SPONSORED The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more food reaches landfills than any other single material via our everyday trash, constituting 24 percent of municipal solid waste. That’s a lot of uneaten meals, unused ingredients and potential energy getting tossed out. Much of this waste is generated at the manufacturing level, and we’re seeing a…
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By Sarah Findle
The Dirt on Diverting Food Waste: 3 Reasons You Might Not Have Considered
A New Paradigm for Poultry: How Regenerative Farms Are Rethinking Chicken
Americans eat more than 160 million servings of chicken every day. A growing approach to poultry production — regenerative poultry farming — seeks to make it better for people and the planet. This article was produced in partnership with Civil Eats. When you approach the poultry paddocks at Salvatierra Farms you might not notice how many…
Pinching Back at Green Crabs
Fighting invasive species in Southeastern Massachusetts One of the most intriguing aspects of life along the shoreline is the feeling of perpetual mystery, the suspicion that for every perceptible phenomenon along the wrackline or among the tidepools, a multitude of unknown events transpires. Even a dry-shod lubber poking about in that border zone between land…
Read an Excerpt on Congee from Terry Walters’ ‘Nourish: Plant-based Recipes to Feed Body Mind and Soul’
When a macrobiotic counselor recommended congee for me decades ago, I was so overwhelmed by all of the changes he had prescribed, that I just never got around to making the congee happen. That consult was one of the first experiences that empowered me to use food to support my good health, so I’m certainly…
By Monty Moran
Living Sustainably: To Honor Ourselves is to Honor our Planet
How can we take decisive action towards living sustainably with so many competing points of view? We’re told climate change is man-made, but then hear it’s a natural phenomenon. We hear that we need to regulate our companies, but also that doing so limits job growth and hurts our economy. We hear calls to “kill…
Salmon Hot Dogs and More: Bringing the Ocean to the Barbecue
A range of new sea-centric products gives the grilling season a nautical spin. SPONSORED This grilling season, give your barbecue a splash of sea-worthy and planet-friendly flavor. With a bounty of ocean-inspired dishes that are perfect for any summer soirée, we invite you to shake things up and move beyond the usual hot dogs and…