Food access and affordability

Date Codes Contribute to Food Waste

by GoodFarmsNovember 15, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food safety, Food waste, Health, Sustainability

We are following like lemmings, throwing good food away. According to Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, date labels are a leading cause of food waste. People are confused by date codes, usually assuming they are expiration…

The Natural Gems Buried by Time

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food waste

What looks beautiful and natural to you today may have taken centuries of human influence to become that way. Nowadays, many people want to avoid fruit that seems to be produced unnaturally. Whether it’s the use of chemicals or the creation of…

Farmers Need to Eat Healthy Too

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Health, Social responsibility

GoodFarms has been working with the County of Monterey, California to provide our team members and their families with healthier meals. The county’s food bank has a program where they work with agricultural companies to deliver healthy food at convenient times for…

Beware: Restaurants are Ripping Off Local Farmers

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Social responsibility

Just because you see it on the menu, it doesn’t mean it’s true. An article in San Diego Magazine, by Troy Johnson, describes the ongoing corruption of the farm-to-table ideal. “Like any good movement, farm-to-table has now been severely co-opted. The…

We Throw Away 40% of Our Food

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Sustainability

We plant it, nurture it, harvest it, ship it, and buy it; then we throw it away. Research from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) shows that Americans throw away $218 billion worth of food every year that we could otherwise eat. This…

Take Your Food Waste and Shove It

by GoodFarmsNovember 13, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Food insecurity, Food waste, Social responsibility

We should never use the term food waste again. Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joes and the founder of Daily Table, says that nobody wants a second helping of food waste, but nobody is for wasting food. So take the…

It’s a Pill, It’s Vitamin Water, No It’s Superfoods!

by GoodFarmsNovember 1, 2017

All, Food access and affordability, Health

There are several ways to get the essential vitamins and minerals your body craves, but the most natural way is with food well-known for its nutritional value. The popular term “superfoods” has come to describe many of the nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables and…