#RefindingFood
IT’S TIME TO CHANGE HOW WE SPEAK AND THINK ABOUT FOOD, FARMING, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
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Hello Everyone! There are some amazing things happening with the firm and work I'm doing in Agriculture. For the time being, I'll be moving my writing to articles on LinkedIn. Please follow me and/or connect over there to stay in the loop. You can also follow what's...
Plant-Based Burgers Vs. Beef Burgers: What’s Healthier?
Originally Published September 20, 2020, Updated February 24, 2021 In the few years, 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...
What Could the Gates Acquisition of U.S. Farmland Really Signify?
If you look at the historical investment in The Gates Foundation’s investment in Agriculture, the land acquisition paints a much deeper picture of how Gates Ag One may be a catalyst for developing new ways to produce food in the U.S. In the past two months, I’ve...
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...
Understanding the True Costs of Humanely Raised, Quality Meat
Originally written November 2019. As meat prices rise, I thought it would be good to bring this article back up. More and more Americans are shopping for meat that has been humanely raised and handled. The farm-to-table movement has led many people to start asking...
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...
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...