CTN Wellness

By Mary Vincent
Bon Appétit Management Company is the Food and Beverage Innovator per the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Innovations Review 2009, specifically being recognized for reducing the environmental and carbon footprint of 400 corporate and university cafes around the country. EDF unveiled Innovations Review 2009: Green Advances for a New Economy at the Fortune Brainstorm [...]

Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen Cookbook Launch at San Francisco’s Museum of African Diaspora featured several delicious items from Bryant’s Cookbook including Spicy Goobers, Garlicky Baby Lima Bean Spread with Winter Crudites, BBQ Tempeh Cubes, Rosemary Butternut Squash Soup Shooters, and Citrus Collards with Raisins Bruschetta.
My interview with Bryant follows:

You may have heard that ‘water’ is being discussed as the new ‘gold’. After I finished reading Woody Tasch’s new book and talked with him, perhaps ‘Soil’ should also be the new ‘gold’.
Woody Tasch is author of Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money:Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered. Per Tasch, several [...]

Many people are familiar with the United Nations Climate Change Report stating certain foods cause more greenhouse gases than transportation. Companies are starting to take steps to reduce these foods in their operations.
Bon Appétit Management Company developed operational initiatives to minimize their carbon impact in addition to an educational campaign aimed at increasing awareness [...]

Welcome to the inaugural Green Food Trend Blog. My name is Mary Vincent, and I’m a green business entrepreneur, technologist, consultant, and speaker. I also founded the online Gratitude Gourmet website, which features gourmet, sustainable food producers, restaurants, recipes, and events. I started this site because of the connection between food choices and climate [...]