Growers and Grocers

It’s the middle of summer and there’s nothing tastier than some lovely fresh fish. But wait – aren’t fish bad for you now? Or are they good for you again? And some of them have been overfished, haven’t they? And what about pollution?
Buying fish can be a confusing process. Besides obvious concerns about taste, freshness […]

What if I told you that you could have a steak, or a breast of chicken or a nice slice of ham, without having to worry about antibiotics, hormones, over-crowding of factory farms, environmental damage or the death of an animal?
And how about if I told you that in a decade or two, you’ll be […]

The Way We Eat – Why Our Food Choices Matter by Jim Mason and Peter Singer
I generally have two concerns with any book about food ethics. First and foremost, that the authors are inadvertently “preaching to the choir”; that is, unless you are already interested or concerned about where your food comes from, you’re unlikely […]

Sheryl Kirby is a freelance writer and editor from Toronto, Ontario. She studied Culinary Arts at Toronto’s George Brown School of Hospitality, and ran her own catering and concert production business for many years. Sheryl got her start in journalism in Toronto’s thriving zine scene of the early-90s, and was the editor of a website […]

I’ll have to admit that I was a bit startled when the email from new Well Fed Network owner Cate O’Malley arrived in my inbox. I had been cruising along as the editor of FitFare and hadn’t really thought about taking on any more work. The other writing I do for Toronto online food magazine […]