GMO in my foods: there’s an app for that

An App To Tell You If There Are Genetically Modified Ingredients In Your Food
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

There are no laws that say companies have to tell you if they’re using genetically modified ingredients. If that doesn’t sit right with you, there’s now an app to help you sort out which foods’ genes have been altered.

Genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied…

http://flpbd.it/mjhkB

Tiny Fortune Cookie

(via Kera’s Tiny Fortune Cookie)

Food Waste Is Overwhelming

Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It
April Fulton, npr.org

The food world is buzzing today about the lat­est news on just how often we waste per­fect­ly good food. And we admit, the sta­tis­tics are pret­ty depress­ing.

About 40 per­cent of food in the Unit­ed States today goes uneat­en. The aver­age…

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This man knows when you’re lying about honey

This bubble map shows the global distribution ...
This bubble map shows the global distribution of (natural) honey output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (China – 298,000 tons). This map is consistent with incomplete set of data too as long as the top producer is known. It resolves the accessibility issues faced by colour-coded maps that may not be properly rendered in old computer screens. Data was extracted on 9th June 2007 from http://faostat.fao.org/site/336/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=336 Based on :Image:BlankMap-World.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This man knows when you’re lying about honey
sarahpetersmiller1969, grist.org

Don’t even try to lie to me about honey, son. (Photo by Jay B. Sauceda.)

Did you know that peo­ple sell fake honey? They take super­mar­ket honey and try to pass it off as fancy stuff you get for $30 at a farmer’s mar­ket. Is noth­ing sacred…

http://flpbd.it/CxZ0o

All businesses will become coffee shops

English: Photograph of Tuffy's newly renovated...
English: Photograph of Tuffy’s newly renovated coffee island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Given that most functions of a modern business and organizations from education to retail can now be duplicated with $500 worth of computer equipment this article argues that many can now be better managed as coffee shops.

In the future, everything will be a coffee shop – Boston.com.

Evolutionary medicine: parasitic hookworms for allergy relief

Ancylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attac...
Ancylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Source:CDC’s Public Health Image Library Image #5205 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A fascinating story on the discovery and use of parasitic hookworms to treat allergies based upon bio-anthropological research by a long time allergy sufferer.

Gut instinct: the miracle of the parasitic hookworm | Life and style | The Observer.

Eataly: Olympus of Italian slow food

The victory gardens at Slow Food Nation
The victory gardens at Slow Food Nation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Eataly is an Italian food lover’s paradise. Think IKEA crossed with Whole Foods — on three levels with nine eating areas — featuring Italian and Piemontese foods, beverages, and kitchen-related products. Open since 2007, Eataly is aligned with the Slow Food movement, a nonprofit organization founded in the 1980s that has more than 100,000 members in 132 countries. Started in response to a bid by McDonald’s to open a fast-food franchise near the Spanish Steps in Rome, Slow Food aims to preserve and promote local and traditional food products, small-scale and organic farming, and generally extols the virtues of good-tasting, minimally processed foods.

Olympus of Italian slow food boggles the mind – Boston.com.

Samovar Matcha Hekisui Japanese green tea

English: Matcha Tea or green tea powder
English: Matcha Tea or green tea powder (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Now this is how green tea should be made: not overheated and full of chlorophyll and nutrients.

Samovar Matcha Hekisui – Japanese green tea – Samovar Tea Lounge – Drink Tea..

Sea Dog Brew Pub, Hull MA

United States microbreweries, regional breweri...
United States microbreweries, regional breweries, and brew pubs per capita by state. Brewery data from the state locator at http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/directories/find-us-brewery. Population data from Wikipedia. National totals: 54 regional craft breweries, 377 microbreweries, 975 brewpubs, for a total of 1406. Highest five per capita are Vermont (29.0 per million), Maine (24.3), Montana (24.0), Oregon (21.6), and Alaska (19.0). Data current as of February 28, 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nice place with a great view of the ocean. Perfect for a beer and fish sandwich after a day of kayaking on the coast…

Menu | Sea Dog Brew Pub, Hull MA | Seafood, Burgers, Steaks and More!.

Lewis Waite Farm: Dry-Aged, Grass Fed, and Grass Finished Beef & Natural Pork

Hereford Steer
Hereford Steer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This Greenwich, NY based farm produces beef and pork from pasture fed animals.

Lewis Waite Farm – Dry-Aged, Grass Fed, and Grass Finished Beef & Natural Pork.

Eat Wild: Online community for grass fed products

English: Wild Grass in India
English: Wild Grass in India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Great resource for anyone interested in avoiding factory farmed foods…

Eat Wild.

River Rock Farm – All Natural Beef in Brimfield, MA

Grass Fed Beef
Grass Fed Beef (Photo credit: krossbow)

 

 

River Rock Farm – All Natural Beef in Brimfield, MA.

 

 

 

Howonearth: Great restaurant in Southern Mass

English: Cell-nique, 1st Organic Super Green D...
English: Cell-nique, 1st Organic Super Green Drink… Each Bottle has same 31 Organic Super Foods (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Menupages: Restaurants, Menus, Ratings, Reviews

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New York City Restaurants, New York City Menus, Ratings, Reviews, NYC Restaurants Guide.

The days of having to keep a messy stack of takeout menus or not knowing if a restaurant has a vegetarian option before you make the reservations are over. Menupages offers menus and reviews for thousands of restaurants in a growing number of U.S. areas.