Grounded Grub Weeklies! 04.21.2020
Hello Grounded Grub Community!
Every week we’re sent amazing articles, books, podcasts and other content from our community. We love hearing from everyone and having these resources, so we decided to start pooling together these recommendations, as well as some of our favorites, and sharing them once a week on Tuesdays. We hope you enjoy and feel inspired to share with us if you see/hear/try something that inspires you in the future!
Today: April 21, 2020
What happened on Grounded Grub last week:
We started off the week with a kale and white bean soup from our guest contributor Max Aronson. This is a classic soup with Tuscan roots that is perfect for whipping up using ingredients that are easy to keep around the house. According to one of our followers who made it, “the lemon makes all the difference!” Make this delicious classic today!
We also covered the basics of Community Supported Agriculture or CSA programs and why they are such an important part of a sustainable agriculture system. We covered how much fun they can be as a consumer as well and how they’re currently on the rise in our COVID-19 impacted world. Take a deep dive in this article here.
This past weekend we featured the writing of guest contributor Tara Hammonds, who writes about her experiences living in Uganda and how it has reshaped her perspectives on food waste and meat consumption. Read her thought provoking story here.
Munchies! On April 20th we had a little fun and made a special article to celebrate the 20th of the 4th month. This article is a bit silly but also seriously talks about all the chemical reactions going on in your brain and how to best manage your munchies when they strike. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these times and finds a way to relax when possible… Read about munchies here.
Coming up on Grounded Grub…
It has been a flurry of activity in the Grounded Grub email inbox, and we are thrilled about all the different things we have in the works...but we’ll just stick to what we have going on this week:
This week we have an exciting interview coming up with Eugenia, a young vegan activist from Hong Kong. We’re super excited to hear about everything she does and how she has made veganism a core part of her life. We’ll be featuring an interview with her as the next part of our Faces of Food series, written by contributor Nicole Lee, and following up with an awesome recipe straight from Eugenia herself!
Over the weekend we have an awesome cajun hash browns recipe coming your way. Crispy hashbrowns with a “cajun” spice blend (paprika, garlic, onion powder, white pepper, cayenne salt, chili flakes)—heck yes! Spicy! Smokey! Salty! “Flavor punch with a kick to seal the deal on the marriage between potatoes and breakfast,” according to Ben. We’re excited.
Have any other ideas for things we should cover? Reach out on Instagram, Facebook or email. We love hearing from you and some of our best articles have been from community suggestions.
Media articles of the week:
“Coronavirus Is Creating a Food Security Crisis in Indian Country” Civil Eats Staff, Civil Eats. “‘There’s no way this is going to end well.’ The coronavirus is devastating Indigenous communities, long shut out of food supply chains and infrastructure development.” Read the article here.
“How to Substitute Flours.” Erin Jeanne McDowell. The New York Times. Are you out of all purpose flour? Is the grocery store out as well? Check out this great guide from the NYT for your next baking in adventures in quarantine.
Book of the week:
Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food Identity Health & Society by A Breeze Harper
“Sistah Vegan is not about preaching veganism or vegan fundamentalism. Rather, the book is about how a group of black-identified female vegans perceive nutrition, food, ecological sustainability, health and healing, animal rights, parenting, social justice, spirituality, hair care, race, gender-identification, womanism, and liberation that all go against the (refined and bleached) grain of our dysfunctional society.”
Find this series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from North-American black identified vegans here. Thank you for the recommendation Eva Kahn!
Flipping the Table — Slow Food Nations Special: Navajo Nation’s Junk Food Tax Points The Way To Health Equity
“Denisa Livingston, Dine leader from New Mexico tribal lands, shares groundbreaking victory in taxing soda and junk food to help heal her people ravaged by Type II Diabetes. It’s a brief and uplifting conversation!”
This episode is only 15 minutes long but covers a lot of history of our food system and the inequitable access and treatment that has led to extreme health disparities within tribal communities. Listen here, or wherever you stream your podcasts.
Letter from the editors:
Tomorrow we’ll be celebrating Earth Day remotely, but with the rest of the world. While we’re in the “everyday is Earth Day” camp, it’s always great to have an occasion to reflect and make a focused effort to be more sustainable. While this Earth Day may feel less “collective” than others, we still think there’s lots of changes to make together. Our ideas?
Take time to reflect on what small changes you can make. Reflection is free and the ideas are probably already all there in your head.
If you don’t already, try to eat as plant-based as possible this week.
Make some vegetable stock with your veggie scraps or start saving them if you haven’t already.
Set up a composting system at your house or subscribe to a pick-up service
Donate to your favorite environmental charity, there are so many to pick from so do your research and donate generously if you are able.
From upcycling art projects to learning how to darn socks, this fun page from a small county in Oregon has a bunch of awesome ideas for how to celebrate this day, and some great information videos too.
Got any fun Earth Day ideas? Make sure to tag us on Instagram and Facebook, we’d love to share and see what you’re up to!
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