Appetite for Change

07/23/2015

We never thought we would say this, but try out this new drive-thru, and tell us what you think!

http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2015/07/21/amys-drive-thru-brings-vegetarian-fast-food-to-rohnert-park/

"Earlier in the day, a group of guys had wandered into the 4,000 square foot eatery, Rachel said, and told their counter server that they hadn’t known – and were slightly horrified to learn – that the place was vegetarian. They were regular Burger King customers. Yet after being promised they could have free red bean-rice-cheddar burritos if they didn’t like the burgers, they acquiesced.

No burritos were given away, Rachel added."

Now open! Amy’s loves Amy's Drive Thru. For more info visit www.amysdrivethru.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/AmysDriveThru.

03/16/2015

"Torture a single chicken and you risk arrest. Scald hundreds of thousands, and you’re an industrialist. That's my conclusion after watching an undercover video of a chicken slaughterhouse. Read my column--but not while you're eating chicken," writes Op-Ed columnist Nicholas Kristof

Most Americans don’t want animals killed for food to suffer needlessly. Yet that’s exactly what happens to hundreds of thousands of chickens every year.

02/23/2015

Hooray! Compass Group, the world’s largest contract foodservice company has committed to greater sustainability across its catering in the United States, including reducing meat on menus.
http://www.eating-better.org/blog/69/Compass-Group-commits-to-more-sustainable-menus.html

Compass Group, the world’s largest contract foodservice company has committed to greater sustainability across its catering in the United States, including reducing meat on menus.

11/19/2014

Happening today!!

11/13/2014

Come find us between 12-2pm at the keys to sustainability fair today!

10/26/2014

Despite new regulation by the FDA on antibiotic use for livestock, loopholes remain.

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/10/are-fdas-new-rules-weaning-meat-industry-antibiotics

It's fine for farmers to help animals grow with antibiotics that are not "medically important," right? Wrong.

10/23/2014

"Here then, is your two-step guide for an unassailably powerful personal food policy.

1. Stop eating junk and hyperprocessed food. This eliminates probably 80 percent of the stuff that is being sold as “food.”
2. Eat more plants than you did yesterday, or last year."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/opinion/only-two-rules-for-a-good-diet.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0

A powerful personal food policy doesn’t have to rely on corporate benevolence or the government getting things right — thank goodness.

10/20/2014

Submit your input!

What is your favorite vegan or vegetarian dish?

Comment below with and you could be 1 of 10 students to win a free Gourmet Espresso Beverage from Arrillaga Nights!

Contest ends 10/28/14 at 11:59 PDT. We will reply to the winners' randomly selected comment with instructions on how to claim the prize.

08/22/2014

Looks like Peet's is competing with Philz's for vegan baked good offerings!

07/26/2014

Not all food waste is created equal: "If you throw out some arugula at a fancy restaurant in upstate New York, it doesn't have much impact on the world's food system...But throwing out a small steak has a huge impact — maybe more than all the arugula in the restaurant put together."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/17/332058497/if-you-eat-your-leftovers-people-who-are-hungry-will-benefit

Americans throw out a lot of food. And a lot of meat. That means our waste has a bigger impact on the global food supply than vegetarian discards. Why? Blame it on hidden calories.

07/25/2014

What's the real cost of that $3 burger?

Only by including external costs, or “externalities,” can you arrive at the true cost of something. And cheeseburgers have externalities in spades.

07/23/2014

Interesting piece on food choices and masculinity.

"Mainstream masculinity is a roadblock to sustainability," he says, adding that since he stopped eating or using products that hurt animals, he's occasionally been made to feel unmanly. "It's considered a sign of weakness to other men — like you've left the club."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/07/21/332329709/for-these-vegans-masculinity-means-protecting-the-planet

A group of men in New York are challenging the stereotype that eating meat signifies manliness. Instead, they say that manhood can be proven by caring for the planet, not dominating it.