"The Food Movement, Rising"

A new essay from Michael Pollan in The New York Review of Books takes a look at the food revolution taking place - whether it's completely recognized yet or not - here in America. Pollan discusses everything from Michelle Obama's efforts to food safety and industry and how books published in the past decade (by other faves like J.S. Foer, Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Joel Salatin, etc) along with growing support from national environmental and health organizations most definitely suggests a culture ripe and ready to get "beyond the barcode." 

If you take the time to go beyond JustSaying's summary and read the whole article just one time, let this be it. Find The Food Movement, Rising here.

Seven Principles of a Climate-Friendly Diet

Just stumbled upon this great article from Anna Lappe summarizing methods for a climate-friendly diet expanded upon in her latest book Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork. Following in the footsteps of food luminaries like Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle, Lappe suggests:

1.) Reach for Real Food
2.) Put Plants on Your Plate
3.) Don't Panic, Go Organic
4.) Lean Towards Local
5.) Finish Your Peas, The Ice Caps Are Melting
6.) Send Packaging Packing
7.) Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Kitchen! 

Love Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Okay, okay... I was a little skeptical of the reality tv show approach to changing the way America eats but I stand corrected. Oliver's methods are heart-warming, his energy is contagious, and this show is fantastic. On last night's episode he tapped into Marshall's energy and created a stir-fryin' flash mob in the center of the university. Check it out (the dancing starts about the 9:00 minute mark):



For those of you who haven't caught an episode of Food Revolution yet, I urge you to check it out. The clip above is a particularly fun, smile-inducing one but the earnest folks in the show are likely to bring tears to your eyes as well. What this guy is doing is remarkable. He is bringing so much attention to the desperately important

Watch entire episodes on hulu.