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Cultivating the Web

Cultivating the Web investigates the best and brightest ways that good food advocates are leveraging the internet to generate social change and further the sustainable food movement.

Beef: The ''King'' of the Big Water Footprints

Are new developments in the decades-long cold war over the average water footprint of beef worth revisiting or does the grudge match remain?

10 Last-minute Gifting Ideas

Earth-friendly gifts can include upcycling and regifting, as well as non-consumables like service and donations. Here’s some ideas for green, meaningful gifts.

Drinking Water Week Blues: Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast

California’s Central Valley and New York’s Suffolk County have the shared problem of nitrate contaminated drinking water as shown in two separate studies. The question is, how long can this pollution be tolerated?

Heroic Endeavor: Cindy and Mike Ridenour’s Meadow Maid Foods

Learn how Cindy and Mike Ridenour, along with their daughter, Mary, have successfully operated Meadow Maid Foods - a sustainable producer and purveyor of grassfed beef and numerous vegetables - by integrating water and energy inputs to make their ranch nearly self-sufficient.

TRANSCRIPT: Heroic Endeavors: Cindy Ridenour of Meadow Maid Foods

TRANSCRIPT: "Heroic Endeavors" interview with Cindy Ridenour who, along with her husband Mike and their daughter, Mary, have successfully operated Meadow Maid Foods - a sustainable producer and purveyor of grassfed beef and numerous vegetables. By integrating water and energy inputs they have made their ranch nearly self-sufficient. By Kai Olson-Sawyer.

Welcome to Sustainable Table

Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers about the benefits of sustainable agriculture and works to build community through food.

The Water Footprint of Food

What we eat - our diet - makes up about 50 percent of our total water footprint, which includes the large volume of "virtual water" needed to produce food.

About Sustainable Table

Sustainable Table celebrates sustainable food, educates consumers about food-related issues and works to build community through food.

TRANSCRIPT: Our Hero: Wayne Koeckeritz of Food Waste Disposal

While supervising a recycling and waste disposal program, Wayne Koeckeritz was so bothered by all the food waste destined for the landfill that he did something about it. He quit his job as a facility manager of a luxury hotel, bought a used garbage truck and set out to turn food trash into compost treasure with his hauling company, Food Waste Disposal.

GRACE Multimedia

Find podcasts, videos, animations and educational kits developed by GRACE staff and featured in our Food, Water and Energy programs and Ecocentric blog.

Have You Met GRACE? Welcome to Our New Website

The flapping of a butterfly’s wings may or may not have the capacity to trigger a tornado on another continent, but without a doubt, our food, water and energy systems have profound impacts upon each other (and us, and our planet). With that in mind, we're excited to introduce our new GRACE website.

New Farmers Plow On, Past Major Obstacles

Asking four new farmers some simple questions and giving them time to answer yields some rich insights. A report from the field at Just Food's 2013 Conference.

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Quick Facts

One slice of bread has a water footprint of 11 gallons.
About 10% of energy consumption goes toward raising, distributing, processing and preserving crops and animals used in the American food system.
A piece of A5 paper has a water footprint of 3 gallons, but amounts vary depending on wood.
A typical chocolate bar has a water footprint of 449 gallons.
A frack job used 4.5 million gallons, of which a amount approximately 10 to 40 percent flows back to the surface as toxic water.
Respiratory diseases account for up to 75% of all diseases on feedlots, and up to 71% of all pre-slaughter cattle deaths.
The average cheese pizza has a water footprint of 333 gallons.
About 40 calories of fossil fuel energy go into every calorie of feed lot beef in the US. One more reason to go Meatless Monday!
Only.007% of all water on earth is accessible for direct human use.
Analysts predict that over the next decade, $800 billion - $1.2 trillion will be invested in the solar industry globally.
73 percent of the Earth's surface water is locked in ice and snow.
In 2010, 14.5 percent of American households and 20 percent of households with children were food insecure at some point.
Producing 2.2 pounds of beef takes enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for twenty days.
The majority of oil the US oil imports are from Canada (24%), Mexico (9%), Saudi Arabia (12%), Nigeria (11%) and Venezuela (10%).
People who water their lawn with an automatic timer use 47 percent more water than those who just use a hose.

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