Food Democracy Now!

Food Democracy Now! is a grassroots community dedicated to building a sustainable food system that protects our natural environment, sustains farmers and nourishes families...Food Democracy Now! members organize both through online campaigns and in-person actions across the country. Our first campaign succesfully put officials endorsed by FDN members in the Obama administration, with the support of these original signers. Now over 150,000 people strong, we invite you to Join Us.

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Ask Umbra on the impacts of and alternatives to milk

Grist.org

...When it comes to where our food comes from, many of us are in the dark. In his animal science textbook Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture, author Peter Cheeke actually crows about our ignorance. "One of the best things modern animal agriculture has going for it," writes Cheeke, "is that most people ... haven’t a clue how animals are raised and processed."

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8 Foods That Are More Nutritious Raw

By Alissa Cohen
the daily green
August 2, 2010

Cooking some foods unlocks their nutrients, but eating certain raw foods is more nutritious. Here are eight to try raw, for maximum nutrition.

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New Orleans chefs forced to get creative as Gulf seafood supply dwindles in wake of oil spill

Brett Anderson
The Times-Picayune
June 13, 2010

There may be no better example of how severely the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is threatening the craft of New Orleans cooking than the fact that the standard bearer of French-Creole cuisine has considered substituting the organ of a farm animal for the meat of a mollusk...

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'Farmers Market Desserts’ lets fruit, not sugar, be the star

BY Bonnie Azab Powell
Grist Magazine
May 28, 2010

Summer fruits from the farmers market are the supermodels of the produce world. Just like Heidi Klum doesn't need makeup to be beautiful, a super-fresh White Lady peach or Seascape strawberry doesn't need extra sweetening or seasoning to shine. But given the right recipe—one designed expressly for fruit and vegetables at their peak ripeness and flavor, not for their wooden supermarket facsimiles—they can really wow your tastebuds...

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Can Amaranth Fix Mexico's Dual Dietary Disasters?

By Emilio Godoy
Inter Press Service
May 20, 2010

Supporters of amaranth have been trying for decades to bring this millennia-old grain back from oblivion. Known for its high nutritional content, it is now being promoted as a way to help modern-day Mexico confront two of its dietary ills: malnutrition and obesity...

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FORGET POLAR BEARS, WE’RE KILLING OUR FOOD

Ear To The Ground
TruthDig
May 16, 2010

...It turns out that carbon dioxide, which plants depend on in normal doses, can, in excess, keep plants from absorbing important nutrients, according to the researchers. Put it this way: Too much carbon means unhealthy plants, and unhealthy plants means unhealthy humans...

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