#RefindingFood
IT’S TIME TO CHANGE HOW WE SPEAK AND THINK ABOUT FOOD, FARMING, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
How Seattle-based Kinfood is Evolving the CSA Model
As a California girl, my world, and my food world and learning experiences, have always centered around the ginormous food economy that the state holds. As I started to travel outside of it, in order to find a new home for the woman I’d become, I realized that there...
Humanely Raised, Humanely Slaughtered?
Understand how the meat you eat is harvested. The slaughter process is more humane than most people think, but it is still disturbing for most. Many people wonder, "Can it be more humane than it currently is?" Well, many countries are working on that. Read the article...
Find CSAs, Farmers Markets, and Butcher Shops Around Seattle
Last year, I identified four major food trends that were forever changing grocery stores. In that article, I talked about the revival of butcher shops and shopping at farmers' markets. In late February, the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. and we shut down our...
Interview with Real Food, Real People Podcast
One of my most favorite people in agriculture is Dillon Honcoop. Dillon is the marketing lead for Save Family Farming in Washington, as well as the creator of the Real Food, Real People Podcast, a series dedicated to telling the stories of food producers in our state....
How To Butcher, Cut, and Cook Pork, Goat and Lamb
In the last three years, I’ve learned a lot about food, farming and agriculture. It’s only recently that I’ve begun to write about it. While most people would have documented the process end-to-end, learning about food production and the sciences related to it was...
Six Misconceptions You Have About Meat
Hollywood, health influencers, and the media elite are clamoring about hormones, animal welfare, and environmental impact. Here’s the information they are missing when preaching for people to only eat plant-based diets and/or only to purchase pricey meat. From...
How to Tell if You Really Have Food Allergies or Sensitivities
A few years ago, I was diagnosed with Grave’s Disease (hyperthyroidism); the toll it was taking on my health was pretty dramatic. I went from an energetic, outgoing, outdoors all the time girl to someone that was lethargic and tired from a constantly racing heart. I...
Do We Really Need to Take So Many Supplements?
In this episode of Love Food, Love Yourself, I take a look at if you really need to take supplements. The long story short: There is a time and place for supplements, but you probably don’t need to take as many as you currently do. There are vitamins and minerals...
Plant-Based Burgers Vs. Beef Burgers: What’s Healthier?
In the past year, I’ve watched the conversations around real meat and plant-based meat alternatives become one of the most talked about food trends of the year. True to media hype and Silicon Valley chatter, the headlines and the venture capital thrown at its...