Warner-Laux, over at Verda-Vivo green blog tagged me, and I am supposed to let you know seven random things about me. Here we go:
I swim every day with the Stanford master swim team. Never mind that I am the [...]
The Coupon Trap
Posted in Food, tagged clipping, coupons, food crisis, health, marketing, nutrition, processed food, sustainability on November 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
With less money to spend every month, many Americans are turning to coupons to stretch their food budget. Last weekend, I decided to join the ranks, and sat down at my kitchen table, armed with scissors and the two inserts from our Sunday paper. And started clipping away.
I decided to separate the coupons into three [...]
Good Fish, Bad Fish, It’s Hard to Know
Posted in Food, tagged contaminants, fish, Food, health, mercury, safety, shopping guide, sustainability on November 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Have you tried sorting out the information on fish? Which kind can you eat without worrying about mercury, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides, dioxins, furans, PBDEs, and other nasty contaminants? You would think there is one central place with all that info, neatly packaged into one pocket size guide. There is. Actually, there are, and that’s the problem. [...]
Lunch Time in Green Lane
Posted in Solutions, tagged compostable plastics, Fake Plastic Fish, green, plastics, sustainable on November 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Met with KoAnn, from Sustainable Life Media for lunch, at local deli. I asked lady at the checkout counter, “Do you have compostable spoons?”. I was met with same blank stare I have encountered before in similar situations. Mainstream America does not know about compostable plastics, and even less so, sustainability. Not that the lady [...]
Mom Does Not Always Know Best
Posted in Food, tagged Food, grocery, health, junk, manufacturers, moms, nutrition, obesity, retailers, shopper on November 7, 2008 | 18 Comments »
We’ve all witnessed that scene. A mom, obviously not rich, waiting in line with her brood, at the checkout counter, her shopping cart overflowing with bottled water and sodas. Inspired by that image, I decided to take a look at some hard Nielsen data on U.S grocery sales, and came across some rather stunning [...]
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