The Eat Well Guide has partnered with the Presbyterian Hunger Program and their agrarian road trip to help them find good food along the way to the US Social Forum! They will begin their journey in Louisville, Kentucky and arrive in Detroit, well-fed, having made lots of sustainable stops along the way. Check out the [...]

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Nothing says summer like strawberries, but before you bite into your next, read this.
Methyl Bromide, a soil fumigant often used on strawberry crops, was phased out in the US by 2005 because it was depleting the ozone layer.  The phase out was based on the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and [...]

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Our friend Chris Elam at Meatless Monday just posted on Huffington Post – Veggies are good for us, there is no doubt. And yummy recipes to prove it.

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From our friend Leslie Hatfield at the Green Fork blog… our sister blog and soon to be more! Curious? Read the bottom of this post for more details.
It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since we launched The Green Fork but there it is, 473 blog posts later.  Two years ago today we [...]

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With a click of her mouse, EatingLiberally’s kat corners Dr. Marion Nestle, NYU professor of nutrition and author of Pet Food Politics, What to Eat and Food Politics:
KT: Monday’s New York Times had an editorial supporting the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, a bill that would give the US [...]

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Starting tomorrow, School Food FOCUS is hosting their annual meeting to change how school food is sourced. For details, read the press release below:
SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORK TOGETHER IN CHICAGO TO SOURCE BETTER SCHOOL FOOD
Food Service Professionals Joined by Community Organizations, Government Officials and Vendors to Learn, Share, and Make Change Happen
Over [...]

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This was posted yesterday on our sister blog, The Green Fork, by Kerry Trueman. Tonight, in honor of World Water Day,  Kerry will be holding a live Vokle chat with Story Of Stuff creator Annie Leonard and Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It. Tune [...]

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Earlier this month I ventured down to the nation’s capital to attend Meeting the Demand: Growing Markets for Sustainable Meat and Dairy Production, a conference organized by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).  Turned out to be well worth the epic all-in-one-day roundtrip subway/train ride; ICCR managed to cram [...]

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In anticipation of SXSW, Eat Well Guide teamed up with Edible Austin on a free interactive map to sustainable food in the City of Weird. The festival, in its 24th year, began last week with SXSW film and interactive, with SXSW music kicking in this Wednesday, the 17th. If you’re lucky [...]

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From our friend Kerry Trueman over at the Green Fork blog:

It’s a good thing Michelle Obama’s arms are so fabulously fit, because she’s just signed on to do some serious heavy lifting. At Tuesday’s White House launch of the Let’s Move campaign, the First Lady declared her ambition to end [...]

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