Technology is the glue that binds the pieces of the sustainable food puzzle.

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McDonald’s has decided it will serve chicken sourced within the United Kingdom after all during this summer’s Olympics in London.

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McDonald’s was granted an exemption to London’s local food sourcing goals and therefore will only source 10 percent of the chicken it processes from British farmers.

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Farm Plate is a fantastic sustainable food initiative – it is a rather newly launched website which features a searchable directory of more than 40,000 business listing across the US. Users can search the site by category and by location to find sustainable foods and drinks. Farm Plate links  ”farmers, fishermen, foragers, food artisans, restaurants, markets, [...]

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In recent years, advocacy organizations like Greenpeace, PETA, and others have been able to leverage the stakeholder engagement trend and the power of social media to focus public attention on their key issues and put pressure on companies to take action. Recent news from The Humane Society of the US (HSUS) reveals that these organizations have added yet another influencing tactic [...]

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I’m always happy to read about eco-news and especially around the holidays, good news just seems to sound better. You would hardly think to associate China with organic food but that is exactly what is happening, with organic food gaining popularity within the country. According to an article in China Daily, one of the top growers [...]

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Local, sustainable food has become a regular part of our everyday culture as demonstrated through the growing popularity of school gardens, Community Supported Agriculture, local farmers’ markets, underground dining clubs, and organics in general. This enduring trend in sustainable food reignites a question posed on Triple Pundit two years ago: “Is Sustainable Farming Going Mainstream?” Unfortunately not at all as the sustainable food hype trumps the numbers.

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A strong case can be made for grubbing on bugs, but in the United States and Europe there’s a prevalent cultural bias against insects as a source of edible protein. Find out why entomophagy—the practice of eating insects—has recently started gaining traction as a viable alternative.

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A farm fresh fried egg is a beautiful thing. Featured on Neapolitan thin-crust pizzas, juicy high-stacked burgers, and now, here before me, this vivid orange crown jewel is served over a perfectly braised pork belly and gleaming steamed rice. I have the recent culinary trend of “would you like an egg with that?” to thank for this extra pop of color, protein, and pure delectable ooze.

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PepsiCo, has committed to purchasing sunflower oil sourced from farmers in Mexico. The arrangement will also lead to its snack food products becoming more healthier for its customers.

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If you’re looking for innovative sustainable food solutions, I’ve got two words for you: New York.  This city might not be the mecca of technology innovation like Silicon Valley, but it is the place where some of the most creative ideas in the sustainable food space were born, from BrightFarms to vertical farming to new models [...]

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How intensive cattle farming might be the answer to our climate crisis. Those of us that fancy ourselves environmentally conscious eaters spend a fair amount of time thinking, talking, and perhaps worrying about where our food comes from and how it was produced.

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If someone were to ask you how old the average farmer in the United States was, what would your guess be? Up until a few years ago, the number of small farms in America had been dropping every year, as large scale operations bought out, outcompeted, or just took over small family farms that were [...]

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Among the greatest challenges of our generation are water, food, and energy.  Food is almost an offshoot of the other two because so much water and energy is used to produce it.  So how do we make sustainable food choices on a large scale?  By connecting it to a value that every human being can [...]

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U.S. grocery retailers are looking to Sam Mogannam, owner of Bi-Rite Market in San Francisco’s Mission District, to stay up to speed on the trend toward a smaller-scale, personal, community-oriented food experience. Bi-Rite seems to be ahead of the curve on exceeding not only consumer demand for more locally produced, sustainable, fresh food, but consumers’ [...]

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We’ve all heard sneers from those saying that “buy local” is simply the latest foodie fad, but naysayers need to learn more about the power of putting their money where their mouths are. At a time when politicians and pundits are demonstrating that it’s still all about the economy, stupid, the argument for buying locally grown food has never been stronger.

