The Food Environment Atlas tells you if you are in a food desert, or an oasis

Per­haps in the last year you’ve heard men­tion of the term “food desert” to describe an area with a dearth of gro­cery and fresh food options.  There are plenty of towns in the US that don’t have a gro­cery store, and […]

Science Says High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Pretty Much The Worst Thing Ever

Science attempts to de-mystify orange drink

Sci­ence attempts to de-mystify orange drink

The title pretty much says it all.

In addi­tion to caus­ing sig­nif­i­cant weight gain in lab ani­mals, long-term con­sump­tion of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnor­mal increases in body fat, espe­cially in […]

The Story of Bottled Water

From the ani­ma­tors who brought us The Meatrix, Store Wars, and The Story of Stuff, comes a new chap­ter in The Story of Stuff saga: The Story of Bot­tled Water.

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If you haven’t already watched the 20-minute long “Story of Stuff” you should.  It’s pretty good, and the pay­off in […]

What I’m into: today

It’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from today.

50cycles bike acces­sories — Spook­light USB rechar­gable Wire­less Bicy­cle Safety Indi­ca­tor, brake light and iPod recharge –

The ulti­mate in touch-sensitive, USB-compatible, iPhone-friendly, recharge­able, bike safety. Kinda cool, i want it in a way that annoys me.

Did Cook­ing Give Humans An Evolutionary […]

UPDATE: Cooperation Enters the National Discussion on Healthcare

coop-healthcare

Good idea?  Bad idea?

Heck, i’m just excited to see this being seri­ously con­sid­ered on the national stage.  Adopt­ing a coop­er­a­tive health care sys­tem in this coun­try isn’t exactly tak­ing baby-steps, but it is intro­duc­ing the con­cept, and the ideals, to the standard-American whose sole source of new […]

What I’m Into: lately

It’s not as if you asked, but here are my lat­est deli­cious links, from June 9th through June 11th:

Ecotrust Food & Farms — Farm to School –

Want to know what kinds of amaz­ing food poli­cies are being con­sid­ered in the Ore­gon leg­is­la­ture? Ecotrust breaks it all down for you. Let’s hear it for HB2800!!

Omnivore’s […]