Food VS Sprawl

A diverse group of Urban Times Authors volunteer information on their eating habits in this series of Five Day Food Diaries. 'Food vs. Sprawl' investigates how their lifestyles impact their food choices.

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Food VS Sprawl: A Dietitian’s Perspective

The Dietitian’s Feedback My name is Shelby, and I am a registered and licensed dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition.  It was very interesting to read about how people in different parts of the »
by Shelby Martin on 25th Aug 2011
Samara enjoying pickles and carrots

Food Vs. Sprawl Diary: Working Family of Four

So, I find the idea of keeping a food diary intriguing in that I’ve spent considerable time pontificating on the sources of my food and how it impacts the planet. Personally, I’ve been a bit “wishy-washy” »
by Josh O'Conner on 16th Aug 2011
Statue of Marco Aurelio, Rome

Food vs. Sprawl Diary: From Rome

After a full year at work, I simply needed a break. So, I had my holidays in July instead of August, as during August Rome is more easily liveable as there is a lot less traffic, offices are closed and downtown, where I work, there are many tourists who take the place »
by Raffaello Palandri on 12th Aug 2011
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Food Vs. Sprawl Diary: New England Greenie

Mindful eating was something I learned, not while at a buddhist sanctuary tucked away in a picturesque Tibetan landscape, but as a young urban therapist, eagerly taking notes on the hotel pad and paper provided by the »
by Eve Allease on 11th Aug 2011
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Food vs Sprawl Diary: Los Angeles – Organic Paradise

Living in Los Angeles is a food lover’s paradise with fresh produce available daily at farmers’ markets, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. My Food vs. »
by Susan Elaine Wheeler on 9th Aug 2011
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Food vs Sprawl Diary: The Tale of a Footprint

Although I don’t sprinkle alfalfa sprouts on my rice-milked drenched barley porridge or chomp the celery off my Bloody Mary I reckon I have a pretty healthy, conscious relationship to food. The great UT Food »
by Hayley Peacock on 5th Aug 2011
Brixton Market

Food vs Sprawl Diary: London Urbanist

Italians love nothing more than sitting in front of a plate of pasta while chewing on politics, sports and family feuds. As an Italian living in south London for more than two decades, I still retain that special love »
by Lia Ghilardi on 31st Jul 2011
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Food VS Sprawl: The Diary Series

A diary series about how our varying lives affect our daily dietary habits. What choices do you make when it comes to food? We asked UT authors to honestly bare their food habits to the world in a five day diary series, called “Food vs. Sprawl” to see how »
by Susan Elaine Wheeler on 25th Jul 2011
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