Articles by Bonnie Azab Powell
Bonnie Azab Powell was Grist's food editor until February 2011. A dot-com-bubble rider turned university refugee, Bonnie co-founded one of the first "food-politics" blogs, The Ethicurean, in May 2006 -- also coining that term to describe someone interested in sustainable, organic, local, and ethical (SOLE) food that also happens to be tasty.
Obsessed with our broken food system, she switched from writing freelance business and technology articles to SOLE food. Her work has appeared in a bunch of places printed on dead trees. She lives in the Bay Area, where she gardens half-assedly and cooks wholeheartedly while running two meat CSAs for small local farms. She loathes the word "foodie."
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The time is ripe for 'Food Forward' TV show
America seems to have an insatiable appetite for food-themed TV shows, but very few explore where the food comes from. A new series hopes to change that, by showcasing the people trying to change how we eat in America.
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Cook outside your comfort zone in honor of National Farmers Market Week
I'm in a rut with my farmers market routine. I know what I like to buy, who I like to buy it from, and I head straight for those stands. So this year, I'm going to celebrate National Farmers Market Week by picking up whatever looks weirdest or most unfamiliar to me, and figuring out how to cook it.
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Fruit and veggies as you’ve never seen them before
The Inside Insides blog has posted animated MRI scans of fruits and vegetables such as corn, durian, bananas, mushrooms, and broccoli. The results are beautiful in an otherworldly way and […]
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Help kickstart a documentary on Haiti’s agricultural rebirth
Since 1981 the United States has followed a policy until the last year or so … that we rich countries that produce a lot of food should sell it to […]
