Archive for ‘food’
Price Of Pizza Ingredients Heating Up
March 4th, 2008
People in Chicago love their pizza. But these days, it’s costing more and more to make that pie.
Blue Crab Scarcity Leads To Harvest Cuts In Md.
February 29th, 2008
Harvest cuts could be coming to Maryland if crab counts are as low as expected by biologist.
Humans join hunt for Antarctica’s “pink gold”
January 29th, 2008
They only grow up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) yet are perhaps the most abundant creatures on the planet in terms of weight. Snow petrels nesting in Antarctica fly for up to eight hours to catch a meal of them.
Whole Foods Is Getting Rid Of Plastic Bags
January 24th, 2008
The store will eliminate them entirely by Earth Day
Biofuel production may worsen water, food problems in Asia: study
January 22nd, 2008
An international research group has warned in a recent study that continued rapid growth in biofuel production may worsen already serious water resource and food problems in Asia.
Attack of the Clones, At A Butcher Near You
January 16th, 2008
Meat from cloned animals will be hitting shelves in the next few years.
Olsen Gremlins
January 9th, 2008
Frito Lay tries to go green, PRT isn’t what gave you that rash, and the Olsen twins slaughter small animals.
Food Not Lawns: No Lawn Left Behind
December 31st, 2007
Ever since we started living in a place were every square inch is growing something useful (to people and other creatures), our eyes are opened to the possibility of transforming lawns and other unused green space to grow food. Why water a lawn full of grass when you could water and grow salad greens, root veggies, herbs, squash, tomatoes, peppers, …
Raising Chics from Scratch
December 26th, 2007
You might remember from our Stone Soup video that our little eco-village has started to cull our chicken flock to make room for new birds. For the last 2 months we’ve been learning what it takes to be mother hens and raise two dozen newly hatched chics. Jay and I grew up in urban areas where there were no …
Grow more food in cities, UN agency tells Asia
December 19th, 2007
Asian nations, many at risk from climate change, must invest more in urban and indoor farming to help feed the hundreds of millions of people in their growing cities, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Wednesday.
GRUB: Bryant Terry’s Organic Soul Party
December 18th, 2007
Bryant Terry, co-author of the book GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, and Jason Harvey, founder of Oakland Food Connection, teamed up recently to have a totally organic soul food brunch. Hanging out with food justice foodies as of late, we’ve been hearing a similar idea that to encourage folks to think about where their food …
Ingredient to Feed Hungry Gets Upscale Twist
March 24th, 2007
In the kitchen of Rome’s top-class restaurant ‘La Pergola’ chef Heinz Beck is busy making a creme Brulee.
