After I finished speaking on Green IT Innovation at two Aberdeen, Scotland events this evening (one to Robert Gordon University Students and the other to an IT Leaders Forum), I went to dinner at the Japanese Restaurant, Yatai. Here are the delicious items I tried along with the pictures below:
1. Edamame with Sea Salt
2. Deep Fried Tofu and Aubergine, Ginger, and Bonito Broth
3. Asparagus with Yuzu and Green Chili

Gidon Eshel is a professor with the Physics department of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. He is currently researching diet's effects on the environment, and has found that grazing, grass-fed animals emit two to four times as much methane, a greenhouse gas roughly 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Here is his research on Reuters.

Check out PCRM's colorful, user-friendly Power Plate is based on current nutrition research showing that plant-based foods are the most nutrient-dense and help prevent chronic diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. The graphic depicts a plate divided into four new food groups: fruits, grains, legumes, and vegetables. The Power Plate simply asks people to eat a variety of all four food groups each day. ThePowerPlate.org offers more information on plant-based diets, as well an interactive Power Plate diagram and quiz.

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Do you have a Slow Cooker? Do you use it? The Vegetarian Slow Cooker has 200 colorful recipes and more than 130 vegan-friendly recipes are clearly idenitfied. Some of the recipes include:

Coconut-Spiked Pumpkin Soup with Cumin and Ginger
Cider Baked Beans
Caper-Studded Caponata
Hominy-Spiked Light Chili
Leek Risotto
Wine Poached Apples
Blueberry Oatmeal Pudding Cake

What is your favorite recipe from The Vegetarian Slow Cooker?

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday on a resolution urging restaurants, grocery stores and schools to observe no meat on Mondays. See the article here.
Here's the Resolution:
Resolution declaring Mondays as "Vegetarian Day" to urge all restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a variety of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents.

WHEREAS, The Plant based diet is truly a Green Diet that reduces the serious ecological problems involved in livestock production; and

WHEREAS, The 2009 report from World Bank environmental advisers, Goodland and Anhang, called "Livestock and Climate Change", reveals that farmed animals and their byproducts are responsible for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Goodland and Anhang concluded
that replacing animal products with soy-based and other alternatives would be the best strategy for reversing climate change; and

WHEREAS, The findings from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report prompted Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to recommend that individuals reduce their personal carbon impact by decreasing their meat consumption; and

WHEREAS, Plant-based diets are good preventive medicine and could help reduce medical costs to individuals and the health care system; and

WHEREAS, In July 2009, Ghent, Belgium recognized the relationship between diet and climate change by establishing a VegDay each week of the year; and

WHEREAS, In April 2009, the City of Takoma Park, Maryland, adopted a Mayoral Proclamation designating April 24-30 "Takoma Park Veg Week," to encourage citizens to choose vegetarian foods as a way to protect the planet, their health, and animals; and

WHEREAS, In February 2009, as part of the Green Cincinnati Plan, the City's Food Task Force recommended that residents replace some of the meat in their diet with fresh fruits and vegetables; and

WHEREAS, The American Dietetic Association recognizes that reduced meat consumption decreases the risk of various health problems, stating, "Scientific data suggests positive relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and some types of cancer"; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors designates Mondays as "Veg Day" to encourage restaurants, grocery stores, and schools to offer a greater variety of plant based options to improve the health of San Francisco residents and visitors, and to increase the awareness of the impact a GREEN DIET would be on our planet.

The Stanford Law and Policy Review is presenting Carrots and Sticks: A Symposium on Food Policy and the Law Friday, April 23 9am-2pm Stanford Law School Room 290, and it's open to the public. Panels and Presentations will include: Environmental Impact on Food Production and Policy, Student Presentation on Caloric Disclosure, Market Regulation and Food Policy, and Keynote speaker California State Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez.

In partnership with Cedarlane, I invite you to participate in the Cedarlane Gratitude Gourmet Product Giveaway! Five lucky Gratitude Gourmet readers will each receive 2 Cedarlane free product coupons. Just post your FAVORITE earth-friendly food on the Gratitude Gourmet Facebook Page.