Guiding Principles Needed: Towards A Global Strategy For Climate Change

By Kiyo Akasaka is Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information at the United Nations.

Ever since I attended the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change in 1997, I have been fascinated by the development of the international debate on this issue. There are few forces that can literally reshape the global landscape as climate change can. Rising [...]

Who needs organic food

What’s So Great About Organic Food?

Looking for a quick way to feel lousy about yourself? Then forget the idea of a healthy diet and just eat what your body wants you to eat. Your body wants meat; your body wants fat; your body wants salt and sugar. Your body will put up with fruits and [...]

Saving the Earth, one bottle at a time

Valuing sustainable food and security

Buying food because the price tag is inexpensive, does not mean the cost is cheap.  I found this article that I thought really summed up the issues of local and and points out the bigger issues of community and health.
The Green Crowd: With values intact, local farms withstand economic storm

Daniel Bornstein
If you’re serious about eating [...]

Defining words

I found this on sustainabletable
100% Vegetarian Diet
Animals are not fed any animal byproducts. This does not guarantee they were raised outdoors or on pasture, but it should indicate that they were raised on grasses, hay, silage and other feed found on pasture or in a field. Grain, like corn, is vegetarian and falls into this [...]