want a taste of what the sweetgreen team is buzzing about? here’s a glimpse into our slack channel –– everyone (from our people team to accounting to our three founders) is sharing articles on a daily basis, and we’ll round up the best of them each week. read on for inspiration, education or food for thought. 🌿
new book offers a dash of hope –– and dose of reality –– for young farmers, civil eats
"thankfully, the siren song of agriculture continues to call to young people and draw them to farm in cities, suburbs, and rural regions across the country. it is to these young farmers, and to the many who want to farm but haven’t yet taken the leap, that letters to a young farmer speaks."
does yoga qualify as an aerobic workout?, new york times
"yoga offers some obvious benefits: stress reduction, muscular flexibility, an enhanced sense of well-being, even cute clothes. but does it qualify as an aerobic workout?"
inside the vertical farm growing what it calls "the world's first post-organic" produce, fast company
"without using any pesticides or chemicals, bowery—a new vertical farming startup outside of new york city—delivers fresh leafy greens within one day of harvesting, with some help from agricultural ai."
how to make sense of (& cook with) the gnarliest roots at the market, food52
"it's the time of year when us fair-weather farmers-market-goers rake our cheeks, beat our chests, and whine, 'there is nothing—nothing!—at the market.' but on a recent saturday in new york, I found the market not "bare" but, rather... otherworldly? unfamiliar? full of vegetables with... scraggly beards?"
25 ways to practice self-care, healthyish
"how do you carve out the time, space, and resources for self-care? in search of answers, we surveyed our colleagues and celebrity crushes, who find solace in everything from a pot of chai to a simple fruit crisp. the range of approaches is, in the end, the best and hardest thing about self-care: the only person who can really tell you how to do it is yourself."
