Lessons from a hen rescuer

On a sunny afternoon in August, Isabelle Cnudde, founder of Clorofil, the chicken rescue and educational nonprofit, is chatting amiably in her charming French accent with her feathered girls, breaking only to toss jewel-green grapes their way. “Hellooo, Luna!” she says to one who approaches, plucks a grape straight from her hand, and then hops up on the bench. “She’s one of my friendliest chickens,” Cnudde says smiling with visible pride.

Happiness is sharing a meal

Plant-based eating, Public health/Food justiceKatie DolanAugust 27, 2018dinner party, potluck, eating together, health benefits, share a meal, good foodComment

Is frozen fish better than fresh?

Eat more anchovies, frozen fish, and oysters

Sustainable seafood & oceansNicole SnyderAugust 9, 2018anchovies, herring, menhaden, ocean ecosystem, pesca-terranean, oysters, bivalves, frozen fish, eating to save the ocean, eating well guide, Eating Animals, ocean ecology, paul greenbergComment

Here's one of most powerful actions you can take to curb global warming

Consumer advocacyNate LotzeAugust 8, 2018eat less meat, curb global warming, switch to plant-based eating, cut back on meat, cut back on dairyComment

A fan of chickens reviews Gwen the Rescue Hen

Together they show children, and adults that “happily ever after” is a real thing—and making it happen can be as simple as letting chickens live like chickens.

8 tasty hacks for overripe fruit

Food wasteEve MorrisJuly 29, 2018Overripe Fruit, food waste solutions, lowering food waste, food waste, Ugly Fruit and Veg, fruit recipesComment

8 fun facts about chickens

Farm Animal WelfareStone Pier PressJuly 29, 2018chicken stories, chickens are cool, cool facts about chickens, facts about chickens, Gwen the rescue hen, chicken facts, 8 reasons to love chickens Comment

Calling on farmers to help reverse global warming

Regenerative growingNancy ChangJuly 21, 2018global warming, cover crops, cover cropping, farmers, sustainable farming, regenerative farming, carbon emissions, carbon capture, kevin muno, the land of milk and honey, healthy soils, sonoma county, san diego union tribune, gabe brown, regenerative agricultureComment

This summer camp is getting kids excited about good food

Fresh Air Fund campers learn about good food through trips to Sharpe Reservation's model farm, garden, and nutrition center.

Two animal lovers get together to talk about a pig named Sprig

Farm Animal WelfareStone Pier PressJuly 13, 2018chicken farming, food system, pig books, Sprig The Rescue Pig, the good good pig, Gwen the Rescue Hen, chicken stories, rescue animals, rescue henComment

Tips for taking out our plastic trash when recycling isn't enough

Food wasteLydia ChodoshJuly 11, 2018plastic pollution, recycling, microplatics, 5 Gyres, reusable bags, plastic alternatives, waste management, A Plastic Planet, Literrless, plastic packagingComment

Food waste is being remade into fashion

8 fun facts about pigs

Pigs can run fast, like to cuddle, and do lots of other cool things!

Small farmers have their moment in “Eating Animals’

“Eating Animals” gives us a view of agricultural life as it is and as it should be, by finding farmers like Reese to focus on. The soft-spoken, gentle owner of the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch talks about his lifelong crusade to preserve heritage turkeys and chickens and revitalize old-style farming. It’s David fighting the industrial animal processing machine’s Goliath, and listening to him I was grateful he has found a platform here.

Ditch your plastic drinking straw for one of these

Food wasteEve MorrisJune 22, 2018straw alternatives, non-plastic straws, sustainabilityComment

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