BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Wanting to celebrate the day you came into existence doesn’t make you a narcissist, on the contrary it demonstrates a level of confidence and self respect that we could all benefit from. To be getting older is to…
Permaculture takes organic gardening to the next level
Photo by Claire Gregory, Creative Commons BY: TIM O’NEAL Organic food and farming have seen a huge increase over the past ten years, and for good reason. Farming and gardening techniques that use fewer harmful, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are…
There’s now a patch that can stop peanut allergies
BY RHIANN MOORE If you’ve spent your life forced to envy the simplistic, yet delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich, those days could soon be behind you. A treatment for the menacingly common peanut allergy is being proven to work by…
Helpful tips for traveling internationally as a vegetarian
BY: TIM O’NEAL Being a vegetarian is sometimes difficult. Cities in North America are catching up to demand for healthy options, but in many parts of the world it can be a real challenge to find meals without meat. While…
Overeating is one of the biggest contributors to food waste
BY: DUSTIN BATTY It is a well-known fact that people have a tendency to waste food. A recent study covered in a Science Daily article found that around fifty percent of all harvested crops—nearly “2.1 billion tonnes” of food—are lost…
GMOs are not as terrible as everyone thinks they are
GMOs have a noted terrible reputation, but the fact is, as long as people are kept aware and the food is consistently tested for safety they are actually perfectly healthy and great for the environment. In 2017 there’s really no…
After these horrendous videos surfaced, France passes bill requiring cameras in all slaughterhouses
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE France is having some major issues with animal rights. In the past couple of years there have been countless pieces of evidence supporting extreme cases of abuse against animals meant for slaughter in French abattoirs. These include…
For 3 years, these guys travelled to dozens of countries to eat bugs – and documented it all on film
BY: JESSICA BEUKER By the year 2050, the human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. This means that the demand for food will rise substantially over the next few decades. At a time where climate issues are pressing, the…
Caribou, mammoths and humans? Hannibal Lecter and cavemen have more in common than we thought
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Cavemen have always occupied a fascinating niche in our pop-cultural consciousness. On the one hand, we afford them the reverence and nobility that we tend to attribute to all our ancestors, the archetypical “noble savage.” Then…
New program brings 7 different strangers to your dinner table who you would normally never talk to
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP In our world of technology, it’s seemingly harder and harder to make friends in an organic way without the use of an app or needing a wifi connection. Most likely, if a stranger walked up to you…
Activists are giving the middle finger to the law by continuing to feed homeless people
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via CL Tampa / Anthony Martino. I think we can all generally agree that giving back to those who have less than you is considered a good deed. Whether it be in the form of a…
Finally this city has opened Canada’s first vegan fast food restaurant
Healthy eating is becoming more and more of a commodity in these troubling times. Variety and abundance of food is awash in our Western culture, but that doesn’t mean that everyone’s dietary needs are being fully met. Eating meat is…
New app lets you buy restaurant leftovers for under $5
BY: AISHA ILYAD You may ask yourself what on Earth restaurants do with their leftover meals? There are many types of food that don’t last for more than a day and are useless after one night. “Food for all” and…
Fuck top 40- this music made from vegetables is all you need to listen to today
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Being told to stop playing with your food may have been a common request in your home growing up. A saying which usually means to stop merely fussing with your food has been taken more literally for one…
Australians cook up change with a new spin on potluck dinners
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP The tomato sauce that will reach its expiry date in a matter of days, the red onions that are beginning to wilt and the beef that you meant to cook last week, yet somehow forgot…these are the…
This website will pair you with a local to give you a home-cooked meal anywhere in the world
Travelling to touristy destinations can inadvertently block opportunities that would otherwise enrich the travelling experience. A website called “Bonappetour,” is working to offer a service to avid travellers that would further enhance their experience of local culture. It is said to be the…
This is the greatest man you’ve never heard of
Norman Borlaug is the greatest man you’ve never heard of. Winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, Borlaug completely changed the agricultural industry. Originally commencing his studies at the University of Minnesota with a strong interest in wrestling, he soon developed an enthusiasm for plant…
This company throws dinner parties in unique spaces when the owners aren’t home
BY: CAROLINE ROLF There’s no shortage of spectacular homes to lust over from behind your computer screen, but what are the chances you’d actually get to explore one of these places without breaking in? This startup caters (literally) to those…
Salvador Dali’s erotic cookbook gives new meaning to food porn
BY: M. TOMOSKI From furnitures to films and exotic pets, Salvador Dali lived in a world that only he could imagine. So it’s no surprise that his food also derives from there. Published in 1973, “Les Diner des GALA” is…
This smart new supermarket exclusively sells expired and discarded food at a fraction of the price
BY: ALEX BROWN A new grocery store that just opened in Copenhagen is challenging arbitrary expiration dates and unnecessary food waste to help curb hunger and exorbitant grocery store prices. The company, WeFood, opened last month under the belief that…