Food

Healthy for you, your community, and the planet.

Can You DIY?

posted Sep 17, 2010

Sweeten with honey, darn a sock, and refrigerate without electricity: Learn how to do what your grandparents knew

Roots of the Local Food Movement

posted Sep 15, 2010

Photo Essay: The modern locavore movement isn't the first time Americans have appreciated the broad impact of home gardening and conservation. These wartime posters remind us of another time when the U.S. took food security literally.

How to Not Get Sick of Zucchini on a 10-Mile Diet

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 15, 2010

Sometimes, local eating means getting very creative.

Quality Over Quantity: Local Food & the Obesity Epidemic

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 13, 2010

When we sacrifice good food to have lots of food, it's a double loss. Can we use this time of thinner wallets to examine the volume of food we run through our bodies?

My Kingdom for a Cracker!

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 11, 2010

After 10 days of eating within 10 miles, I was ready to do just about anything for food made from grains.

My 10-Mile Diet ... in a Global Food System

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 10, 2010

My eating experiment is making me think differently about food security around the world.

Vandana Shiva: Alternatives to Monsanto in India

posted Sep 09, 2010

Video: Vandana Shiva explains the effect of GMOs on Indian agriculture—and how to promote home-grown alternatives.

Resilient Ideas: Rooftop Beekeeping

by Ari LeVaux

posted Sep 09, 2010

Urban hives allow landless city dwellers to create their own honey–and may even provide solutions to colony collapse.

Resilient Ideas: Sunshine On The Menu

by Ari LeVeaux

posted Sep 09, 2010

Come for the food, stay for the art at New York City's first solar-powered restaurant.

Resilient Ideas: Making Fruit Public

by Susan DeFreitas

posted Sep 09, 2010

Art-infused activism to bring city fruit to the public.

Resilient Ideas: Processing Food Where the Food Is

by Ari LeVaux

posted Sep 09, 2010

Helping farmers process their produce builds local food security.

10-Mile Dieter at a 100-Mile Diet Potluck

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 02, 2010

What my neighbors and I learned when we sat down to figure out what food resources we have at hand, and how to fill the gaps.

A Month Without Monsanto

by April Dávila

posted Aug 24, 2010

April Dávila wondered what it would take to cut the GMO giant out of her family’s life. She found that it was far more entrenched than she’d ever realized.

3 Pillars of a Food Revolution

by Anna Lappé

posted Aug 19, 2010

As marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? Anna Lappé says it's a question of values.

Fallen Fruit

posted Aug 13, 2010

Video: Sharing knowledge with the community, Fallen Fruit provides maps for locals to make use of public fruit trees.