Apr 5, 2022 | food literacy, Vegetables
If you want to subscribe to a particular way of eating, let it be nutritvorism. Nutrivores follow the nutrients, not the fads. When you are cooking for yourself or others, take the nutrivore challenge and crank up the nutrients, not the dogma. Over the years, I have...
Mar 3, 2022 | Farming, food literacy, Protein, Sustainability, What to Buy
When you envision seasonal eating in spring, produce like asparagus and strawberries may leap to mind. In fact, most proteins have a season when they are at their best as well and that is certainly the case for eggs. They are nutrition powerhouses that peak in...
Aug 24, 2021 | Motivation, Uncategorized, Vegetables
In addition to nutrition work, I am a farmer. One of my big revelations as a farmer is that when it comes to the diversity of food—we’ve been duped. There is a whole world of food that’s probably not on your radar, one that contains a rich diversity of color, flavor,...
Jul 5, 2021 | Nutrition Science, Supplements
We all know we need water to live, but is “upgrading” your water worth it? An entire industry has built up around not just bottled water, but also water with additives from vitamins to caffeine and even CBD. Let’s cut through some of the nonsense and look at a few...
Mar 16, 2021 | Supplements
I bet if I say stress eating, you think of a pint of ice cream or your favorite nachos. Stress can certainly drive you to make less than ideal food choices, but you can also eat to counteract its effects. Magnesium is the magic mineral we are so often not eating...
Feb 7, 2021 | Brain Health, Fats, Sustainability, What to Buy
The pandemic has changed the way we eat, and some of those changes have been for the better. One notable change is that we are eating more seafood at home. December 2020 fresh and frozen seafood sales were up about 25% from a year before.[1] Before the pandemic,...