by Benjamin Davis Grateful. Inspired. Filled up with a deeper awareness of how our food system operates and empowered by the solutions available. These are the thoughts that first come to mind as I reflect on my – now completed – Food and Sustainability Certificate. The program is brand new, launched by the T. Colin…
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Spice Up Your Health: Coriander and Cilantro
by Sheetal Parikh, MS, RDN, LDN History Coriander is one of the oldest herbs and spices on record. Coriander was mentioned in the Bible, and the seeds have been found in ruins dating back to 5000 B.C. Its name comes from the Greek word koris, meaning a stink bug. Coriander, also called cilantro or Chinese parsley, is the feathery annual plant of the parsley…
Changing Habits: Enduring the Discomfort
by Besa Martini Our habits did not come to be all at once; they were built day by day and year by year. Have you ever found yourself opening the refrigerator without thinking or even being hungry, yet you still picked up something to eat? Seventy percent of our daily activity is done automatically without…
Excitement and Responsibility of Progress
FROM THE DESK OF BEN DAVIS CONTENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR PLANT BASED WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO What a crazy month September has been! It all started at the Good Food Conference in San Fransisco, to Natural Products Expo in Baltimore, to the Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference in Oakland and now I’m headed back east…
USA TODAY: Impossible Burger Set for Retail Launch
We’ve been waiting a while for this announcement! Impossible Burger is coming to grocery stores. Check out the details of the announcement here via USA Today: The plant-based meat patty, already on the menu at White Castle, Burger King, Red Robin and The Cheesecake Factory, is making its grocery store debut Friday at California-based Gelson’s Markets. Silicon Valley-based Impossible Foods, founded…
HEALTH: A Nutritionist Review of the Game Changers Documentary
While I was fortunate enough to have seen The Game Changers screened prior to its release, last night’s premier did not disappoint. The powerhouse team behind the James Cameron production had kept the world on the edge of its seat for the past couple years – but the time has finally come! This film targets…
FORBES: Opening Day for Beyond Meat at KFC is a Huge Success
When you hear the words “fast food” you usually don’t think of hour-long lines stretching around the block… But that is exactly what took place at the debut of Beyond Meat fried chicken at KFC in Atlanda this past week. Read the full article from Forbes here: KFC debuted its plant-based chicken–Beyond Fried Chicken–at a…
Game Changers for Public Awareness
FROM THE DESK OF BEN DAVIS CONTENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR PLANT BASED WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO The term “plant-based” has hit its stride in mainstream culture this past year, but the movement still has a ways to go. As the lungs of our planet in South America conspicuously send massive plumes of smoke into the…
Eating Well is Not Impossible After All
FROM THE DESK OF BEN DAVIS CONTENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR PLANT BASED WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO The state of our world from a food perspective is currently quite chaotic. Items up and down grocery store shelves are decorated with fancy new certifications, claims of life-saving superfood ingredients, CBD dosages, etc. Heck, even major meat…
WHOLEFOODS MAGAZINE: This is Here to Stay, and Keep Growing
WholeFoods Magazine released this recap of Plant Based World Conference & Expo, highlighting the expo floor experience and key takeaways from the business conference. Read the full article here: New York City, NY–The Plant Based World Conference & Expo (PBWCE) was packed—at times, attendees couldn’t make it through the aisles. Plant-based meat was, to no…