Paleo? You may be asking… Do you live on bacon and kale and CrossFitting* in your Vibram Five Fingers**? Paleo has been blowing up lately and as a result there’s a lot of weird ideas about it is, and a lot of people getting really dogmatic about it. For me, this… Read on
An open letter to James McWilliams and anyone who has signed or is considering signing the petition asking Whole Foods to “close all its meat counters”: You say you care about the humane treatment of animals. Then why not spend your time going after the factory farms, or Confined Animal… Read on
“In the opening paragraphs of his classic Soil and Civilization, Edwards Hyams decries how modern misapplication of science has caused humans to ‘begin working across or against the grain of life.’ Hyams notes how science, when it becomes master rather than servant, displaces the age-old natural wisdom that has maintained… Read on
This morning we ate at a standard-American family restaurant. It was pretty bad, and left me feeling gross and vaguely gut-sick. My kid barely ate his food, and I couldn’t blame him; it tasted like chemicals. I know I am especially sensitive, but I am reminded just how processed and… Read on