http://www.yumlocal.com/blog A social guide to local eating. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:31:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eating local and organic food can help with health issues for the whole ecosystem, like these frogs damaged by farm runoff. http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/09/25/do-it-for-the-frogs/ The Shedd Aquarium has a great resource on sustainable fish sources right here. If you didn't have enough proof soda is bad for you, here are 8 more ways soda ruins your health. The Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance just got called out in the Chicagoist. Yay! I'm kinda tired, so ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/09/17/sustainable-fishing-yer-rotten-teeth-and-local-chicago-foodies/ http://www.chicagogreencitymarket.org/events_public.asp?eventType=&a=r&id=479 Green City Market is sponsoring an initiative called "The Localvore Challenge" from September 10-16th. This event is designed to increase awareness of eating locally, as well as sharing information about how people can meet that challenge head-on from cooking, freezing at home, to eating at restaurants that purchase locally grown ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/08/22/green-citys-the-localvore-challenge-september-10-16th/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-mxa0822eatcovereatingaug22,1,15285.story?ctrack=3&cset=true This is a GREAT profile on the Chicago Tribune highlighting one Evanston couple's attempt to eat locally. They've said so far they've accomplished 70% of their dietary needs from local sources - which is a great number. Be sure to check out the video too. http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/08/22/chicago-tribune-profile-eat-local-challenge/ A Fresh Squeeze put an article together debating the pros and cons of eating local vs. organic. Personally - we think having both organic and local is the best thing to have, but when weighing one way or another, we'd prefer to go with what helps us reduce our carbon footprint ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/08/09/local-vs-organic/ Organizers have created Veggie Fest 2007, a festival in Naperville to promote good food and healthy living. The event is being held on Saturday, August 11th, from 10 am to 6 pm at 4S 175 Naperville-Wheaton Road. (on Naperville Rd north of I-88) Some activities of the day include: • Live music ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/08/07/naperville-veggie-fest-august-11th/ Another group of norms, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has come over to the horrid, unwashed fringe's point of view to tell us Peak Oil is the real deal. Treehugger has the details. It's enough to make you Go Loco and ride share to your heart's content. Robin's blog is ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/07/16/peak-oil-its-enough-to-make-you-go-loco/ I'm in a bit of a funk today, tired from working on a few other projects before digging the spade down into the rich loam of concepts and ideas we've been dirtying each others brains with for Yum Local. That said, here's the Flotsam and Jetsam of the day for ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/07/12/flotsam-and-jetsam/ Just got back from Green Drinks Chicago, which featured a rockin' panel on green business and sustainability. The lady (sorry, I forgot yer name!) from Uncommon Ground had some really interesting things to say 'bout da bidness of food and sustainability. Thanks to the Foresight Design folks for putting things together. http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/07/10/green-drinks-in-chicago-in-the-summer/ ABC News did a study of the excesses of drinking bottled water. It turns out the overall average carbon footprint of drinking 1 liter bottle of water uses 2 ounces of oil. Please consider alternative options. We use a Brita tank in our refrigerator. There are tap filters as well as ... http://www.yumlocal.com/blog/2007/07/09/going-green-with-bottled-water/