A few years ago I listed to an interview with U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan about his experience tackling the 2007 Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. He and four other representatives pledged to eat for a week on $21, the average ‘food stamp’ budget at the time. They did – and in the process they drew a [...]
Archive | July, 2011
Fast Food 2.0
No other food related service has been so publicly and strongly criticized as fast food…and for good reasons. If you have been living under a rock for the last decade or so maybe you have missed the powerful arguments that Schlosser, Pollan, Kenner, Spurlock and many others have put forward to the general public about [...]
Consumers and the African entrepreneurial (and sustainable) spirit
Trying to be sustainable when buying food in Africa can be a bit of a problem for an expat (like myself). In Uganda, open markets still dominate agri-food retailing, but the retailers closest to the areas where expats concentrate in Kampala are… supermarkets, of course. Not that they are there only to play the role of a [...]
CSI: Policy Unit, NYC
Imagine you’re a kid living in New York City. How would you eat? The answer is a big ‘it depends’. You might eat quite well – if your mom and dad are among New York’s growing population of foodistas. They might pick up their beans and greens at a farmers market – there are over [...]
Just what we’ve been waiting for: the carnivore’s pocket guide
Lots of people would like to eat more ‘sustainably’, but I’d hazard to say that most of them don’t get around to actually doing anything about it. If I had to guess, I’d say that the single factor holding them back most – all right, let’s say next-to-most, with the toughest challenge being the need [...]
Measuring food sustainability is no piece of cake!
Measuring sustainability can be difficult. Thinking about it systemically is indeed very challenging. Zooming in and out on a given system can even make you dizzy! Like when you use Google maps… has that happened to you? You are looking to see where some town is located and then unintentionally your fingers do something and [...]
UK’s Parliament TV
I’ve learned that the UK’s Parliament.tv broadcasts many committee hearings, including some that may prove quite relevant to many in the Purefood and Foodlinks networks. In this hearing, for example, Tim Lang and Philip Lowe try to tackle the question, “What exactly does sustainable food look like?” for the Environmental Audit Committee.
Urban Roots Trailer
Urban Roots is the next documentary from Tree Media. Produced by Leila Conners (The 11th Hour) and Mathew Schmid and directed by Mark MacInnis, the film follows the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit. Urban Roots is a timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need [...]
Why it’s so hard to reform the food system
Check out the GRIST article about the food system: http://www.grist.org/food/2011-07-12-why-its-so-hard-to-reform-food-system-explained-in-one-chart While I agree that greater gender equality will be an amazing first step toward a better society… is food reform really as simple as men picking up the slack?
Extending the olive branch: is a new partnership possible?
Ladies and gentlemen of the alternative food community, it’s time I came out of the closet: I love high-tech food. Now, if you haven’t already unfriended me on Facebook, spilled organic Fair Trade coffee on your laptop while doing it, and settled upon shooting me hostile glances for the remainder of human existence – which, [...]
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