Future of meat? edible bugs as low waste, homegrown protein by Kirsten Dirksen on October 9, 2011 Mónica Martínez thinks Americans are ready to embrace entomophagy (bug-eating) and she’s launched an edible bug food cart (Don Bugito) …
1 man’s musings on 1 planet living: meat for air travel by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2009 Sustainability: it’s perhaps the most over-used, yet under-analyzed, word in the modern environmental movement. One way to think of it …
A BBQ with friendlier meat: heritage breed, grassfed & local by Kirsten Dirksen on June 11, 2009 Brooklyn, New York, resident Sarah Dickinson tries not to eat a lot of meat (due to its heavy environmental toll), …
Grassfed beef: a carnivore’s option by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 In the United States, most cattle live on feedlots- or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)- and are fattened on corn, …
Accidental vegetarians: the faircompanies family 2 years in by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 When we first dreamed up the idea for a website focused on the environment, we ate an average American/Spanish diet: …
Why I tried kangaroo meat: a faircompanies video blog by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Given the UN’s warning that rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, the most balanced diet for the …
Why I ate kangaroo and how it could save us from swine flu by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2009 They’re killing kangaroo again in Australia, conservationists Down Under are mad and I- with firsthand knowledge of the taste of …
Why we all need to become environmental vegetarians by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2008 I’ve become a vegetarian (or a flexitarian) and have only just realized it. Some of my best friends have been …