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[susanmacmillan]

Should we eat red meat? Depends on who's eating—New York Times

Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times

Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red meat (by Kristy Modarelli) and an 8,000-year-old figure of an over-nourished individual (excavated from an archeological site in Turkey).

A particularly sane, sensible and equitable news report—one that takes an uncommon global perspective about optimal meat consumption—reviews recent diet…

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[behungryforever]

Food Can Fix It : 500 Of The Brightest Minds Discuss Transforming The Food System at Stockholm

Food Can Fix It : 500 Of The Brightest Minds Discuss Transforming The Food System at Stockholm

On the 12th–13th of June 2017, EAT Stockholm Food Forum will gather 500 of the brightest minds from science, politics, business and civil society at the Clarion Hotel Sign, Stockholm. They will discuss progress on transforming the food system to solve the interconnected challenges of climate, sustainable development and health.

This year topics will range from innovation and…

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[turninggreenorg-blog]

The Immorality of Food Waste

When I was a child, I could never imagine a day when the world would be challenged by something called food waste. Not even for a moment did it cross ...

Check out Huffington posts article about the harm of food waste! 

[theredribbonconnect]

Ron FInley, a very special urban gardener from LA

We do not own an urban garden but we own a garden. I am always inspired by people who hold the view ”if you plant it, it will grow”

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.” “Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus, you get strawberries.” “If kids grow kale, kids eat kale. If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes.” “We gotta…

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[willbe1960]

Ron Finley, "Gardening is my solace."

Gardening is my solace. Watching new stuff happen in the garden is a metaphor for life. Everything happens in a garden. Let’s all get out and plant some shit!l

Fashion designer and “gangsta gardener” Ron Finley has a vision for how communities should live and work together. Ron’s do-it-yourself remedy for his South Central L. A. food prison, where, by design, residents have to escape in order…

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[kathrynmurdoch]

In May, the first annual EAT Stockholm Food Forum welcomed an international community of food advocates to try and set goals for a healthy food future of our planet. With lectures and panel discussions from leaders in the fields of science, politics and business, Eat Forum offered a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue. Overfishing is a serious problem, but not an inevitable state of affairs. We can have more fish in the sea, more fish on our plates and more prosperous communities according to Kathryn Murdoch. As an advocate for the Environmental Defence Fund’s Catch Shares, she believes that this form of rights based management has the potential to help both fish and fishermen thrive. Let’s encourage careful design of these rights, which hold fishermen accountable for their catch and can empower them to become champions of conservation, rebuilding our oceans and fishing communities.