(This is the second installment of Diane Hatz’s series – Sustainable Table’s Guide to Good Food.)
Exactly what are sustainable farming and/or sustainable food, and what is organic agriculture? Those are questions I hear quite often. A general concept of organic has been seeping into the mainstream, but many people are still confused by [...]
Welcome to our first installment of Sustainable Table’s Guide to Good Food! I’d like to provide you with simple ways to shop smarter, eat healthier and make the best food choices for you and your family. I have come to realize that our website is getting quite large, and it might seem a [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Anna Lappé, “bestselling author and sought-after public speaker, respected for her work on sustainability, food politics, globalization, and social change.”
What’s your definition of local?
I like non-rigid definitions of local. For me, local is the spirit of the food, more than an exact number of feet from my kitchen to [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Mary Cleaver of The Cleaver Co. and The Green Table both in NYC.
What’s your definition of local?
From New York City I define local as somewhere you can travel to and from in a day.
What’s your definition of sustainable?
Sustainable means to practice an integrated system of production that enhances environmental [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Lisa Markley- dietitian and food educator.
What’s your definition of local?
For me, local is defined by the nourishing relationships that I have been able to develop with the growers in my community. I rely on them to grow clean, healthy, and delicious food using ecologically sound growing practices, and [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Simran Sethi – the everything green & sustainable freelance journalist, host, writer, contributor and more!
What is your definition of local?
Local food is food that comes from your community. It may be your backyard, it may be someplace down the road, but the food that comes from that [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Victoria Everman- Writer, Model, Environmentalist, Crafter, Yogi, Co-op America Approved Green Business, U.S. Spokesperson for Twice Shy Clothing and Founder of the SF Craft Mafia.
What’s your definition of local?
I tend to follow the “traditional”/widely accepted usage of anything grown and made within 100 miles of my home. Of course, [...]
Conversations about food.
Today we are featuring Jayni Carey from “Janyi’s Kitchen.”
What is your definition of local?
Local foods grown or raised within 100 miles or less of where we live. Foods are fresher, tastier and likely, healthier, when they don’t have to travel long distances to the consumer. Shopping at farmers’ markets and natural foods stores [...]
Conversations about Food.
Today we are featuring Wendimere Reilly of The Health Chic:
What’s your definition of local?
Local means goods and services produced and sold by folks in my community. Here in Florida we tend to extend the definition of community to include our entire state.
What’s your definition of sustainable?
Sustainability is all about reduction. Reduce, reduce, [...]
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