Tag archives for food choice
An SF Guide to Fruits and Veggies this Summer
As the stress of late-night studying and finals season comes to an end, there’s not a better time to get excited about summer and all the seasonal food it...
The Environmental Impact of “Superfoods”
“Superfoods” is a term coined by the United Fruit Company to market bananas in the early 1900s and does not have a scientific definition (UC Davis). In the twenty-first...
Moo-ve Over Cows: the Environmental Footprint of Milk Alternatives
Over the years, I have sampled a plethora of dairy milk and milk alternatives. Suffice to say, the path to choosing the perfect milk can become a rabbit hole....
Imperfect, We Say? (The Unfortunate Fate of Tons of Produce)
“While the world wastes about 2.5 billion tons of food every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — 120...
Why individual actions do matter
Check if this argument sounds familiar to you: self-interested, short-term profit-driven billionaires sway global politics and hold all power over what large-scale actions are taken or not taken to...