TED Talks Food: Broadcasting Voices and Ideas To The Public
TED is a non-profit devoted to broadcasting innovative ideas spoken by persuasive thinkers. Its website spreads information through “TED talks,” a video component that spans a wide range of topics....
View ArticleLast Mile Access: Let the Hotel Valet Open the Door to a Food Conversation
The valet made me do it. We bared our souls and talked with each other about food. We did it in the middle of the tastefully decorated lobby of a reputable Cannery Row hotel in Monterey, CA. It began...
View ArticleFood for Health Forum: An Rx for Doctors
Today, the man who encourages us all to eat food, mostly plants, and not too much will bring his prescription for a healthier population and planet to a group that, surprisingly, he hasn’t spoken to...
View ArticleWal-Mart Promises Local Food, While Big Ag Gears Up for a Fight
Last week, Wal-Mart–the largest grocer in the world with over 8,600 stores in 15 countries, two million employees and sales of $405 billion–made news when it launched sustainable agriculture goals for...
View ArticleNikki Henderson: On the Frontlines of Edible Education
People seem to have an insatiable appetite for food matters right now. Case in point: the public tickets for Edible Education 101 at UC Berkeley were snapped up in 12 minutes on Monday, according to a...
View ArticleMichael Pollan: New Food Rules, But No Need to Be Neurotic (VIDEO)
Sometimes a spoonful of sugar does, indeed, make the medicine go down. Though you won’t find that catchphrase in the just-released hardcover edition of Food Rules, Michael Pollan‘s best-selling little...
View ArticleMichael Pollan on The Farm Bill: New Film From Nourish (VIDEO)
Every five years, we have the chance to influence the way our food is produced, our land is conserved, and our health is protected. The legislation that addresses these issues is known as the Farm...
View ArticleAs News Industry Shrinks, UC Berkeley Announces Food and Farming Reporting...
This week, the Pew Research Center issued its annual State of the News Media report, chronicling a shrinking, some might say anemic, news industry. Employment at newspapers is down 30 percent since...
View ArticleFaces & Visions of the Food Movement: Samin Nosrat
Samin Nosrat creates community around food as a cook, writer and teacher in the Bay Area. From Chez Panisse to Tuscany, Piemonte to the northern coast of Iran, she has spent the past 14 years immersed...
View ArticleOne Week Left to Make Our Kickstarter Goal: We Need Your Support Now!
Civil Eats is at a critical junction, as we have to raise $55,000 in the next 7 days to meet our Kickstarter goal of $100,000 by Friday, October 18. If we don’t raise the remaining funds, we won’t be...
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