Food Philosophy
Emily’s Whole Foods Rant
Cuban food was mostly healthy and whole foods based. Back in Canada, however, real food seems harder to come by. Please indulge me as I rant.
My new full time job: creative entrepeneur + scrupulous scavenger
I’ve been back for over a month now, and to date, have purposely not sought out a job. It seems to me, that the two socially acceptable forms of busying oneself around here are through one of two monetary transactions: 1 – being paid for your time in exchange for work or 2 – paying [...]
Spend Less, Live More
My three month bike tour was an education in independence – both in venturing out on a voyage powered by my own two feet, but also in venturing away from dependence on the power structures that govern so much of our lives.
Social Change
I am pondering more deeply the notion of “social change,” and realizing it is less about what we do, and more about how we do it.
Supposedly “green” tea suffers from overpackaging
An overly packaged green tea finds its way into my house and suffers my wrath at its supposed sustainability.
Musings on Hemp
Question of the Week: A friend asks, “Any ideas on how to make hemp protein powder tolerable?” The short answer? No. Read on for the long answer…
Carnivegan?
To eat or not to eat? Meat is the question. My longstanding ethical and environmental stance against meat take backseat to my health. Thus begins my search for feel good meat, if there is such a thing.
Guelph Organic Conference, aka Organic Family Reunion
My recent trip to the annual Guelph Organic Conference leaves me high on food movement energy. Read my reflections on the conference, including personal faves and critiques for this organic affair.
Food as a gift of the universe
One of the reasons I am so passionate about food is that it’s a subject with a seemingly infinite number of angles to observe it from. What is food? Sustenance, obviously. But more personally, it’s taste, emotion, history, culture, community, communication, and health (or disease). It’s political. It’s ethical. It’s economic. It’s globalization and it’s [...]
Local Food Fever
Spring has sprung and with that comes a buzz of excitement in the foodie circles over the arrival of local asparagus, fiddleheads and early spring greens. It’s an exciting time for locavores and any minute now the “Buy Ontario Freshness” ads will be popping up like the tulips. And it’s good timing ‘cause I have [...]
Local Sustainable Food…but it’s so EXPENSIVE!
I’m pretty lucky in that what I do for a living involves me touting the benefits of buying local and sustainably produced food. But in doing so, I hear a lot of complaints around the price point. Today I want to write about this – not as an attempt to debunk a myth, but as [...]
Pet Peeve of the Day: Misleading Labelling
I recently returned from the annual Guelph Organic Conference and I’ve returned all riled up about a lot of stuff. One of which is food packaging labels and claims. There’s obviously a lot to be said about this topic so I’m not going to try and provide an in depth background. (Marion Nestle‘s been busy [...]
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