BY: JESSICA BEUKER The traditional school structure has long been one of “textbook” learning rather than hands-on learning, where practical experience acts as the teacher. Paired with a societal shift towards convenience and technology, we have cut off some of…
This adventurous chef has turned dining into an interactive experience
When I think about fine dining beyond the elegance of silver spoons and the accuracy of flavour, I start to wonder about the integrity of the ritual, and how after our many millennia of celebrating food, most of us are…
Repealing the pigswill ban could radically reduce the EU’s eco-footprint
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Thirteen years ago, people all across the European Union could scrape their plates into a bin and know that their leftovers wouldn’t end up in a landfill. That waste would make its way to local farmers,…
This Bronx teacher has changed the lives of inner-city kids by helping them grow their own food
By: JACK M. Stephen Ritz is a school teacher and administrator in one of America’s toughest and poorest districts – New York’s South Bronx. He teaches science, and his home base is one of the most troubled schools within…
This 20 year old created an app that’s already saved thousands of pounds of food waste.
BY: ADRIAN SMITH As a high school freshman, Maria Rose Belding found it difficult to watch the director of the local soup pantry she volunteered at in Iowa struggle to find a home for the 10,000 boxes of macaroni and…
New grocery store lets you buy health food for the price of fast-food
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram Imagine Whole Foods at dollar-store prices—a new company called Daily Table is shifting the power back to people of lower income, so they too have the option of eating right. This has long been…
Try these recipes and eat like you give a fuck.
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Sharpen your fucking knife, because the bad mouthing, vegan cooking phenomenon that is Thug Kitchen is about to get a lot more important. The Thug Kitchen website has been gaining notoriety since its launch in the summer…
UK’s largest supermarket chain “Tesco” vows to give away all left over food to empty stomachs
BY: ZOE MELNYK Following close in France’s footsteps, the largest UK grocery store chain, Tesco, recently decided to donate any edible leftover food to charity instead of throwing it away to rot in a landfill. The decision came from the…
Here are six edible plants you can forage for in your own neighbourhood (Video)
BY: DANIEL KORN Foraging for food comes with a variety of benefits. It forms a deeper connection between you and your neighbourhood, serves as a fun date/hangout activity, and allows you to eat healthily for free or at least up…
This activist is fighting the decline of the honey bee with explosive city street art
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Louis Masai hates the label “street artist.” In fact he rejects any label or stereotype that corners him into a specific category. He doesn’t see himself as an activist either. Mainly, he just wants to include everyone…
Why most of our world’s food crops are becoming extinct
BY: LAURA ROJAS A disturbing study conducted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) back in 1999 revealed that since the 1900s, 75% of agricultural crops have been lost, spiking a decline in plant variety and putting at risk…
The food you’re eating could be killing you…slowly
By: JACK M. It’ll hardly come as a shock to learn that so-called “experts” frequently disagree. Put three experts in a room to work on some problem, and there’s a fair chance you’ll get three different opinions. And it doesn’t…
This fork makes vegetables taste like chocolate
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Have your cake and smell it too. A Montreal company has invented a fork that allows you to smell a flavour on top of what you are eating. The AROMAFORK is part of the molecular gastronomy trend,…
Do you eat food? You should probably be concerned with the fight for GMO labeling
BY: LAURA ROJAS The fight for GMO labeling should be understood just as widely as the pro-marijuana legalization movement. After all, seeing as you need food to survive, you might want to understand the limited choice that stocks grocery store…
The Beekeeper Stands Between Humans And Extinction (Documentary)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA There is a tiny insect that labours so tirelessly that our very lives depend on their work. According to the British Beekeepers Association a single bee colony pollinates 4,000 m² of fruit trees and 70 different…
30% of food in the USA goes to waste – Fill stomachs, not landfills
BY: PILGRIM I used to know a girl who would occasionally go dumpster diving for the mass quantities of bread and baked goods that get thrown away behind supermarkets, bakeries and restaurants. Sometimes, when she was in the dumpster, the…
How this man stopped eating food for 30 days and stayed healthy
BY: LUC RINALDI In February 2013, a twenty-something Atlanta tech entrepreneur named Rob Rhinehart posted an entry on his blog, Mostly Harmless, titled, “How I Stopped Eating Food.” In it, he detailed his frustration with food—how much time it took…
Permaculture: Realizing that food comes from the ground, not a store
BY: PILGRIM The short-term benefits of environmental abuse are too large to abandon, at least with the threat of disaster so far at bay. We’ve still got about 15, maybe 20 years before the fire of climate change arrives. How…
Aquaponics – The cure to world hunger for the price of fish food
By: PILGRIM In 1969, John Todd, Nancy Jack Todd, and William McLarney discovered aquaculture: a self-sustaining hybrid between an organic hydroponic garden (grown from water) and personal fish farm. The complementing relationship between fish and plant habitats allows one to…