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Waste from food packaging is a tough sustainability nut to crack.  The materials are often contaminated and therefore difficult to recycle, and return-logistics are messy and expensive.  However, with determination and supply chain partnerships, it is possible.  In this interview, Harv Singh of Whole Foods Market talks about how St. Benoit yogurt has successfully obtained [...]

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Over 85% of global fisheries are at limit or exploited.  What can be done to reverse this trend and drive a sustainable fish future? In this interview, Cheryl Dahle, the Project Director of Future of Fish, discusses her work in reversing this trend, as well as actions consumers can take to help. Traceability is a [...]

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It appears that retail giant Walmart is ready to take another step on its sustainability journey. Sources within the food industry are reporting that Walmart is planning to begin collecting data from its fruit and vegetable vendors in order to assess the sustainability of their operations. This is a continuation of Wamart’s initiative rolled out [...]

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Every time gas prices go up, local food gets another shot to make its breakthrough to the mainstream. At $4 a gallon, when food in a supermarket travels an average 1,500 miles to get to the store, local food becomes more economically competitive. Still, no matter how high gas prices go, local food is still [...]

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In a recent New York Times article “A Diet for an Invaded Planet,” James Gorman postulates whether folks who eat invasive species – or as he aptly names them, “invasivores” – will be the next leading food diet trend that aims at being easy on the planet.  So why are environmentally-conscious foodies concerned about invasive [...]

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Fishy Farm out of Hillsboro, Oregon has created both an indoor and outdoor aquaponic-horticulture-vermiculture system that can grow food and raise fish all within the comfort of your humble abode or backyard.  While non profits like Growing Power and businesses like Sweet Water Organics have brought aquaponics into the limelight on a larger, more industrial [...]

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Recently, reader Felicity Fonseca sent a letter to the editor of The Nation in response to Katha Pollitt’s Women on Top article claiming that “having two parents/members of the household working full-time spells disaster for the planet.” She further asserts that the recession – during which we all had friends, family, colleagues, or neighbors who lost [...]

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I find it ironic that some of the most unhealthy food can be found in a place where people are receiving medical treatment for chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. After all, isn’t healthy food an integral part of the healing process? Given the bad reputation that ‘hospital food’ has, there are  substantial [...]

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In my first post on the LOHAS Conference, I talked a bit about integrity as a core business principle for businesses looking to cater to the LOHAS consumer.  It’s important not just to the customer, of course, but to the small business owner.  Many of us in the green business community could not operate a [...]

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Everybody likes grilled cheese, right?  Vegetarians and carnivores, connoisseurs and cheapskates can all appreciate two pieces of grilled bread and some melty, cheesy goodness in the middle.  When this simple sandwich turns into a staple of social enterprise, it can only be a powerful addition to the green economy. Feel Good World is operating franchise [...]

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In high school, we were warned against using marijuana, not necessarily because marijuana itself was that bad for you, it was the fact that the use of marijuana would lead to other, more unhealthy drugs.  It was referred to as a “gateway drug.” The concept is equally applicable to many other aspects of life.  Running [...]

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Several cat food brands that use sustainably sourced fish will soon be hitting the shelves in Europe.   Touted as an industry first, Mars Petcare Europe recently announced it will be launching its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified pet food as part of the company’s commitment to use only “sustainably sourced fish by 2020.” According to [...]

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Et tu, Saul’s Deli? I’ve somehow always managed to compartmentalize comfort food and sustainable/healthy food. The latter is what I eat on a regular basis—quinoa from the organic grocery, locally grown kale from the farmers’ market—that’s my regular diet. But sometimes I want to break away from all that healthiness and enjoy a greasy, meaty [...]

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The sustainable economy is perhaps the fastest growing, fastest changing segment of the overall economy.  It’s hard to keep up with all the new books, movies, and websites that cover sustainable food, clean tech, renewable energy, alternative transportation, Socially Responsible Investing, ecotourism, green building, holistic education, and all the other facets of the sustainable economy–even [...]

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