CSAs can be a delightful way to support community farms and eat interesting, varied produce, but they’re often inaccessible. How can we fix that?
How do we make CSAs accessible for everyone?
Category: Food
Guys, I have some food safety questions
The Trump Administration is looking like it might be pretty hostile to food safety, which is a bad sign for those of us who like not getting sick from our dinners.
On veganism and disability
The relationship between veganism and disability is more complicated than many vegans are willing to admit.
Against organic
The politics surrounding the organic label have become so troubling that I go out of my way to avoid organic food, which sometimes proves a challenge.
Authenticity is often a codephrase for food snobbery
Arguments about the authenticity of dishes are often just calculated snobbery designed to make people feel bad for not being sophisticated enough.
Ask not for whom the fruit grows: It grows for thee!
Why are we allowing so much public fruit to rot on the branch?
Too much cheese is no laughing matter
The cheese surplus in the US might make for funny jokes on late night television, but it really sucks for farmers, and the politics of how to resolve it are complicated.
Making food accessible through touch
Foodie culture is a highly visual one, but it doesn’t have to be — here’s how people are using the sense of touch to bring blind and low vision people into the fold.
Women of the fields
Consumers play a vital role in industry reforms in a variety of settings — they’re the ones with the power to push for change, as seen for just one example in the arena of food labeling. It’s consumers who demanded ‘organic’ food and got it. It’s consumers who pressured for a number of other changes […]
Why is Michael Pollan still a thing?
I realise that every time I write about Michael Pollan, it sends up a magical bat signal to summon his most ardent supporters, but every now and then, I decide the few weeks of harassment is worth it*. I’ve been kind of ignoring his antics over the last few years, other than noting that he’s […]