Posted on 30 June 2011 by Sustainability Digest
Note date on original study, linked to in articles
All the blogs are writing about a Harvard Business Review story by Andrew Winston, titled Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells The Real Story ; even our Rachel picked it up with New Study: Going Meat-Free One Day a Week Saves More GHG Emissions Than A 100% Local Diet.
There are are, however, a couple of problems; a) the study on which the article is old an…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 21 May 2010 by Sustainability Digest
Preparing at Brewers Plate 2009
When I was first invited to the Brewers Plate in Toronto two years ago, I thought they were nuts, trying to put together an event celebrating local Ontario food before even the asparagus was poking out of the ground. Now it is the event’s third year and it has slid into late May, and guests will be served perhaps a bit more than “artisanal cheeses, breads, local fish, sausages, roasts and stews of wild game and root vegetables” paired with local brews. Also this year, the all of the restaurants and all of the food will …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 25 April 2010 by Sustainability Digest
Image: Chelsea Green
Book Review: Cheesemonger by Edgar Gordon
Cheesemonger inspires one to become an expert on cheese — or on anything for that matter — with the realization that this goal is achievable with a good dose of humility, curiosity and hard work. And if you already fancy yourself a cheese expert, such as the American who did a two year post-doc at the Sorbonne, this book may prevent you from making an overconfident ass of yourself. Best of all, this book celebrates both old and new wor…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 18 February 2010 by Sustainability Digest
Damon Darlin in the New York Times says he thinks in the midst of this cold and snowy East Coast winter it is time to question the viability of the locavore movement and those “so-called locavores who think they are part of a national trend.” Darlin compares the practice of searching out local food to Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s industrial plan calld the Great Leap Forward in the 1950′s. Locavorism, Darlin posits, just isn’t practical, and he implies, neither is it credible.
(Poster of girl with human-sized melons is a Chinese …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 04 February 2010 by Sustainability Digest
Image by Hungry Sofia
Having moved to Booklyn NY from Spain for a couple of months, I was eager to get to know the Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC), one of the oldest and largest in America. A lot of people told me stories about it, some enjoy being a member, others are a bit cynical about it, and there are also those who admit ‘it’s not for me’. Not having these kinds of food coops in Europe as far as I know, I wanted to check out what it’s all about, what kinds of people choose to join and how the system works. And let me tell you, w…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 23 December 2009 by Sustainability Digest
No Impact Man movie poster. Image via Ocilloscope Laboratories.
Call them New Year’s resolutions on steroids: The past few years have seen a variety of people publicly pledge to spend 365 days living a more environmentally friendly life, whether by eating locally, eschewing plastic, making one small change a day, or giving up money altogether. Often snapped up eagerly by the media, such initiatives have also been criticized as attention-seeking green stunts that don’t make …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 05 December 2009 by Sustainability Digest
Home Is Where the Heart Is tells the simple tale of Tina Biello making dinner for her family. In particular, this dinner comes from all locally grown ingredients in or near Vancouver, and highlights that there is something deeply important about not just knowing your food is as fresh as possible, but about knowing the people that care for and provide your food….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 28 October 2009 by Sustainability Digest
No doubt you have heard of ear worms, those songs that just get caught in your head and never leave. There are also news worms, the same story and the same guy popping up on radio, TV and in print everywhere. The news worm of the week in Ontario, Canada is U of T Mississauga geography professor Pierre Desrochers, who is attacking the idea of local food and the hundred mile diet. It isn’t news; he first released his study Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 19 October 2009 by Sustainability Digest
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch
Bioneers 2009 – a weekend-long gathering in San Rafael, California of social and scientific innovators focused on environmental issues – kicked off on Friday with Michael Pollan as a headlining speaker. His talk came in the early afternoon, just before lunch, so to make everyone excited about the prospect of eating soon, he did something quite appetizing – he consumed a little oil. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 23 September 2009 by Sustainability Digest
The Rocky Mountains
From British Columbia to the Maritime Islands and across the Yukon tundra, Canada’s landscape of glacial expanses, Boreal forest, and spooky badlands cover vast protected wilderness. National parks are home to endangered caribou, puffins, musk ox, and polar bears. For environmentally-minded traveling, there are tons of options, thanks to a thriving rail system,
