Embracing Food Waste as Fuel
While I usually manage to eat most of the food I buy, I’m guilty of occasionally letting unfinished packages of turkey lunch meat and bags of baby carrots go to waste. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one letting a little of the food in my fridge slip through the cracks and into the garbage. 40% …
Local Sourcing, Sweetgreen and the “Freshman Fifteen”
The infamous “freshman fifteen.” It’s what happens when you’re a busy college student without much time to prep your own meals, living across the street from a dining hall that specializes in belt-busting buffet. Something about that scene needed to change, and since the days weren’t getting any longer, a company called Sweetgreen decided to …
My Food Test: Plant-based breakfasts and lunches seem to do the trick
I’m well into My Food Test and am happy to report that, so far, as long as I stick to plant-based breakfasts and lunches, I can still enjoy meat and fish for dinner. My eight-week food test is designed to measure how different types of meat-based protein for dinner will impact my glucose level, weight …
Brewing a Successful CSR Program
Ah, summer! As we kick back to enjoy America’s favorite pastime (baseball) and one of its favorite indulgences (beer), let’s celebrate a project that demonstrates Corporate Social Responsibility at its best. Craft brewers from diverse regions of the country banded together to make Homeland IPA, a special beer fermented with wood from baseball bats to …