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Thinking food: What’s ‘healthy’ and ‘sustainable’?

February 12, 2022

Thinking food: What’s ‘healthy’ and ‘sustainable’?  What constitutes a ‘healthy diet’ has been endlessly debated and the advice on eating changes almost year on year. With the dangerous rise in non-communicable diseases (such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes) which has occurred over the last fifty or so years – significantly accelerating from the 1980s onwards with […]

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Our food system – a health hazard

November 11, 2017

Our food system – a health hazard People get sick because they work under unhealthy conditions. People get sick because of contaminants in the water, soil, or air. People get sick because specific foods they eat are unsafe for consumption. People get sick because they have unhealthy diets. People get sick because they can’t access […]

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New Equations of Regions, People, Nature and Food Chains

March 10, 2016

New Equations of Regions, People, Nature and Food Chains We usually think of geologists as going deep, but when it comes to working through the layers of meaning behind local food, geographer Terry Marsden knows how to dig very deep. Marsden sees food as a uniquely human enterprise because it, more than anything else we […]

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Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.

June 19, 2015

Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How. The various incarnations of the sustainable food movement need a science with which to approach a system as complex as food and farming. Thumb through U.S. newspapers any day in early 2015, and you could find stories on President Obama’s “fast-track” plans for the Trans-Pacific […]

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4 Innovative Community Food Projects Empowering Low-Income Residents

January 7, 2015

4 Innovative Community Food Projects Empowering Low-Income Residents There are many community food organizations working hard to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. Through urban farms, school gardens, school lunch programs and more, these groups are alleviating food insecurity and building food justice in America. WhyHunger, which supports community-based organizations that seek solutions to underlying causes of hunger and connect […]

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