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Farm to Table to…Trash?

Meghan Environment, Food, Sustainability December 20, 2019December 20, 2019aesthetic food, best buy date, composting, expiration dates, FAO, farm to table, Farming, food loss, Food Security, food waste, harvesting, leftovers, natural resources, sell by date, supermarket, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable lifestyle, USDA, use by date, water shortage

Trestle table set for a feast. Plates of perfect food ready for sharing.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year – one third of all food produced for human consumption.

Giving Thanks Sustainably

Meghan Carbon Footprint, Environment, Food, Sustainability November 22, 2019November 22, 2019Carbon Footprint, composting, ecofriendly travel, emissions, Environment, Environmental sustainability, family, feast, food waste, holidays, leftovers, Plastic waste, Sustainability, Thanksgiving, Travel, turkey, Zero Waste

Fall leaves on a table with berries and a glass lantern. Handwritten text, give thanks.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching in the United States and it’s time to think roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, family, football, food comas and over 293 million dollars of food waste

The Future of Fake Meat

Meghan Climate Change, Food, Sustainability, YouTube Channel November 21, 2019September 3, 2021Beyond Burger, Brazillian beef, Burger King, Cattle ranching, Climate Change, fake meat, Impossible Burger, lab grown meat, soybean, Sustainability, Vegan, Whopper

Impossible Burgers at Burger King, Beyond Meat Tacos at Dos Toros, Beyond Meat at KFC… what do YOU think of the latest in burger technology?

The Great Palm Oil Debate

Chrystal Food, Forests, Sustainability November 12, 2019November 13, 2019Deforestation, Indonesian fires, palm oil, palm oil plantation, POIG, Rainforest Alliance, RSPO, sustainable palm oil

We know by now that a huge percentage of products we pick up off the grocery store (or pharmacy) shelf contain palm oil. If we’re not eating the product we’re likely putting it on our faces or

Impacts On Biodiversity: The Amazon & Indonesian Fires

Eric Amazon Rainforest, Biodiversity, Food, Forests October 8, 2019October 3, 2019Amazon fires, Biodiversity, biological resources, Cattle ranching, ecosystem services, extinction, Farming, Indonesian fires, natural medicines, palm plantations

Plant and animal biodiversity is one of the main factors that makes ecosystems function and beneficial for humans. It is defined as “biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 1

Meghan Current Events, Food, Health, Sustainability September 17, 2019September 24, 2019agriculture, current affairs, diversity, education, general assembly, Goals for Sustainable Development, Health, humanity, hunger, malnutrition, mortality, politics, poverty, Sustainability, U.N., United Nations

In 2015, the U.N. member states unanimously approved a road map to steer global development endeavors through 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, comprise 17 objectives that range from eliminating poverty to ending hunger to creating

Land Degradation

Ben Carbon Sequestration, Climate Science, Food, Land Degradation August 21, 2019August 20, 2019Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, emissions, Food Security, Global Warming, IPCC, Land Degradation, Sustainability

Whenever we talk about the Climate Crisis, the first issues mentioned are usually about reducing our carbon footprint, living sustainably, removing fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy. Very rarely does anyone immediately think of how our

Fancy a beer with breakfast?!

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Food, Sustainability July 30, 2019July 30, 2019barley, beer, beer production, breakfast, breakfast cereal, cast off pale ale, coco pops, cornflakes, kellogg company, rice krispies, Seven brothers brewery, sling it out tout, throw away ipa

No, I’m not suggesting that you down an ale while scooping up your favorite breaky cereal. Nor do I think replacing milk with beer atop your first meal of the day is the way to go. But

The dos & don’ts of recycling you might be getting wrong

Julia Food, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Solutions July 23, 2019July 23, 2019How to recycle, Recycling, Recycling advice, Recycling plastic, Recycling tips, Sorting your recycling, What can you recycle, What to recycle

Modern life is complicated. Smart phones, the gig economy, and even climate change. So much is happening all at once. In trying to help our planet, we can get a little confused. One of the biggest sources

5 Apps to help make sustainability easier to achieve

Chrystal Cell Phone, Food, Sustainability July 19, 2019July 19, 2019Apps, goodonyou, happy cow, joulebug, seafood watch, sustainability apps, sustainable fashion, sustainable seafood, vegetarian restaurants

Living a sustainable life can seem daunting. Where do you start? Where do you shop? What do you eat? How much of your life do you need to change? Information is power and it’s easy when it’s