15 Food Blogs/Websites We Read Daily
By
FBWorld Team
Ellen
Gustafson and I love discovering new sources of interesting
information related to food and agriculture issues. We decided
to share the 15 blogs/websites that we read almost every day.
And we hope that you will share with us the websites that inspire
you.
Each
of these websites deals with major problems in the food system,
exploring the complex relationship between food and the environment.
Please share this list with friends and family to spread knowledge
about how food choices impact the environment.
This list, however, is only a small sample of the many great websites
related to food. Dozens more sites regularly inspire us and it
was extremely hard narrowing the list down to only 15. Please
tell us which websites you recommend and hopefully you will enjoy
some of ours!
1. Beth Hoffman for Forbes Online - In Forbes
Online, Hoffman pays close attention to the role of businesses
in the food system, particularly corporate responsibility. Hoffman
also features valuable news and information about the food industry
for consumers.
2. Civil Eats - Civil Eats promotes critical
thought about the American food system, advancing the benefits
of sustainable agriculture as a way "to build economically
and socially just communities." Drawing on the contributions
of over 100 writers, Civil Eats features innovations in food justice,
environmental sustainability, and consumer health.
3. Eat Drink Politics - Michele Simon, author
of this blog, is a public health lawyer specializing in food industry
marketing and lobbying tactics, and is the author of Appetite
for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How
to Fight Back. She writes on topics such as GMO labeling, food
marketing strategies, food security, and nutrition.
4. Eatocracy - CNN's Eatocracy covers a broad
range of topics concerning food, including a body of work on food
politics that includes human interest pieces on urban agriculture,
humane animal treatment, and environmental sustainability.
5. Food & Water Watch blog - Food & Water
Watch has advocated for safe, accessible, and sustainable food
and water since 2005. Their blog covers a wide variety of topics
related to this advocacy, featuring opinion pieces, news, and
updates on advocacy efforts. The Food & Water Watch blog has
over 50 different categories ranging from water privatization
to antibiotics.
6. Food For Thought - Tom Philpott is the author
of the Food For Thought column on Mother Jones, a progressive
online magazine that focuses on major issues in politics, environment,
human rights, and culture. Philpott provides commentary and analysis
on a variety of food system concerns, including targeting the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for poor slaughterhouse
conditions and highlighting new efforts to combat hunger.
7. Fooducate - This independent organization
aims to eliminate grocery store label confusion by providing smart
phone apps that help to educate consumers on making the most healthy
food purchases possible. Their blog releases daily tips ranging
from deciphering marketing tricks at the supermarket to understanding
nutrition labels. The blog also discusses public health policy
and food-related current events.
8. Grist - Grist is a non-profit e-magazine.
In their food section, Grist's team of journalists parses topics
like fair labor practices, meat production, sustainable fish farming,
and GM foods.
9. The Guardian's Sustainable Development - This
column focuses on providing news surrounding environmentally sustainable
practices of global development. This includes news about energy
conservation and waste, environmentally responsible architecture
and development, and climate change and food security.
10. Huffington Post Green - The Huffington Post's
Green section provides insight and viewpoints from the progressive
community's foremost thought leaders on an array of environmental
topics, including sustainable seafood, energy policy, and conservation
efforts worldwide.
11. Jane Black - Black writes about food politics,
such as antibiotics use on farm animals, GMOs, food waste, and
sustainability. This site hosts her personal blog and links to
other writing, including her column for The Washington Post.
12. Landscapes for People, Food and Nature -
The Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature initiative, of which
EcoAgriculture Partners is the secretariat, seeks to research,
discuss, and advocate for whole landscape approaches for the rural
land base. The blog highlights innovative research, effective
landscape practices, and perspectives of people that are a part
of whole landscape approaches.
13. Mark Bittman: On Food - Bittman is The New
York Times' lead food columnist and the author of the bestselling
books How to Cook Everything and Vegan Before 6 P.M. (VB6). He
writes about food- and agriculture- related policy, nutrition
and public health, and other food-related news.
14. The Salt - The Salt is the food blog of National
Public Radio (NPR), a national network of public radio affiliates
that produce and syndicate award-winning original programs. The
Salt combines traditional journalism with the whimsical and humorous
style typical of many NPR programs, offering visitors coverage
of food-related news alongside features like "SandwichMonday,"
which pits the writing staff of panel comedy show Wait Wait, Don't
Tell Me against bizarre food items that they must eat and critique.
15. Tree Hugger's Green Food - Tree Huggers'
mission is to make sustainability accessible to the public. Its
Green Food column focuses on practical methods to reclaim the
food system and sustain the environment. It often highlights organizations,
programs, and individuals using food as their tool for social
and environmental justice.
Courtesy of Food Tank: Foodtank.org