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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…Steal Their Playbook
“We are simply not winning the war. And it is a war.” Todd Putman, a former chief of marketing for Coca Cola North America, minced no words as he strolled across the stage at the 2014 Childhood Obesity Bay Area … Continue reading
Flying Bird Botanicals: Tea with Integrity
The tea industry has been pulling the wool over consumers’ eyes. Unbeknownst to most drinkers, many of whom are choosing to drink tea for healing and soothing benefits, teas can be packed with pesticides, toxins, added flavors, and GMO ingredients. … Continue reading
Rising to the Food Waste Challenge: Panel Recap
In December, Local Food Lab and Edible Startups hosted a panel highlighting innovative approaches to food waste entitled, “Rising to the Food Waste Challenge.” It was a fascinating conversation and, given it felt like we barely scratched the surface, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior Change, Event, Event recap, Food waste, Local Food Lab
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Flipping the Pyramid: “Cereal Killers” and the Scourge of Sugar
On January 29, 2014, I was privileged to view a screening of Donal O’Neill’s new hour-long documentary, “Cereal Killers.” The Kickstarter-backed film follows O’Neill (producer and protagonist) through Cape Town as he embarks on a medically-supervised departure from the routine … Continue reading
Kuli Kuli: The Next Superfood, and a Way to Support Women in West Africa
Nutrition bar startup Kuli Kuli has been on quite the ride over the past six months: launching on indiegogo in May, raising over $50K via the campaign, enlisting a co-manufacturer and perfecting the product, shipping over 9,000 bars to over … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Development, Eating, Making food, Malnutrition, Superfoods
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Stanford Food Summit 4
Stanford hosted Food Summit 4 on October 30th with the caption of “growing pathways to careers in food systems.” Below is a quick recap of the most interesting nuggets I gleaned from the event, following four main themes. 1) Growing … Continue reading
Feeding 100 Trillion Friends: Produce or Pills?
If you’ve participated in foodie dinner table conversation in the past year, you’ve likely heard the term “microbiome” more than once. Due in part to exceptional expository pieces such as Michael Pollan’s “Some of My Best Friends Are Germs,” the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eating, Health, In the news, Medicine, Microbiome, Obesity epidemic
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