The Guide 2 Good Food is your one stop place for news and information about change and changemakers in the Change Food community. Find out who’s changing the food system; discover great books to read and movies to see; explore art related to food and farming; connect with others who share your interest in providing healthy, safe, delicious food. We’re focused on the people in our community as well as those that are creating real change with our food and food system. Read on for more!
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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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RISE Up! Dine with Purpose (And Take Home a Special Gift Bag!)
“RISE Up! Dine with Purpose” is Change Food’s extraordinary upcoming benefit taking place on July 24th (Limited tickets still available!).This intimate dinner, cosponsored [...]
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From Diane’s Desk: The New Food Movement
(This is the first of several articles about the food movement – where it’s been, where it’s at, and where it’s going. Join the Change Food community so you don’t miss [...]
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Community Connections: 5 Tips to Better Elderly Nutrition
As we get older, starting with turning 30, then more so over 50, we learn that our bodies change and so our diets have to change too. As my grandmother has gotten older she’s [...]
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Community Connections: 20 Health Benefits of Going Vegan, According to Science
Undoubtedly, our planet will always host an array of dietary preferences and practices. While many of us, especially in the United States, are sticking to our carnivorous [...]
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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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RISE to the Occasion: Fighting Food Waste with Flour
What’s Brewing at the Intersection of Food Waste and Food Tech In the brewing of beer, there comes a crucial point when yeast eats up sugars from the grains, then releases [...]
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From Diane’s Desk: Dear Jeff Bezos – there is a new philanthropy
The New Philanthropy – An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos Dear Jeff: You’ve bought Whole Foods; you have an enormously successful company with Amazon. So now it seems [...]
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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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From Diane’s Desk: Amazon Buys Whole Foods
I don’t think it’s possible to know exactly what will happen now that Amazon has bought Whole Foods, but I think there is a lot of opportunity. If Amazon continues to let [...]
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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 [...]