With politically-aligned name calling, little attention is paid to the salient point — shifting away from animal-based foods adds to the global food supply and significantly reduces carbon emissions and waste byproducts.
While the food waste movement across America is gaining momentum, it needs to pick up speed to help tackle the climate crisis.
“Precision fermentation is the most important environmental technology humanity has ever developed. … We would be idiots to turn our back on it.”
As we look to the possibilities of 2023, how might agricultural production unite with cleantech to improve food security around the world?
What if the US had different policies in place about excess food disposal? How can cleantech help to lessen the amount of organic waste in landfills?
What kinds of global food systems transformations took place this year that will help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
While I watched the chilled host on the Macy’s Day Parade television broadcast talk about Tofurky as a vegan Thanksgiving substitute, I can’t say I was enamored. A little too bland, a little too texture-challenged for me. But this month I had an offer to test out VFC (Vegan Fried … [continued]
A turkey is a symbol of US Thanksgiving dinner traditions. But how do you make flexitarians — guests who prefer vegetarian or vegan eating — feel welcome at your table? Here is a series of hints to welcome diverse guests and to cook with connections between industrial animal agriculture and climate crisis in mind.
For the first time ever, formal discussions took place at the annual climate convention about food security. The consensus is that, in order to produce healthy, nutritious, sustainable, and resilient food, it’s imperative to diversify the way we produce our food.
Eco-labels can be an effective tool for behavior change and can support circular economy outcomes. They guide consumers to more sustainable product choices and build an incentive for producers to redesign products more generally.
