Category Archives: Food

My Visions for 2040

Zach Owens : Thursday May 10, 9:46AM

As a Denver native, I m thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and the University of Denver for the Metro Vision 2040 Listening Tour … More »

Changing the climate? or Changing the way we farm?

Dave Wann : Tuesday April 10, 11:29AM

Old Normal: Conventional agriculture is a stewardship profession, working with natural systems to produce what humans need at affordable prices. Environmental impacts are justified by the need to feed … More »

Urban Agriculture – The Green Revolution

Dave Wann : Sunday March 11, 8:43PM

Up to 30 percent of America s food is now grown in metropolitan areas where 93 percent of Americans live. Rural farmland continues to vanish because of erosion, water scarcity, industrial and retail … More »

Regional Sustainability Council Updates

Zach Owens : Tuesday February 14, 3:16PM

The Regional Sustainability Councils in Colorado are busy with sustainability planning and implementation efforts! Here are a few snapshots of current Council initiatives: In November of 2011, the Pikes … More »

Anthropology of Food

Dave Wann : Thursday January 12, 11:15AM

Americans undervalue organic food both on the table and on the farm, for similar reasons. As a culture, we don t yet recognize the difference in quality between organic and conventional food; between … More »

Food — the most universal symbol of America’s age of excess

Dave Wann : Monday December 12, 12:34PM

Food is the most universal symbol of America s age of excess. The average American s dinner comes from five different countries, with a combined airfreight and ocean freight mileage tab that often … More »

Boulder County Asks, Are GMOs Frankenstein or Mother Teresa?

Jeff Hohensee : Friday December 9, 11:11AM

Boulder County is reviewing its policies regarding GMO crops on publicly owned open space and has received significant public input. Two different advisory groups have made recommendations to the county … More »

Unilever Addressing Food Waste with “United Against Waste” Campaign

Jason Page : Wednesday December 7, 12:44PM

Fortune 500 food giant Unilever has launched an initiative to tackle food waste among its restaurant, food chain, hotel and catering customers. This initiative, called " United Against Waste ," aims to … More »

Vegetables Losing Nutritional Value?

Jason Page : Wednesday December 7, 12:10PM

As reported in Grist , recent research has indicated that the nutritional value of the average vegetable decreased significantly over the latter part of the 20th Century. The report compared United States … More »

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, America

Jackie Ganfield : Friday October 7, 2:59PM

I am a guilty coffee fanatic. I have worked at a coffee shop as a barista, I drink at least one cup of coffee a day, and I am slightly addicted to caffeine. Consequently, coffee is my primary source of … More »

GreenLeaf Denver & DHA Sustainability Park- Advancing the local community one veggie at a time

Jackie Ganfield : Wednesday September 21, 12:58PM

GreenLeaf Denver is a nonprofit organization and a growing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program located on two farm sites in Denver. The original farm is located at 38 th and Williams and is best … More »

The Not-so-fat French–Yet

Tom Prugh : Friday September 16, 11:09AM

Check out this fascinating essay by Timothy Egan in today's New York Times about French and American obesity rates. Some interesting factoids: " P apers published last month in The Lancet project … More »

Denver Urban Agriculture Model – The GrowHaus

Jason Page : Friday September 9, 1:02PM

I heard a great profile of The GrowHaus this morning on Colorado Public Radio . The GrowHaus is an indoor farm and market in northeast Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. This neighborhood is a food … More »

Big Benefits of Community Gardens

Jason Page : Monday August 29, 10:15AM

The Denver Post had a great article last week about the tremendous benefits of community gardens and gardening in general . Among some of the more notable findings include... People who work in … More »
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