We work to live sustainably and eat healthily, but sometimes, those practices come into conflict with one another. A trend – not new, but newly popular – recently caught our… [Continue Reading]
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If you are like friends of mine you like to eat fruits and nutritious vegetables. You can’t wait for the weekend to come so that you can go to the… [Continue Reading]
Some of the fruits and vegetables you eat today have a far less nutritional value than the fruit your grandmother ate. It is my hypothesis that the majority of the… [Continue Reading]
Often, it means choosing between one’s personal health and making exceptions for locally-sourced food. Pretty much by definition, farm-to-table food is seasonal. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be locally sourced. If you… [Continue Reading]
Ask for seconds. Find recipes that use reductions. Sometimes called #2 produce, this is fruit and other produce that have blemishes or visual imperfections but which are otherwise perfectly good… [Continue Reading]
As partial participants in the farm-to-table movement, we recognize many of the potential benefits that come with locally-sourced and generally wholesome foods. We’re also skeptical about the feasibility of the… [Continue Reading]
In a recent post, we talked about sustainable food: what it is, why it’s important, and how it relates to Life to Table. Food systems, including agriculture, play a significant… [Continue Reading]
Sustainable agriculture, simply, is the production of food, fiber, or other plane and animal products that use farming techniques to preserve the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare…. [Continue Reading]