Eating Green
In Season NOW: Butternut & Acorn Squash at your local Farmers Market!
Submitted by Debra Secunda of www.rawfooddvds.com To me, this is the quintessential “Thanksgiving” dish. I find it satisfies a patriotic distant connection to our country’s pioneers, as I imagine the residents of New Amsterdam (before it was New York) relishing the bounty of their New World. I’ve daydreamed and developed this version [...]
NOW AVAILABLE: The Bounty of the Local Autumn Harvest – CREATE DINNER RECIPES!
I recently visited several local Farmers Markets around the City and was overjoyed to see such an array of fresh healthy Produce. Here are several menu ideas for delicious (Eat Green) “slow” cooked meals that require little or no packaging: 1) Butternut or Acorn Squash Soup (Recipe posted on website) 2) Cabbage Soup (can [...]
Macrobiotics: Diet or Philosophy or Both?
Glowing, radiant, and vital health is one of the high levels of well being. This kind of health was the goal of many of the world’s traditional healthcare systems. Wellness comes about by applying universal principles of balance and harmony to the different aspects of our lives, including diet, relationships, environment, activities, [...]
The Past, Present and Future of Food Production
The Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s brought an array of agricultural technology that helped the world’s population almost double in size. The 21st century, however, brings a new set of challenges. A continually increasing population, the relative scarcity of fresh water and arable land, and the unpredictable climactic effects of global [...]
Why Eat Organic? The Dirty Dozen List
The simple fact is that eating organic is not only healthier for you; it’s healthier for the planet. Aside from contributing to a number of childhood diseases and ADD, artificial fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides seep into ground water. These chemicals eventually pollute and destroy wetlands and rivers. Even our off shore coral [...]
Learning to Compost
Many of us green New Yorkers know the importance of composting. We bring our food scraps to local drop off points, or maybe we even compost ourselves in our apartments. But how many of us actually know how to compost outdoors? Fortunately, the Lower East Side Ecology Center, provides workshops for just such an occasion. I decided to seize the [...]
What is Macrobiotics?
Macrobiotics, or the way of health and longevity, is a universal practice followed by diverse groups of people in every section of the globe. Just as longevity practices of eating and lifestyle took many forms throughout the world, advice on diet and lifestyle to attain health must be adjusted for each individual. The Macrobiotic Way is the [...]
Slow Food
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. In the United States, members of Slow Food USA's 200 chapters celebrate the amazing bounty of food that is available and [...]
Doctors’ group sues USDA over vegetarian alternative to food pyramid
A nonprofit doctors' organization is suing two federal agencies for ignoring a vegetarian alternative to the traditional food pyramid — despite skyrocketing obesity and diabetes rates. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says the U.S. Department of [...]
Why Go Vegetarian?
The decisions we make as consumers resonate around the world. Some of us enjoy a nice steak dinner, chicken or other animal dishes without much consideration/thought to the production, processes, resources, people, and the impact on the planet. With an increase in animal agriculture, meat consumption has become one of the driving forces behind [...]
