Conscious Choice: Food

Food

Community Food Security
by Jim Slama
In recent years the food security movement has expanded its scope to include food grown sustainably and regionally (December 2001).

Awakening Our Senses
by Betsy Noxon
A natural desire to return to a more simplified life is emerging in response to our fast lifestyle. The Slow Food movement helps to fulfill that desire (November 2001).

Grassfed Animal Products
by Don Matesz
Contrary to current popular beliefs, not all animal products are harmful to health, and not all animal husbandry is inhumane or un-ecological (November 2001).

Organic Matters
by Henry Brockman
We don’t require a laboratory, or expensive equipment to find out which vegetables are better for us. All we need are the taste buds we were born with (October 2001).

Organic Food for Everyone
by Ross Thompson
Natural Needs, Inc. has been working to get everyone in America eating organic food since the late seventies. Now, more than twenty years later, they’re as optimistic as ever that they will succeed (August 2001).

Food Artisans
by Jim Slama
A new breed of food artisans mix an eclectic blend of old world reverence with a modern sense of panache to create savory, sustainable, and healthy food (July 2001).

Drink Your Veggies
by Laura Hoofnagle
A look at Chicago’s juice bars. Fresh vegetable and fruit juices are a quick and tasty way to get the nutrients we need in an easy-to-digest form (July 2001).

Worlds Collide Pleasantly: The Origins and Benefits of Rooibos Tea
by Betsy Noxon
Though it seems like a new discovery, Rooibos (pronounced "roy-boss") tea has been waiting for the wider world ever since the early 1900s (June 2001).

Eco-Café Opens at Brookfield Zoo
by Jennifer Grant
Brookfield Zoo’s Eco-Café is a welcome advance over most tourist-attraction fare, and serves as a role model for earth-friendly items and practices (June 2001).

Our Ancestral Diet
by Tamarack Song
Our foraging ancestors used little more than sticks and stones to gather their food, yet their diets were lush with vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and nuts (March 2001).

Conquering Cereal-phobia
by Molly Birk
Ever experience cereal-phobia? The array of cereal brands and flavors is astounding, and it can be difficult to separate the healthy choices from the junk (February 2001).

Seasoning Savvy
by Mary Boldan
With an increased interest in herbs and spices, a whole new world of flavor is available to all who want to add an extra twist to an otherwise bland dish (February 2001).

For the Love of Food
by Bobbye Middendorf
The Chefs Collaborative is a group of professional restaurateurs who aim to build a healthier food supply and a more sustainable food economy (January 2001).

Consumer Action Guide to Sustainable Seafood

StarLink: More Bad News for Biotech
by Ronnie Cummins
It was recently revealed that genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption was found in a major U.S. food product (December 2000).

The Real Deal on Protein
by Bob Martin, M.S.
Some sources of information claim that a high-protein, low-carb diet will help prevent you from gaining extra pounds. Is this the real deal? (December 2000)

Lower Calorie Diets
by Jami Dawn Kessler, R.N., B.S.N.
A lower calorie diet may be one key to living longer. Studies are underway to examine this diet’s effects on health and longevity (November 2000).

Hop to It
by Gretchen Van Monette
With the burgeoning demand for organic products, and the reemergence of microbreweries, organic beer is experiencing a resurgence (October 2000).

Nourishing Our Children
by Elson M. Haas, M.D.
Parents can make positive changes in their children’s diets. Here are ten guidelines for parents to teach their children good nutritional habits (August 2000).

Health Food Junk Food
by Rebecca Ephraim, RD, LD
It’s the rare person who doesn’t crave junk food once in a while. Thank goodness there are some healthful alternatives for snack time (June 2000).

Grow and Dry Your Own Herbs and Spices
by Mary Louise Boldan
Growing herbs indoors is no more difficult than in a garden and can provide dividends in lovely foliage, delicious flavors, and aromatic scents (May 2000).

Vegging Out in Jamaica
by Marla Rose
Looking for a vegan-friendly vacation? Discover the Rastafarian paradise of Negril, where vegan food is plentiful and the taste is earthy and sensuous (March 2000).

