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Hearty Minestrone For Soup Season
Food historians tell us the history of soup is probably as old as the history of cooking. The act of combining various ingredients in a pot to create a nutritious, filling, simple to make meal was inevitable. Healthy and healing soups are part of the cooking traditions... read more »
The Ecological Kitchen
No one really knows when humans started cooking their food, but one thing is sure: every culture did it. For over a million years we have been learning the magic of food and fire. It doesn’t matter if you live in the frozen north... read more »
Plant-Based Nutrition & Antibodies
Our Human Ecology Project encompasses health, ecology, social justice and animal rights. Health is a dominant factor in our life. Health can allow us to fully express our potential, enjoy the simple pleasures of life and make us more resilient to physical and emotional... read more »
Veganic Farming Is The Future
At this point in time veganic sustainable agriculture must become the future. Small-scale farmers are vital to domestic food security and have a guaranteed and growing market for staple crops. The UK produces 24% less food than it consumes and will be in dire straits... read more »
Eating For A Healthy Planet
The debate about agriculture and nutrition has become centred on the conflict between organic agriculture and the GMO/agribusiness approach. There are several issues at stake: the direct health effects of chemicals in the food supply, the capacity of different farming methods to feed the... read more »
A Warm Welcome To Our Human Ecology Diet.
Health, food and our planet alongside my love of animals are at the heart of everything I do on a daily basis. Since I was old enough to remember, my love of food and cooking has brought me the greatest joy. I became interested in... read more »
Summer Solstice Tips
Summer Living - Take It Easy The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each read more »
Omega 3, Diet & Lifestyle Factors Influencing Brain Health
Our friend and colleague Dr. Tim Radak is one of our advisory board members of our Human Ecology Project. Dr. Radak has a masters and doctorate in Public Health Nutrition from the leading university for vegetarian science and nutrition, read more »
Food For Our Future
What we eat is one of the most important relationships we have to the environment. It seems that we have forgotten that simple fact. Food is often seen as something manufactured and not a product of nature. We want to shine a little light... read more »
Animal Agriculture = 87% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
We should all be concerned about climate change, future pandemics and the devastation that we see globally. Past climate changes led to extinction of many species, population migrations, and pronounced changes in the land surface and ocean circulation. The speed... read more »