A couple of years ago, I was in the kitchen with E, his sister, and her now-fiancé J. We were making coconut milk shrimp stew for dinner, and J–a vegetarian–was heating up leftovers for himself.
We were talking about food, as we do. (E, his mom, and his sister have celiac disease; I have IBS and am lactose and soy intolerant. We think about what we eat a little more than most people.) Our dinner that night came up in conversation, and J claimed that of all meats and seafood, shrimp were “pretty much the worst thing you can eat for the planet.”… Read More »
I’m a chronic overthinker. Always have been, always will be. And lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what exactly this blog is about. Today I’m going to write more about why I blog.… 
Want to know more about the food industry and its environmental impact, but don’t know where to start? There’s a mind-boggling array of literature out there right now that purports to be giving you the straight story about the stuff in your grocery cart–but that literature isn’t all created equal. From diet books to documentaries, from Instagrammers to independent studies, where’s a food industry newbie to start?