Natural and Organic Deli Foods
by Meg McGowan
Natural and organic deli foods can offer a way to entertain spontaneously, while still serving food that is in alignment with your own values (Chicago, March 2000).

Chicago plays a key role in Frankenfoods Fight
by Jim Slama
The war over genetically engineered foods just had a major battle in Chicago (December 1999).

Visions of Sugarplums
by Colette Christian
Homemade gifts are always more appreciated and usually less expensive to produce than store-bought gifts, even if you’re not Martha Stewart (December 1999).

Healthy Holiday Sweets
by Rachel Albert-Matesz
Tempting as many of the sugary treats may be, eating them can send many an otherwise merry old soul into an all-time low mood (November 1999).

Vegan Survival Kit
by Ana Arias Terry
If you live with a family and interact with relatives who are less than enthusiastic about your vegan lifestyle, get ready for a bumpy ride (November 1999).

Nell Newman’s Organic Mission
by Tom Meier
For most of her life Nell Newman stayed away from the public eye. Now she’s on a mission to help organic agriculture grow — and have fun doing it (September 1999).

Probiotics: Nourishing our Friendly Flora
by Laura Hoofnagle
Bacteria in the digestive system live in balance, but factors such as poor diet and overuse of medications can lead to a host of difficulties (August 1999).

Making Sense of Supplements
by Rebecca Ephraim, R.D.
Without knowing the workings of the manufacturing processes of supplements, even a degree in biochemistry probably wouldn’t help (August 1999).

Eating Healthy for Less
by Meg McGowan
Twenty-five tips for eating healthy on a budget. If you’ve come to accept your high grocery bill as better than a high medical bill, take heart (August 1999).

Not Just Hot Dogs
by Laura Hoofnagle
The stats on Chicago’s stadium food. Like most structures built in the name of leisure, stadiums have to offer some type of refreshment (July 1999).

How to make the best of it
by Laura Hoofnagle (July 1999)

Food Fight: Eating Disorders
by Niquie Dworkin, Ph.D.
As human beings we all share the need to eat, but for many of us our relationship with food is fraught with pain and conflict (May 1999).

Growing Greens Year‘Round
by Maureen Connell
Even when planting season seems a long way off you can eat fresh, homegrown food at a cost of pennies per serving (April 1999).

Let the Sprouter Beware
by Maureen Connell (April 1999)

Democracy Rules in Organic Food Fight
by Jim Slama
Citizen advocacy wins over the evils of government ineptitude and special interests in the battle over organic standards (March 1999).

Healthy Food for Fifi and Fido
by Laura Hoofnagle
What’s in the food you feed your pet, and what you can do to keep your pet eating healthy (March 1999).

Shopping for Sugar
by Becky Ephraim
Are you doing yourself a healthful favor by avoiding white sugar and using alternative sweeteners such as maple syrup, molasses, honey, rice syrup, etc.? (February 1999)

Going Forward by Going Back
by Tom Meier
A return to organic farming restores health to the soil and to the people at Ambootia Tea Estate in India (January 1999).

Thank God It’s Tea!
by Victoria Lord
Everything you always wanted to know about tea (January 1999).

The Bees’ Hum
by Aliess Margaret Brady
Go inside the hive to explore the lives of honey bees and encounter the products of their endeavors. (November/December 1998)

Brainfoods in Breakfast
by Victoria Lord
Foods that provide the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that maintain a healthy brain are as close as the breakfast table. (November/December 1998)

Organic Orchards
by Janice Thompson

Juicing
by Julie Winsberg
Drinking fresh juice every day is a delicious, convenient way to nourish the body and please the palate at the same time. (July/August 1998)

Wine and Beer Without Fear
by Edmund J. McDevitt
The complexities of making organic beer and wine. (May/June 1998)

Organic Spices
by Barbra Cohn
How organic spices make it into the rack from across the world (May/June 1998)

Natural Pasta
by Colette Christian
(November/December 1995)

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