Food for Health
Food is one essential element for life, of course. Unfortunately, much of the food from the industrialized food system actually undermines health instead of supporting it. This category identifies articles that focus on health impacts of food and food choices.
Check out these resources:
- ‘You Are What You Eat’: How Industrial Agriculture Is Destroying Human Health, a student research report
- Healthy Food for Healthy Communities
For more information, go to our Food category.
Youth Food Bill of Rights
Declaration of Youth Food Bill of Rights July 30, 2011 We demand respect for mother earth, for the Food Justice and Food Sovereignty culture, and for the indigenous cultures that are working to establish their own autonomous food systems. All … more
Sustainability in Food Businesses
There are many steps that can be taken to promote sustainability in food businesses. Today, there are numerous concerns that trouble businesses that are attempting to become more sustainable. This is because of the financial, environment, and psychological benefits that … more
Food on Campus
The Dining Services offered at both Lafayette College and Lehigh University have already taken some measures to becoming more environmentally sustainable organizations. Specifically, at Lafayette some of the vegetables served in the dining facilities around campus are grown in the … more
Sustainability for Events
Like most other areas of our lives, events are usually organized without a commitment to minimize their impact on our ecosystems, health, and sustainability. [Coming soon: Resources to help plan events that have minimal impact on global warming and sustainability, … more
Do campus food services contribute to sustainability and health?
Campus dining services, like other institutional food-service operations, prepare large volumes of food every day, most of it the product of the industrialized agriculture system, not grown sustainably. It is often served in ways that produce large volumes of waste, … more
Organic Is the Answer for Healthy Food, Healthy People, and a Healthy Planet
by Maya Rodale — The idea that our health is connected to the food we eat isn’t really a shocking concept. It just makes sense: you are what you eat. What matters to our health just as much—if not more—is how our … more
Sustainability & Public Health
Let’s look at sustainability in terms of how our practices affect human health, both immediately and over the long term. Whether we call them health problems or environmental problems, though, the prescription for corrective actions is almost identical. The health lens is … more
Lehigh Valley Student Sustainability Conference
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 Northampton Community College, Southside Bethlehem Campus 511 E Third Street Bethlehem, PA A special conference by and for students in the Lehigh Valley, but open to all. Based on the success of the Spring 2009 LVAIC Sustainability Conference, … more
Social Entrepreneurs
It’s vitally important to realize that while some social ventures can be looked at as a business that happens to have a special type of mission and product or service, others are not market-driven, market-based, or market-financed. In these ventures, traditional business & … more