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Nuke It: The Radioactive Way to Cook

by Kevin McCann 05.27.2010

Why it matters:
This is our food we’re talking about here.
Recap:
“Zap it!” “Nuke it!” These sound like scary things that overzealous generals want to do to Godzilla.
But we say these things all the time. In fact, they’re all euphemisms for “Microwave [...]

Meatless Mondays…Try It This Week

by Kevin McCann 04.29.2010

Why it matters:
Because just one day a week will help you stay healthier and reduce your carbon and water footprints.
Recap:
Let me start by saying, no, I don’t mean take Monday off from work. Does anyone remember that “Simpsons” where Homer [...]

Fair Trade, Organic Coffee: No Average Cup of Joe

by Kevin McCann 04.12.2010

Why it matters:
Because Americans drinks 400 million cups of coffee a day and that coffee has a serious impact, from seed to mug.
Recap:
When I was a kid, my parents had a very difficult decision to make… Folgers in a giant [...]

Whole Foods Responds: An EcoMatters Mutual Inclusive

by Kevin McCann 04.08.2010

Why it matters:
Because food choices matter more than most.
Recap:
Many of you read our recent post “Whole Foods: Uncertified Organic?“ We brought you a report from Washington D.C.’s local ABC affiliate WJLA that alleged a number of wrong-doings by the super-alterna-grocer, [...]

Green…Not the Color Green…Beer

by Kevin McCann 03.17.2010

Why it matters:
Because, depending on who you ask, Americans drink between 20 and 30 gallons of beer each year.
Recap:
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, EMD would like to raise a pint and give a rousing toast to good beer. Today, [...]

How Local is Your Local?

by Kevin McCann 03.04.2010

Why it matters:
Finally, a way to get the nitty-gritty on your “food environment”.
Recap:
Planet Green is getting the word out, as part of the Obama administration’s Let’s Move program, the USDA has released its “Food Environment Atlas”.
The Yellow Pages this is [...]

Whole Foods: Uncertified Organic?

by Kevin McCann 02.23.2010

Why it matters:
Because if Whole Foods is selling products carrying a “certified organic” label, those products should be certified organic.
Recap:
According to Washington D.C.’s ABC affiliate WJLA, Whole Foods may have some ’splainin’ to do.
The expose is just another in a [...]

Dirt Fights Disease Better than Soap

by Kevin McCann 12.04.2009

Why it matters:
Sheltering kids from nature and showering them with chemical-based anti-bacterial soaps has caused decreased resistance to disease and allergy in the industrialized world.
Recap:
Hippies and Earth Muffins rejoice! You were right and Proctor & Gamble was wrong…muck does help [...]

Little House on the Urban Prairie

by Kevin McCann 11.24.2009

Why it matters:
For the first time in the nation’s history, we have the chance to reinvent the American city from the ground up.
Recap:
Poor Detroit. Literally. But also figuratively. The city was once the 4th most important city in the United [...]