On July 20th meet Anne-Marie Bonneau at an author talk and book signing!
7:00 PM in a private backyard in Los Altos Hills
Anne-Marie is a local food blogger and environmental advocate, who has become an international influencer with her new book, Zero-Waste Chef, published in 2021 by Random House.
Capacity is limited. Address will be shared after ticket purchase. General admission : $6.24 (includes service fee. General admission with book: $32.49 (includes service fee)
A new USDA study (published in the journal PLOS ONE) tracked crop diversity across farms in the US from 1978 to 2012 using five year ag census data.
While the overall data confirms the dominance of monoculture farming – a practice known not to be sustainable in the long-term – there is evidence that in five of the nine Farm Resource Regions where fruits and vegetables reign supreme crop diversity was either maintained or increased slightly. Check out the map for specifics and read more…
From GMO labeling to pesticides to the source of the meat you buy, a handful of companies are spending heavily to keep information off your food labels.
The typical American family tosses out some $1,500 of food yearly. From smarter fridge packing to sauteing soggy lettuce, a new book is full of tips to rescue edibles from landing in the trash.
Yikes! We are now in deficit spending of our planet’s natural resources. As of August 13th, 2015 humans around the world had already used up the equivalent of this entire year’s worth of available resources if life and the survival of the planet are to be sustained. From our food supply to fuel for transportation and business operating practices, our choices are drawing down our resource supply faster than it can replenish itself.
Read about how EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY each year marks the beginning of when we start dipping into the future to continue our way of life, according to the calculator created by the Global Footprint Network think-tank. Their calculator tools are used by the United Nations and many individual countries to understand and evaluate how our collective lifestyle choices worldwide are seeing humanity’s demands for resources far exceed our Earth’s ability to sustain us.
Check out a chart of our World Footprint and search by nation to see exactly we are threatening our very survival by our own choices.
Or, hop over to the resource-rich Overshoot Day website that will help each of us learn how to make choices every day to enable our planet to provide for future generations. From TAKE ACTION to FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS, there are ideas and activities to create positive change.
Organic farmers say they need crop varieties that were bred specifically for conditions on their farms. Clif Bar & Company decided to back their cause with up to $10 million in grants.
"SLOW FOOD unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature."
- Carlo Petrini, Slow Food International
Founder and President