Food, Inc.

A new documentary is coming out June 12, 2009 called Food Inc that will discuss the industrial and commercialisation of the food industry.

Spring Seasonal

We live in a magical grocery store land where everything is available all the time. So it's extra difficult to figure out what you should be eating if you're trying to eat seasonally.

Check this out from Mostly Eating.

Sustainable Fish

Feeling good about your healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of fish? Are you pro-wild or pro-farmed?

You'll be neither after you read this. Bring on the mackerel and sardines.

The Politics of Tomatoes

Do you like fruit? Tomatoes in particular? Do you like the fact that the grocery store has ok ones in January and you can still put them in your salad when there's a blizzard outside? And that they're cheap?

We all know that on some level it's wrong to have out of season fruit and veg on our plates, but we all keep buying it. I do. It's hard to pin down exactly what's wrong though, right? I mean, we know it's insane that out of season foods are so cheap, and the food miles on them are outrageous, and and and...

Read this article about the people who are picking your tomatoes.

Now you have another reason to feel that something is wrong