Food
Can Your Thanksgiving Dinner be Cruelty-free & Sustainable?
We hope everyone is blessed to have even a small family meal together this Thanksgiving, despite the pandemic. If so, here are some things to keep in mind: Annual U.S. total turkey production: 244.8 million birds (USDA, 2018). 46 million of these are slaughtered each year in the United States for Thanksgiving alone. (Farm Sanctuary) …
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Scientists: There is No More “Life as Usual” in Averting Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned by the United Nations and made up of thousands of scientists from around the world, releases its climate assessment reports every 5 years. A new report was issued last week stating that the earth is likely to reach 1.5C (2.7F) warming sometime between 2030 and 2052. It would …
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Eco-destination Malta: 3 places to help you live a green lifestyle, Maltese-Style
During my recent visit to Malta I got to visit three places that are helping the Maltese to live a greener lifestyle. 1) Permaculture Research Foundation Malta, run by Peppi Gauci, maintains the Bahrija Oasis. After passing via a small path through a stand of bamboo, one enters a beautiful area transformed from …
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Thinking Twice About Fish Oil Supplements
It is very important to our brain, eye & heart health, mood, and immune system to consume healthy levels of Omega 3 fatty acids (in specific, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)). While they can be obtained by consuming fish, fish do not produce Omega 3s — fish derive them from …
Earth Day tip: Stop Food Waste!
Movie review: “Just Eat It” Did you know that about 40% of food produced globally goes to waste? That before it even makes it to market, 20-70% of fruit gets discarded just because of aesthetics? And that households, not restaurants or grocery stores, are the largest source of food waste? All food contains embodied energy …
Film Review: “Seed”
A key message of the new documentary Seed is that though the human race depends on a few main crops, the biodiversity of the earth is vast and there are many varieties of plants that we have not endeavored to cultivate. This not only dulls our palate, but is also a cause for species and …
The Dirty Dozen: Highlighting Pesticides in Produce
For those unfamiliar with the Environmental Working Group (EWG), their list of the “Dirty Dozen” can be a great tool for prioritizing organic purchases. The list was revised this year, based on USDA data, to most accurately reflect the 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest levels of toxic pesticides. These pesticide levels were …
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Thumbs Up on Permaculture Film “Inhabit”
The film “Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective” (2015) directed by Costa Boutsikaris is an inspiring overview of the concept of permaculture which is deliberate design process that utilizes a set of principles to focus go beyond sustainability and work towards regeneration. As shared by experts across the U.S., some topics discussed in the film were resilience …
Terra Madre 2014, Turin, Italy
In October, I got to attend Terra Madre (“Mother Earth”), the international conference of Slow Food that takes place every 2 years in Turin, Italy since the 1990s. It is basically the United Nations of food, focused on sustainable food production, small scale farming, and preserving food traditions. The goal is “good, clean and fair” …
Slow Food Huntington Dazzles with Film and Local Food Event
Slow Food Huntington pulled off an amazing sold-out night of film and food at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY last night, which I was so proud to be a part of. After showing a film called “Growing Farmers,” about local farmers right here on Long Island and the Peconic Land Trust, we were …
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