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Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors September 20, 2015 marked 25 years since my father, Robert Rodale, was killed in a car accident in Russia. If on that fateful day someone would have asked him what his legacy was to be, I know for a fact Read More...
In late summer, the ideas started pouring in from every corner of the world. Thousands of designers, architects, biologists, engineers, students, nature-lovers, and big thinkers had answered the call to completely rethink our food system using design inspiration from nature. The Biomimicry Global Read More...
Deep below the streets of London, something is growing in tunnels that once kept people safe from World War II bombs. One hint: It's leafy. Growing Underground is a company that makes "kilometer zero" eating possible in London, by growing salad in LED-lit, underground factories right beneath the Read More...
World leaders accustomed to fine dining had a surprise on their plates on Sunday at the United Nations — trash. Chefs cooked up a lunch made entirely of food that would have ended up in garbage bins, hoping to highlight the extraordinary waste in modern diets and its role in worsening climate Read More...
Appointing a vegan as Labour’s farming spokesman was always going to ruffle feathers. But even Kerry McCarthy’s critics must have been surprised by her pronouncement that meat should be treated like tobacco, with public campaigns to stop people eating it. Her appointment has alarmed Read More...
When former chef Adam Smith opened a small cafe in Britain's post-industrial North two years ago, serving up dishes with food destined for the scrap heap, he had big aspirations -- to fight global food waste. "From day one I set out to feed the world and I intend to do that," the Yorkshireman said Read More...
Last week, a WWF report revealed that nearly two-thirds of the world's fisheries are "fully exploited." Most of the rest are over-exploited. And so it is good news that Ikea, the Swedish furniture chain, has decided to only sell seafood that come from certified sources. From this week all 23 Read More...
In just five years, the country has slashed wasted food by 25%. What can we learn from its success? Someone living in Chicago throws out around two and a half times more food—around 273 pounds a year—than someone in Copenhagen. What makes Danes so much better than Americans at actually Read More...
The food we eat can be an excellent source of vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. Growing research supports that the quality of our food is not only important to our physical health but also for our mood and can influence depression and anxiety. Our Westernized so-called "cafeteria" diet Read More...
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report shows that organic food sales have seen a sharp increase, topping $5.5 billion. AgWeb reports that sales are up 72 percent since 2008. The growth comes primarily from several pockets in the U.S., including the West Coast, Texas and Colorado, the Read More...