just because I didn’t want to be bothered with acting like an adult. Either state your preference or deal with the consequences. Just for the record, the only time I have ever reminded someone I do not eat chicken was when...

I don’t buy bottled water, but it’s for environmental reasons, not economical. Biggest landfill filler right now and dreadful for the sea.

in any first world country. Of course, there are many external consequences of our “low cost” food production system: war in Iraq, pollution, near slave conditions for farm workers, a public health crisis, high taxes,...

sometimes buy non-organic for myself, but for my children, I feel it is an investment in their health. and then just the fact that organic farming demands responsible environmental practices is another good enough reason for me.

. But whatever is done to it still does not negate that it is a product that is found in nature, not artificially created in a test tube. It’s marketing. Lots of terms are used that way, most recently in...

to be flabbergasted by how many industry people are unconcerned about the consequences of overfishing, or the farming problems... Good comment!

When I was 6-ish, my dad’s new girlfriend made “us” (the kids) spaghetti. But her home-made bolognese recipe for sauce was very different from my mother’s typical meat sauce. I didn’t like it, and...

there are environmental factors that we are unaware of. For instance, the macrobiotic diet followed without mishap by many in India has often proved harmful, even fatal, in the US. The simple reason is that in India the grains...

This has unforeseen ecological consequences. With brown crocs, which only eat ferrets and cats, now the only large predator in the Southern swamp area, the population of muskgoose rapidly recovers, to the extent that they become...

" neighborhood (for the moment, it’s within the “Seattle” option) to recommend restaurants based on all sorts of criteria, e.g. great taste, health & wellness, real food, connecting people, natural habitat,...

Hi Mark, I’m a big fan, and especially appreciate your willingness to talk about the environmental impacts of the food we eat. I was a vegetarian for 15 years, and am now slowly incorporating some meat into my diet for...

poultry or its juices gets sanitized ASAP. I’d like to think that I manage risk intelligently, taking into account the likelihood and severity of any adverse consequences. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

that replicates the texture of shark’s fin. I grew up eating shark’s fin every year but I no longer partake because the environmental cost just isn’t worth the benefits. I think even shark’s fin fans are...

or of a similar socioeconomic category. Those that are relatively well-off or some how or another connected to those who are (ie, those who would cater to the middle and upper classes) have little or no incentive to emigrate....

Our trash company uses trucks with the mechanical arms on them, and in order to empty the cans, the arms flip them totally upside down into a chute on the top of the truck. Consequently, the instructions from the waste-haulers...