Sustainable food: Web dust-up over Nestlé and palm oil

Orangutan

If you crossed Willy Wonka, you could end up in a garbage chute or transformed into a giant blueberry. Right now, Nestlé could be wishing it had the same power. In the Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the worst Wonka had to deal with was a handful of rude children and their [...]

Sustainable food: Local versus organic

Vegetables at farmers' market

The latest post in my series on sustainable food in partnership with Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done. It’s time to buy groceries. You are armed with a shopping list, cloth bags and the best of intentions to buy food that is sustainable in every way. But the organic apples in Whole Foods are from [...]

Sustainable food: Where you shop and the 3/50 Project

Shopping at independent stores helps support the local economy

Welcome to the second week of the series on sustainable food that I am writing with Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done. What is sustainable food? Food is what sustains life. For millions of people, this is the primary function of food. If you don’t have enough to eat, you’re not going to turn your [...]

New Year Resolutions: A new series on sustainable food

Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions for 2010? One of my resolutions is to eat more sustainably and I invite you to join me. I am excited to announce a new series starting next week. I am teaming up with one of my favourite food bloggers, Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done, and [...]

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