Comments on: Environmental eating https://wizardlike.ca/blog/2010/03/environmental-eating/ Computer geekery Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim. https://wizardlike.ca/blog/2010/03/environmental-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Tim. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:35:30 +0000 http://wizardlike.ca/blog/?p=216#comment-71 I'd really like to have something like that. Personally another thing I'd be looking for information like foodorigins (although foodorigins doesn't have many cities in it), along with specific information on food production companies. Also, when I buy product X from company Y, what does that organic label really mean? What exactly does "spices" entail anyway? And yeah, then after figuring out which products to buy, or not to buy, it's hard to know where to buy the best foods, and during what time of year (some markets are only open in the summer, etc). Basically I'd love to see a site where you type in a specific food item available at the grocery store, and you can bring up its info: what environmental impact it has, a link to the food producer and some info about the company and what type of impact it has based on all of its products, and any known info about the company and its parent company or subsidiaries. Maybe even a list of the product ingredients where each ingredient has a page that contains some concise info or links to research on health info for that ingredient. Is Xantham gum bad? Most of the time I don't want to read a wikipedia page while I'm at the grocery store, I just want to know: yes, no, or we're not sure, you decide. Anyway... to any part of the above, I say wholeheartedly, YES. The world needs something like that. Food producers need more accountability and in my opinion the only way to take the power back is to utilize the internets. I’d really like to have something like that. Personally another thing I’d be looking for information like foodorigins (although foodorigins doesn’t have many cities in it), along with specific information on food production companies.

Also, when I buy product X from company Y, what does that organic label really mean? What exactly does “spices” entail anyway?

And yeah, then after figuring out which products to buy, or not to buy, it’s hard to know where to buy the best foods, and during what time of year (some markets are only open in the summer, etc).

Basically I’d love to see a site where you type in a specific food item available at the grocery store, and you can bring up its info: what environmental impact it has, a link to the food producer and some info about the company and what type of impact it has based on all of its products, and any known info about the company and its parent company or subsidiaries.

Maybe even a list of the product ingredients where each ingredient has a page that contains some concise info or links to research on health info for that ingredient. Is Xantham gum bad? Most of the time I don’t want to read a wikipedia page while I’m at the grocery store, I just want to know: yes, no, or we’re not sure, you decide.

Anyway… to any part of the above, I say wholeheartedly, YES. The world needs something like that. Food producers need more accountability and in my opinion the only way to take the power back is to utilize the internets.

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