Category: See Change
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How 400 Students and a Haunted Garden Built the Latest CNN Hero
If you flicked to CNN this past weekend, you might have seen a familiar-looking guy. If you don’t know, now you know: It was Tony Hillery! Tony was named this week’s CNN [...]
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The Fluidity of Healthy Food
Where it Flows (And Where It Doesn’t) Having just finished reading Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, I couldn’t banish from my mind the author’s observations about the [...]
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Emmanuel Verstraeten Makes Rouge Tomate Chelsea Pioneer of the Good Food Frontier
From Brussels to New York A decade ago, Emmanuel Verstraeten hopped the pond with blameless expectations. The United States is 50 states of junk food, he might have thought, [...]
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Thomas McQuillan of Baldor SparCs: Changing Cultural Norms Around Food
Imagine a world where food waste doesn’t exist. Now, imagine a world where the term “food waste” doesn’t exist, either. For years, Thomas McQuillan has not only been [...]
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Food Waste in the U.S. and Efforts Toward Reduction
Those of us fortunate enough to turn down our least favorite veggies growing up heard some version of the seemingly non-sequitur dinner table threat, “Finish your food. There [...]
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Fathers in Food Justice: Catching Up with Sam Polk
Happy Father’s Day! At Change Food Fest 2016, we actually had a lot of dads speaking. These guys are the greatest – Really, can you imagine hanging out with Tony Hillery [...]
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Growing Food, Growing Healthy Communities
At one point during Tuesday’s panel on “Growing Food, Growing Healthy Communities,” Steve Ritz told the audience, “No one in this room will go broke giving love.” Now, you [...]
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How Toast Ale Began Changing Food in “Bread City”
I knew that I would see Madi at Vegan Drinks BK; wherever Toast Ale is, so is she. For that reason I brought my favorite spiral bound notebook, already inscribed with the [...]
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A Conversation with Haile Thomas: The Youngest Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Vegan Chef
She runs an NGO, teaching school children how to eat more healthily by cooking and incorporating more vegetables into their diets. She tours the country–and even the [...]
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Tuesday Night at Project Farmhouse: Steve Ritz’s Power of a Plant Book Launch
Change Food’s Diane Hatz moderated a lively discussion with Stephen Ritz Tuesday evening at Union Square’s Project Farmhouse in celebration of the release of his [...]
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Mouth-Watering Images of Monthly Produce Make Eating In-Season a Work of Art
Eating locally and in season is good for the planet, your local economy, and your body. “Locavore” chefs in the best restaurants around the world are adapting their menus to [...]
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This Food Day, Get Inspired with a Fresh New Documentary
How can I incorporate more fresh produce into my diet without breaking the bank? Where are the farmers markets in my area? How can my diet help to heal the Earth? Who are the [...]