When it comes to selecting a food brand, the back story of the company has become a much larger part of the decision-making process for shoppers than it would have been in the past. Consumers want to know how their food was produced and support brands that demonstrate care for the environment. From plant-based meat … Read More
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Inside your local supermarket, in company cafes or college cafeterias, in abandoned urban buildings, on side yards of businesses and schools, vertical farms are popping up. Vertical farming, established in the US in 2012 uses large panels, like vertical window blinds to grow microgreens, fruits, and vegetables indoors without soil or sunlight. This can be … Read More
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It’s mid-summer and the supermarkets and farmstands are bursting with seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables. Should you bring home strawberries, peaches and tomatoes? Aren’t they all on that annual list of fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residues? Toxicologists around the world agree that the mere presence of pesticide residues does not mean they pose … Read More
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As more people try plant-based eating, we need to look at alternative options carefully. Just because a food is labeled plant-based does not mean it is better for you than its traditional counterpart. Meat and dairy alternative categories are growing. Many are excellent choices, others may not be. It is up to you to check … Read More
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Around the world 2 billion people already eat edible insects. Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, is predicted to grow in North America by 28% by 2023. Why are insects creeping, literally, into your food? Insects need less feed and land to grow and they produce less greenhouse gases, plus they are an excellent source … Read More
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Only 30% of these bottles are recycled and it takes three times the amount of water to make a plastic bottle than the water they hold. Plastic beverage bottles are the third most common item washed up on beaches. Though it is unwise to reuse single-use plastic bottles, you should use a reusable water bottle … Read More
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Between 30% to 40% of all food in the US goes uneaten – approximately 20 pounds per person each month. Americans are throwing out $165 billion of food yearly. Getting food to your table every year requires 80% of our fresh water, 10% of our energy, and half of our land. If we are wasting … Read More
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Plant-based eating does not have a set definition, even among nutrition professionals. A literal definition for a plant-based diet is simply a diet with a foundation in foods made from plants. This does not exclude meat, fish, poultry, all of which can be included in plant-based meals. It just means that plants take the most … Read More
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Except for infant formula, food companies are not required by law to date packaged food. You will see many different phrases used for product dating – Sell By, Best If Used By, Expires On, or just a date or a series of numbers. All these systems are either voluntary or a local ordinance. Most help … Read More
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Today we hear a lot about “foodies” and “ethical consumers.” Researchers in Canada attempted to determine who fit into these categories. They found that foodies define good taste through aesthetic standards, whereas the ethical consumer was driven by moral principals. In both cases, these consumers were people of higher economic levels so they could afford … Read More
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