Sustainable food

Can slaughterhouses be humane?

Prather Ranch Meat Company, which kills its cattle painlessly, bills itself as an ethical beef producer

Mac McClelland, Modern Farmer Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 10
Life Modern Farmer, Food, Animals, Beef

Sustainable pork farming is real

Russ Kremer's small pig farm served as the inspiration for a Chipotle ad, which praises his antibiotic-free pork

Barry Estabrook, OnEarth.org Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 26
Social Food, Sustainable food, Chipotle

Monsanto crops cause tumors

A French study finds rats fed GMO corn die prematurely

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 10:08 PM UTC 12
News Research, Corn Crops

Eating local hurts the planet

Are farmers markets bad? Two scientists argue "food miles," the distance from farm to plate, is a worthless measure

Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu Saturday, Jun 16, 2012 7:00 PM UTC 28
Life Food, Sustainable food, Science

Will the Middle East starve?

Saudi Arabia and others have oil but not enough water or farmland. So they're buying land from poorer nations

Fred Pearce Sunday, Jun 10, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 23
Politics Middle East, Editor's Picks, Food

Escape to the red states

We were tired of Portland's yuppie brunch culture. Volunteer farming could challenge our thinking, and way of life

Alex Gallo-Brown Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 177
Life Sustainable food, Life stories

Why are we still eating bluefin tuna?

This beautiful fish is in serious trouble. Fishermen, diners and chefs need to band together in order to save it

Paul Greenberg, Gilt Taste Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 3:00 PM UTC 26
Life Environment, Food

How to save small farms

By protecting farmland from development, land trusts are making small-scale agriculture more viable

Jane Black, Gilt Taste Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 7:55 PM UTC
Life Agriculture, Sustainable food

How to fix fish farms

A deadly salmon-farm disease has reached the wild. What can the industry do to protect itself and the environment?

Paul Greenberg, Gilt Taste Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 3:15 PM UTC
Life Environment, Sustainable food

Welcome to the food justice movement

Navina Khanna has dedicated her life to fighting for more equitable and sustainable food systems

Andrew Leonard, Grist Friday, Oct 14, 2011 9:30 PM UTC 11
Life Grist, Sustainable food

The intersection of food, design and politics

A look at how a group of radical thinkers in '60s San Francisco used food as part of their art and message

August Heffner, Imprint Monday, Aug 1, 2011 2:01 AM UTC
Life Imprint, Design, Sustainable food

How gas drilling contaminates your food

We know the controversial fracking process hurts our water supply -- but it's also affecting the things we eat

Barry Estabrook, Gilt Taste Wednesday, May 18, 2011 6:20 PM UTC 32
Life Sustainable food, Food

Lessons from the “organic rednecks”

At an Oregon farm, I learned that eating local isn't about politics or budget, it's about making food better

Felisa Rogers Saturday, Apr 23, 2011 8:01 PM UTC 54
Life Scavenger, Sustainable food

Mussels: Your go-to sustainable seafood

They're cheap, they're tasty, they are actually good for the environment, and they're infinitely variable

Francis Lam Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 21
Life Eyewitness Cook

Scientists warn that Earth could be “unrecognizable” by 2050

Combined effect of surging population and depleting resources could cause an ecological catastrophe within 40 years

Peter Finocchiaro Monday, Feb 21, 2011 4:07 PM UTC 38
News Environment, Global Warming

Like the steak? Take home a bag made from the same cow

Brooklyn restaurant offers leather goods made from the same animals as their food goods. How sustainable!

Adam Clark Estes Monday, Feb 14, 2011 7:35 PM UTC
Life Sustainable food, Food

New N.Y. Times opinion columnist is … a food writer

Mark Bittman debuts with a food manifesto for our future. It's way too big a subject, and it's perfect

Francis Lam Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 5:01 PM UTC 20
Life Sustainable food, Food

The joys and perils of “sustainable” seafood labeling

Why is it so confusing to choose eco-friendly fish? Is it all just marketing baloney? An expert explains

Francis Lam Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 1:50 AM UTC 26
Life Sustainable food

When eating organic was totally uncool

Before hipsters got rooftop gardens, my poor, refugee family ate that way because we had to. And we were ashamed

Pha Lo Friday, Jan 7, 2011 2:01 AM UTC 63
Life Sustainable food

No cheap chicken: Your thoughts and ideas

My vow to try to support only sustainable poultry got folks talking, and here's the best of what they said

Francis Lam Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011 7:01 PM UTC 53
Life Ethics of eating

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