people of faith engaging creation and justice
Nothing to do with food justice, but it’s good to see philosophy students and faculty putting both their bodies and their minds on the line for a worthy cause. In Berlin I spent some time in the foyer to the Humboldt University, where there is a Cold War era mural with large-gold-lettering facing you as [...]
Now that I’m a part-time resident of Pennsylvania, I’m particularly interested to hear Elizabeth and others respond to this much-forwarded op-ed in the WSJ today (not, obviously, an unbiased source). Is NY missing an opportunity, or is it dodging the bullet that Pennsylvania seems inclined to bite? This hearkens back to our old debates about [...]
One of the main criticisms of vegetarianism/veganism is that it is difficult for poor people to afford the kinds of foods and supplements that are required for health and nutrition. Whatever the merits of that argument, which I don’t propose to discuss here, it is interesting to read that it is typically the wealthier, jet-setting [...]
In Berlin at the moment and I haven’t eaten vegetables for the last three days. We’ve all been hedging our bets against Spanish cucumbers, then lettuce, then tomatoes, and now sprouts. Apparently the most likely source is an organic farm near Hamburg — a fact which, if true, could bode ill for the organic movement. [...]
Just as Memorial Day grills are firing up all across the country, here’s some more doomsday evidence that massive inundation of millions of homes and the mass extinction or migration of hundreds of millions of people is virtually inevitable within the next 50-100 years. Quite possibly within my lifetime. The UN told us years ago [...]
In order to advance our discussion here and in the nonvirtual world, we need more discussion partners. We’ve all taken a bit of a hiatus in the late spring (with Susan in Vietnam, etc.) but it would be worth considering how to proceed. To this end, I offer for your consideration…. The Frugal Goddess blog. [...]
Link to an interview about another, non-Greenblade project. Though the food there was pretty bad too so perhaps food justice should have also been involved!
This is bad news. Given how often it has been mentioned to me during my brief Lenten experiment, I would have thought that every vegan knows to take B12 supplements!
Depending on how you define it, going vegan for Lent may still leave this delectable option.
Mark Bittman’s latest at the NYT is interesting not so much for the article but for the comments that it provoked. People claiming to be food and agriculture scientists, as well as farmers, calling into question some of Bittman’s (and the sustainable/0rganic movement’s) general assumptions. A farmer from “Green Acres” farm in Missouri ends her [...]
