With ever increasing buzz around the idea of feeding kids real food at school, some local jurisdictions are actually taking steps in the right direction. Here in the District of Columbia, the food providor for public schools, Chartwells, a division of the international conglomerate Compass Group, plans to introduce fresh-made meals to replace the re-warmed […]
With pollanistas everywhere urging the public to stop eating meat as a way of slowing global warming, it’s refreshing to see people who know a thing or two about raising meat sustainably speak out in defense of one of our most nutritious foods. Not long ago, Eliot Coleman, the acclaimed produce farmer, was roused to […]
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A vocal segment of the food and environmental movements would have us abandon meat and embrace a plant-based diet on grounds that cattle contribute too much to greenhouse emissions. It’s a simple-minded approach to complex problems posed by world overpopulation that overlooks the nutritional consequences of such a radical change in food habits. Over 2.6 million years, […]
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