food

As I sit here on a overcast 4th of July, I stumbled acrossed ESPN's coverage of Nathan's hot dog eating competition. It seems interesting enough - 20+ eaters enter a competition to crown the one true great eater. As the contestants enter, I was surprised how many of them were skinny! That's right - the greatest eater is not even a fat man.

Follow these tips to help you reduce food waste, save money and protect the environment.

New company in SF will grow your vegetables for you in your own backyard. If you have extra space you can get a discount for allowing them to grow excess to sell to other urbanites.

There are many sustainable options when it comes to putting food on the table, from eating organic to choosing locally grown foods to avoiding animal products. But there’s nothing quite as truly sustainable, satisfying, and tasty as growing your own organic food.

Buying green isn't always easy when you are on a budget. The grocery store can be an endless mess of green noise--making it difficult to decide what's best to do for the environment.

A new report released by Oxfam has blamed the use of biofuels for pushing 30 million people around the world into poverty, while doing very little to fight global warming.

If you care about your environment and your finances you may be interested to know that on average 30% of our purchased food gets throw away.

It's good to see someone is thinking about how we make cleaning sustainable.  A small company that provides sustainable cleaning at hospitals, schools, offices, and food & beverage companies.

he worst flooding in the U.S. Midwest in 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers as corn prices hit record highs on devastating crop losses in the heart of the world's top grain exporter.

-Chris Cappuccilli

BBQs aren't just for meat

We are faced with countless dilemmas each day that have an impact on the environment: paper or plastic? Cloth diaper or disposable? Aluminum can or glass bottle?

Think about the last time you hit up the drive-thru. How many napkins were you given? My guess is that you received none or you received a dozen. You likely used one, maybe two. The other ten got tossed. Along with the straw, straw wrapper, sandwich wrapper, receipt, salt packets, paper soft-drink cup, bag, and ketchup packets (both used and excess). That's one transaction. One meal. One person. Extrapolate that.  

Vertical Farming would involve building high rise multi level “Farmscrapers” where farmers would employ sustainable farming practices in a controlled environment.

“It’s not just a way of generating food. It’s a way of dealing with municipal waste, recycling water, and using methane digestion to help a city be sustainable.” - Dickson Despommier

The amount of environmental websites seems to be growing by the day, but sometimes it is still hard to find a reliable and accurate source. Living green these days is the best way, so where can you go to get some quality information? Well, many times here at Ecologicliving, we got some good stuff to help you go green, but you can also check out this great site that I found called Greenmom.

It is true, that most of us put more research into the car we will drive than the food we put in our bodies.  Green Mom Finds is featuring a great book from the The True Food Network.  You can download a list of companies that are striving to produced foods free from genetically engineered ingredients.