Jeremy Jacquot | posted on September 8, 2008

With organic, locally-produced food items in high demand, it was only a matter of time before an enterprising startup or two took the next logical step: greening the supply chain. Eco-Products, a Boulder, Colo.-based maker of compostable food service supplies, has put the wraps on a $2 million first round of funding with Boulder-based Greenmont Capital Partners. …read full discussion

Mark Frauenfelder | posted on July 2, 2008

Erik Knutsen, co-author of The Urban Homestead, was interviewed on Los Angeles’ KABC news about his and his wife Kelly Coyne’s urban vegetable garden. …read full discussion

Cory Doctorow | posted on May 19, 2008

This NYT article on global food wastage is timely — just as the food riots have begun to break out around the world — and shocking. Makes me want to become a freegan. …read full discussion

Kristen Nicole | posted on May 5, 2008

Recently funded GrubHub, an online “take-out menu drawer,” is doing its part to make the world a better place. Starting today, GrubHub will begin purchasing carbon offsets for every delivery order that’s placed on GrubHub. In creating a service that promotes laziness and excessive driving …read full discussion

Kevin Kelly | posted on April 29, 2008

Seeking the origin of our food

This is a behavior-changing book. It explores the origin of modern North American food and challenges you, the reader, to confront the genesis of what you eat. It does not begin as you think it does. Author Pollan, now an enlightened omnivore, challenges everyone to take responsibility for their food — no matter what it is — by tracking its path back to the sun. …read full discussion