Food & Travel
Green Dreams August 27th, 2008
New Yorkers Trade The Office For The Barn
A Harvard MBA, six-figure job as an investment banker, and TriBeCa apartment didn’t stop Torrey Reade, 56, from wanting to go back to basics, trading her city life for a 126-acre farm in southern New...more
The Power Veggies of Late-Summer August 26th, 2008
An In Season Update
In August and September, beets, apples, raspberries, spinach, and chard are in full-harvest. An article in the Chicago Tribune outlined just how good each of these summer treats are for you: Apples are full of...more
Sustainable Happy Hour August 22nd, 2008
Organic Vodkas Reviewed
I had an organic beer the other day and it was delicious, but after a hard week, let’s face it, sometimes you want something a little harder. Enter Eat. Drink. Better’s review of organic vodkas,...more
Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program August 20th, 2008
FoodServiceWarehouse.com launched its Going Green Program this week. The program, which also offers green certification, aims to help commercial kitchens slash energy costs, conserve water, and reduce their environmental impact through educational resources and rewards....more
Wine in a Box -- It's Good and It's Green August 19th, 2008
Boxed Wine Gains Eco-Friendly Rep
Boxed wine is shaking off tackiness and gaining a green-reputation instead. As Serious Eats reported, a standard wine bottle (750 milliliter) traveling from a California winery to New York produces 5.2 pounds of carbon emissions;...more
Napa Wines Delivered by Hybrid Vehicles August 15th, 2008
VinLux Fine Wine Transport will begin using two new Peterbilt hybrids to deliver wines from its Napa warehouse to restaurants and retailers in San Francisco, Press Democrat reports. The medium-duty trucks are expected to be...more
Some 30 U.S. Cities To Disclose Carbon Output August 13th, 2008
Thirty cities have agreed to measure their carbon footprints under the Carbon Disclosure Project, which is partnering with the ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability USA, an international association of local governments working on environmental issues,...more
Buenos Aires to Remove 40 Thousand Billboards to Fight Visual Pollution August 12th, 2008
(Photo: alex-s.) The Buenos Aires government and a group of advertising associations have agreed to remove 40 thousand billboards that are infracting the city's code, Clarin newspaper informed. This represents about 60% of the total...more
“Buycott For Change” Recognizes Responsible Business, Promotes Merrymaking August 8th, 2008
When Brooklyn resident and Northwestern University graduate Josh Sherman founded Buycott For Change earlier this year, he had one goal in mind: to change the world. The objective of Sherman’s fledgling non-profit is to recognize...more
GMO Update August 7th, 2008
Consumers 1, Monsanto 0
On Wednesday, genetically modified foods giant Monsanto announced that’s selling its dairy hormone business. Apparently the earlier campaigns to stop the sale of milk from cows that had been given rBGH hormone (that’s a bovine...more
