Carbon Neutral? You gotta be kidding.
A “carbon neutral” restaurant opened recently in Berlin. It is slick with a diverse menu consisting primarily of animal products, meat, eggs, and dairy. The owners pay $3,000 a year for “carbon certificates” for a wind park in India. I have no definitive information regarding how Foodorama is carbon neutral. It makes no sense that the restaurant helps to pay for clean energy to counteract the CO2 and CO2 equivalents created in the production and transport of the foods they use. Does Foodorama account for the nitrous oxide produced in the decomposition of animal wastes or the methane from the belches and flatulence that respectively produce 25 and 298 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2)? If Foodorama served a...
From Forest to Table – Mushroom Seminar
Ryane Snow will be presenting his From Forest to Table Seminar for the second time this season due to overwhelming demand. A Winter Mushroom and Gastronomical Experience will be held on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 from Noon until 5:00 PM and includes a two hour foraging adventure, a tutorial on mushroom identification and their place in the forest eco-system. The seminar will include explorations of mushroom’s medicinal and culinary uses. Additionally, Barry Horton, Chef of the Ravens’ Restaurant will join the seminar to explain mushroom preparation followed by a tasting of local wild mushrooms.
It’s a Matter of Opinion!
“It’s a matter of opinion!” “No it’s not opinion! It is a matter of life and death. Death is a fact: it’s real. Suffering’s real!” “Well, it’s a matter of opinion!” Three women were in the lobby, two of them proud of their work in sustainable water use. I said, “There’s no greater sustainable action that one person can take than being vegan.” I had no idea what any of them eat. In fact, I knew who they were visiting – a vegan friend of our son. I had no desire to discuss veganism – I assumed that they were literally living sustainably – for that was their passion. But the tall one said, “There have to be options!” I didn’t know what she was...
Gypsy is fat!
A short update: Gypsy is gaining weight, too much weight. We have been feeding Gypsy his normal diet of kibble, PLUS 1- 2 rolls of nori (vegan sushi roll) – about 8 pieces per roll, PLUS the occasional sea palm strudel – about a ¼ serving. Gypsy seemed to be able to take this additional volume without gaining weight. We discussed this – “is he using the additional calories for healing?” “Is he still sick?”“Are we walking him too much? He still isn’t bounding up the stairs.” While we thought about it, Gypsy slowly filled out and now he is definitely heavy as is Murphy who at only four years needs more exercise. Today, the sea palm and nori diet remain and we have cut back the kibble for both Gypsy and...
Mushroom Season is Coming! – Mushroom Ecotouring
The first day of fall and we are looking forward to the coming change in seasons more than a month away – usually beginning at the end of October. Joan and I remember many Halloweens walking along Mendocino’s streets with our neighbors and then standing on the sidewalk as our kids trick or treated at front doors while we were pelted by raindrops. The first rain! The end of the Mendocino Coast’s long seasonal drought. This rain is the harbinger of Mendocino’s great bounty: wild mushrooms. The virtually pop out of the forest floor days after the first rain. Mendocino County celebrates the beginning or rains and mushroom season with the Mushroom Festival which is now a part of Mendocino County’s “Eco-Fest” and our Eco...
Keeping Christmas throughout the Year
It is one our coldest nights this year, it’s late and two raccoons, a mother and her baby, who visit every night, are watching us – or that is our dogs, Gypsy and Murphy who are intently watching them. The stare-off reminds us of our love for animals. We contribute to their wellbeing by not in anyway supporting feed lots, piggeries, over fishing and so on. We eat a whole foods, plant based diet. It occurs to us this winter solstice that “keeping Christmas” is perhaps easier for us because each day we have to think about what we eat – particularly if we are traveling. Thinking about what we eat reminds us of our commitment to other species; our commitment to supporting sustainable agriculture and it reminds us of our hypocrisy – we wear leather...
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