Data, Food & Analytics
IT’S TIME TO CHANGE HOW WE SPEAK AND THINK ABOUT FOOD, FARMING, HEALTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
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...
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...
How to Understand the 11 Most Used Labels on Meat, Fish & Poultry
In the 1950s, a trip to the grocery store was simple. You could buy milk, eggs and meat. Fast forward seventy years later, the simple trip is anything but that. With thousands of choices, consumers are barraged with cleverly crafted marketing statements to appeal to...
Why Google Needs to Be a Part of Your Marketing Strategy
Learn why Google needs to be a part of your marketing strategy; learn how SEO, SEM and Google My Business can boost your sales This month, I worked with specialty food marketing expert Allison Ball on her Food Wiz Biz podcast to discuss making Google a part of a food...