Food

Food Retailers Advised To Hang On To Sustainability During Hard Times June 12th, 2008

While some companies might be tempted to ease up on their sustainability efforts in less than favorable economic times, other companies are doing more and counting their ROIs, The Retail Bulletin reports. Speaking at the...more

Saving The World One Plate At A Time June 10th, 2008

Reduce Carbon Emissions At Every Meal

Choosing climate-healthy foods at the grocery store, with never-ending aisles of packaged foods, overflowing bins of produce from around the world, and walls of stocked freezer cases, presents an obvious challenge. But, a new study,...more

More Suburban Lawns Become Vegetable Plots June 6th, 2008

Gardeners Rule In A World Gone Mad

Instead of impeccably manicured lawns or perfectly planted flowerbeds, this year, vegetable gardens are spreading across suburbia. As The Wall Street Journal reported, more homeowners are turning their backyards and lawns into vegetable plots, using...more

New Belgium Brews Up Sustainable Beer June 6th, 2008

Greg Owsley, Chief Branding Officer of the New Belgium Brewery, talks about his company’s achievements in sustainability, and the insights gained from an environmental life cycle analysis of one of their beers, Fat Tire. At...more

Recycling Tips: Did You Know You Cannot Recycle All Pizza Boxes? May 30th, 2008

What You Can Do to Eat Pizza and Stay Green

I love pizza – endless supplies of mouth-watering pies are one of the Top 5 Joys of Living  (and the other four are barely worth mentioning). And I am not going to give them up...more

The Gift of Local Fruit: One Jammin Hobby May 30th, 2008

Homemade Jam-Makers Embrace Fruit Puree

When Kristina Shevory needed a present for her dad, a known re-gifter, she opted for a exhaustive homemade gift that’s a far cry from plaster of Paris handprints or marker-decorated cards. She cooked up a...more

Heinz Plans 20% Emissions Cut, Potato Peels Play A Part May 29th, 2008

Heinz’ plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015 includes converting potato peels into biofuel at its Ontario, Ore., facility for sale and distribution. The company also announced plans to reduce...more

Greener Eating: Look for Grass-Fed Meat May 26th, 2008

Be A Compassionate Carnivore

The chickens at Kris Hirth’s Old Pine Farm in Manchester, MI spend their time strutting around the farm, happily ruffling their feathers and ignoring barn cats. Instead of being cooped up in a huge CAFO...more

What You Eat Can Affect Global Warming, New Study Shows May 23rd, 2008

Changing Your Dinner Choices Can Impact Greenhouse Emissions

When it comes to global warming, what has a bigger impact: the meat we eat or all the driving we do? Before you slice into that steak, consider this: how food is produced, not how...more

Hot Chocolate: The Wedding Favors That Save the Planet May 19th, 2008

Endangered Species Chocolate Does it All...Seriously

This is one of the best ideas I've seen yet for a pre-made green wedding favor: Endangered Species Chocolate. The company donates 10% of profits to protect "species, habitat and humanity," and they are partnered...more