In the restaurant world, chefs Ivan Tisdall-Downes and Imogen Davis of Native restaurant on Browns Brook Street in Mayfair highlight star regenerative producers on their menus. “Regen is looking for alternatives to mass-produced food. The way big profit-hungry farming companies make a lot of money for themselves, but it’s damaging our soil,” says Tisdall-Downes, who … Read more
Wineries in Washington state make more than 17 million cases of wine each year. We have about 400 grape growers, 60,000 acres of wine grapes in Washington state, and more than 1,000 wineries according to washingtonwine.org. Each year 80 different varieties of wine are produced in Washington State! The Columbia Valley seems to be perfect … Read more
Reflecting on the best way to prepare for life next year, the decade indeed? You can enroll in a course at one of France’s most famous political science faculties, where students have been queuing for a new course on the nation’s “art de vivre” – the essence of the Gallic way of life. Lecturers and … Read more
Pasadena residents were required to pack their food waste and put it in the existing green waste container effective January 1 when the City launches a new mandatory Food Waste Recycling Program in accordance with the new composting law. California, SB 1383. In a previously sent letter, the City reminded residents of its new Food … Read more
One potential problem here is the so-called “cocktail effect” – the mixing of different pesticides. Pesticides are tested individually, Percival says, and the combination could “interact in unpredictable ways, could have adverse health effects.” We just don’t know yet. The fact that several pesticides, previously considered safe, have since been banned, does not inspire confidence. … Read more
“We wanted to give something back to society,” says Karen Watson, Barleylands education officer. “We know that by teaching children how their food is grown and how our food choices affect the world from an early age, they can learn to appreciate food. “There is so much obesity in the world, we want to encourage … Read more
Not all organic foods are of ‘better quality’ than their non-organic counterparts, a study of a leading French consumer group has found. The consumer magazine 60 million consumers compared 13 organic food products to their closest non-organic equivalents from the same brand. He found that nine were of better quality, but in the other four … Read more
