http://www.greenkampong.com Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:35:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/is-that-cupcake-vegan-or-just-butter-and-egg-free/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/is-that-cupcake-vegan-or-just-butter-and-egg-free/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:00:31 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4926     When Jennie Scheinbach opened Pattycake Vegan Bakery in Columbus, Ohio, in 2006, her idea was to “be political, and to say, ‘hey, this is vegan and it’s good.’” The plan collapsed like an egg-free souffle. She says that while Columbus’s tiny population of hard-core vegans loved her pastries, others who wandered into the [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/is-that-cupcake-vegan-or-just-butter-and-egg-free/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/taiwans-food-market-hit-hard-by-dehp-crisis/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/taiwans-food-market-hit-hard-by-dehp-crisis/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:01:02 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4847     Another sector that has yet to feel the full brunt – tourism. This, especially after some vendors in Taiwans iconic night markets have been found to use plasticiser in drinks. Some have already seen business drop in the past week. Mr Li said: “What the Taiwan government should focus on is to build [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/taiwans-food-market-hit-hard-by-dehp-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/something-fishy-about-seafood-labels/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/something-fishy-about-seafood-labels/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:07:06 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4812     Environmentalists, scientists and foodies are complaining that regulators are lax in policing seafood, and have been slow to adopt the latest scientific tools even though they are now readily available and easy to use. “Customers buying fish have a right to know what the heck it is and where it’s from, but agencies [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/something-fishy-about-seafood-labels/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/healthy-street-food-in-jakarta/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/healthy-street-food-in-jakarta/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:02:05 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4808     Instead of eating home-cooked food, people in these neighborhoods buy the cheapest meals they can: food from street vendors.  The equivalent of 20 cents in Jakarta can buy a meal of rice fried with soy sauce and a little chicken, or deep fried fish cakes.  Ten cents will buy a snack.   Overcrowded, kitchenless [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/healthy-street-food-in-jakarta/feed/ 3 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-shop-our-way-to-sustainability/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-shop-our-way-to-sustainability/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:38:19 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4797     Eco labels are cluttered, confusing and unreliable. Organic food gets a tiny slice of the market. Most shoppers don’t pay much attention to environmental factors. Perhaps understandably so. They’re busy, or  ignorant. Or they don’t care. Which makes me believe that we can’t count on consumers to bring about a sustainable food system. [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-shop-our-way-to-sustainability/feed/ 3 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/a-bloody-business-the-cruelty-inflicted-on-australian-cattle-in-indonesian-slaughterhouses/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/a-bloody-business-the-cruelty-inflicted-on-australian-cattle-in-indonesian-slaughterhouses/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 15:17:35 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4786     If you want to eat beef, you should know where it comes from, and you should be able to stomach what you’d see if you clicked through and watched ABC’s Four Corners exposé on the horrors of Indonesian slaughterhouses. Who’s culpable? The Indonesians? The Australian farmers? Or the consumers? Via ABC’s Four Corners.]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/a-bloody-business-the-cruelty-inflicted-on-australian-cattle-in-indonesian-slaughterhouses/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/food/recipe-almond-milk/ http://www.greenkampong.com/food/recipe-almond-milk/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 16:14:29 +0000 Nadya Hutagalung http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=4762 By popular demand (on twitter!): To say I have been taking the time to make my own almond milk lately wouldalmost be a little lie, the truth is you see, it hardly takes any time at all ( minus the soaking ) Taste the milk before adding any of the Salt, Agave or Vanilla and [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/food/recipe-almond-milk/feed/ 3