Grassfed Beef: Better for the planet

I’m a fan of sustainable food.  If the Mapawatt Blog was a University, my undergrad would be in Sustainable Living, my Masters in Energy (conservation, efficienty, renewable, etc.) and my Minor would be in sustainable food/farming.  While Mapawatt’s focus is reducing fossil-fuel energy in residential settings, I occasionally sprinkle in a few topics that … continue reading

Sustainability update from the West coast

I’m traveling this week out in SF/Napa valley area and I just wanted to throw in a few observations:

We stayed the first night at the Hotel Griffon which I covered on Triple Pundit when I wrote a quick blog on their use of the Perfect Flush device from Brondell.  I was happy to test out … continue reading

Sustainable Gorilla

I usually don’t do this, but I am re-posting one of the first blogs I put up on Mapawatt way back in February.  It has been a hectic week (not much time for writing) and I think the post on how sustainable practices can help Gorillas in the African jungle has some really … continue reading

Polyface Farms – Sustainable Model

One of my favorite parts in Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, was the section on Polyface Farms located in Virginia.  What was so fascinating about Polyface is their focus on a sustainable system.  Their values really lay out what makes them so impressive.

polyface sustainable farm

They realize that their business … continue reading

Grass-Fed Beef

Explaining why you should eat grass-fed beef. … continue reading