Don't Have a Cow

Elihu Dietz, 12.10.2009

Writer, performer and comedian

Meat is wasteful: it takes 10,000 pounds of grain to produce 1000 pounds of meat. But is abstaining from eating meat really the solution?

Food: Commodity or Human Right

Ruth Messinger, 12.11.2009

President and Executive Director, American Jewish World Service

Last year, enough food was produced on our planet to feed humanity nearly twice over. So how is it that 30 children will die of hunger or a related cause by the time you finish reading this column?

Before You Throw That Shrimp on the Barbie, a Few Words of Caution

Neil Zevnik, 12.08.2009

Private chef based in Los Angeles

Consider the many nerve-wracking environmental issues surrounding the procurement of shrimp before making this Lemon Shrimp with Orzo Pasta, Wild Mushrooms, Feta & Asparagus.

Rainbows After The Rain

Ani Phyo, 12.08.2009

Ani Phyo Raw Food Author

We are lucky to be able to decline food because it's not organic, raw, or vegan while people on the planet are starving to death and would graciously accept what we don't consider real food.

A Delicious Analysis of Veggie Burgers

Big Girls, Small Kitchen, 12.08.2009

Food bloggers Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress

When the patties I ordered at Cafe Colonial arrived, I took one bite of them and was reminded in both taste and texture of these Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers.

Nicolette Hahn Niman: A Vegetarian Ranchers Explains How to Raise Animals the Right Way

Tara Lohan, 12.08.2009

Tara Lohan is a senior editor at AlterNet.org and editor of the book "Water Consciousness"

Part personal narrative and part investigative journalism, her Righteous Porkchop is a much-needed addition to the conversation about what should be on our plates these days.

Turning Food Deserts Into Jobs Oases

Joel Berg, 12.08.2009

This holiday season we note the sobering reality that more than 49 million Americans live in households that can't afford enough food. Locally, accord...

Meatless Monday: Junk Food Rat Race

Ellen Kanner, 12.07.2009

syndicated columnist, the Edgy Veggie

Drop the Twinkie, junkie. Just in time for the holidays come these findings from your pals at Scripps Research Institute: Junk food is addictive. Rea...

The Meat-Eaters Guide to Eating Less Meat

Susie Middleton, 12.08.2009

Editor-at-Large, "Fine Cooking" magazine

Secretly, I could live on chocolate and coffee. But don't tell anyone, since I make my living writing about vegetables. And my darkest secret is this: My favorite thing in the whole world is (or was) chicken pan drippings.

Alanis Morissette and Author Anna Thomas Make "Love Soup"

Alanis Morissette, 12.04.2009

Grammy-winning musician and actress.

A few nights ago, I invited the luminous Anna Thomas to come to my house, along with 25 of my girlfriends, to learn how to make soup from her. She just released a book called "Love Soup".

Should Mexico Welcome the Invasion of 'Frankencorn?'

Elyssa Pachico, 12.03.2009

Mexico's decision to start growing genetically modified (GM) corn is sowing nothing but trouble.

Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman, 12.03.2009

Tokyo Green Space Founder

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

Top 10 (Recent) Developments On Factory Farming And Vegetarianism

Kathy Freston, 12.01.2009

Author, Health and Wellness Expert

One of the joys for which I am giving thanks is all of the recent attention on a topic that is near and dear to my heart -- the cruelty and environmental harm involved in raising animals for food.

Hunger in America: More Than Money is Needed

Anne Mai Bertelsen, 11.30.2009

Marketing strategist, columnist,activist

We need to revisit our food policy, which provides financial and in-kind food subsidies but does little to help Americans produce or stretch their food dollars.

A Family Values Thanksgiving

W. Hunter Roberts, 11.30.2009

Coach, author, minister

People worldwide have traditions of killing the fatted calf, preparing the Sabbath meal, pouring three cups of tea, or breaking bread in communion. We sit down together. We take time.

President Obama, Send Pardoned Turkeys to a Sanctuary, Not Disneyland

Ingrid Newkirk, 11.24.2009

President and co-founder, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

This year, please send the turkeys to a credible sanctuary that has experts in turkey behavior and care, where Sasha and Malia would be able to visit them, along with other rescued animals.

Eating Animals: Caring Is Not A Zero-Sum Game

Laurie David, 11.23.2009

Producer/Author

One of the many problems with Michiko Kakutani's lame and flamboyantly irrational New York Times review of Eating Animals is that it suggests her own irrelevancy.

Book Review: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue

Catie Lazarus, 11.22.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

In deference to reading about Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue on The Daily Kos and watching clips from her appearance on Oprah, I wrote a rev...

New Report: GMOs Causing Massive Pesticide Pollution

Andrew Kimbrell, 11.22.2009

Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety

There is one fact about genetically engineered foods that there is no debate about: no one wakes up in the morning eager to buy gene-altered food. There's good reason for this.

The Fair Food Project Tells Farmworkers' Stories (VIDEO)

Paula Crossfield, 11.17.2009

Managing Editor of civileats.com

If you eat, you rely on farmers, but you also rely on the labor of 2.5 million farm workers in the United States who earn wages below the poverty limi...

Terrorism That Hits the Bread Basket

Diane Dimond, 11.17.2009

Modern day journalist

It doesn't take a genius to figure out there's no closer-to-home place to strike a population than its food supply.