Diary of a Mad Slaughterhouse – Read the “diaries” of three factory-farmed animals, including the pig, the cow, and the chicken. Answer questions related to the inhumane conditions within factories and test your knowledge of the bacterial diseases found in those animals, including the forms of hidden food-borne bacteria they can transfer.

Dining on Nuclear Isotopes – Does the irradiation of beef create volatile chemical by-products in meat? Do you know what effect irradiation has on children? In this activity, match these kinds of questions about food irradiation to information provided by the Public Citizen’s Group, Washington, D.C.

Philosophers, Leaders, and Everyday Citizens on Nonviolence – Famous people and everyday citizens throughout ancient and modern history who have spoken out in favor of a nonviolent diet. Read over a dozen famous quotes that ask you to address compassion for animals and health for humans before deciding if any of your own beliefs match theirs. If you like a specific famous quote, memorize it with this activity.

Godzilla the Fast-Food Giant – Think about the ecological footprints that fast-food giants are leaving around the entire planet. Identify some of the business and marketing practices of fast-food corporations, including the “youth-oriented” markets that they strive to capture and keep loyal customers for a lifetime. Additionally, take a “mystery food quiz” in which your knowledge of famous fast foods and their hidden ingredients is tested.

The Grocery Game – Consider how grocery shopping is a game between you and thousands of other players. Make your next trip to the grocery store an event in which you are prepared to “delete” the urge to buy foods that aren’t healthy by memorizing the ingredients that may hurt your health. As a savvy consumer, pick and choose foods from the supermarket shelves that identify unhealthy, un-whole ingredients, and tell what you know about them.

Are You Eating Foods that Excite Your Brain Cells to Death? – Toxic substances known as excitotoxins are added to processed foods to make them taste good. Identify these toxins (by their various names) in the foods you eat and learn about the harmful impact they have and the symptoms they are known to produce. You will also get tips on how you can use nutritional supplements and foods to heal your neurological system after consuming the toxin.

Snack Attack! – Itemize the kinds of convenience style snack foods that you routinely eat. Evaluate how their ingredients (including sugar, salt, and fat, etc.) might impact your health. This activity supplies numerous lists of ingredients from which you will imagine the creation of snacks, ranging from popcorn to pudding and nachos.

My Feel-Good Food Diary – Keep a food diary that tracks your choices for up to two weeks. Review energy-saving and energy robbing foods and look for the changes these foods might bring to your body and mind, such as weight gain or loss, low energy, or high energy, and positive or negative changes in skin tone, texture, and color. Through this process, you’ll become more conscious of everyday “body language” that teaches you about your relationship with food.

Are the Fruits and Vegetables You Eat, Eco-Friendly? – Answer questions such as: How many different fruits and vegetables do you eat each day? Where are the fruits and vegetables you eat grown? Was anything added to or subtracted from the fruits and veggies you eat during growing, processing, or manufacturing? What determines the wholeness of the fruits and vegetables?



Are the Carbohydrates You Eat, Eco-Friendly? – Answer questions such as: What kind of grains, cereals, rice, and pasta do you eat most often? How many servings per day do you eat? How much do you know about the grains and cereals you eat? Was anything added to or subtracted from this food during growing, processing, or manufacturing? What determines the wholeness of complex carbohydrates?



Are the Fats, Oils, and Sweets You Eat Eco-Friendly? – Answer questions such as: What kind of fats and sweets do you eat most often? How many servings do you eat? What kinds of fats and sugars are hidden in your food choices that you aren’t aware of? How much do you know about the fats you give yourself permission to eat? Was anything added to or subtracted from the fat during growing, processing, ormanufacturing? And what determines the wholeness of the fats you consume?

Are the Dairy Products You Eat Eco-Friendly? – Answer questions such as: What kind of dairy products do you eat? How much do you know about the dairy products you eat? Was anything added to or subtracted from the products during growing, processing, and manufacturing? Are dairy products hidden in many of the foods you eat? And what determines the wholeness of the dairy products?

Are the Proteins You Eat Eco-Friendly? – Answer questions such as: What kinds of protein do you eat? How much do you know about the animal products you eat? How much do you know about the plant proteins you eat? Was anything added to or subtracted from the food/proteinduring growing, processing, or manufacturing of the products? and What determines the wholeness of the proteins you eat?

Wellness on My Plate – Keep a week-long journal of your daily food habits to reflect on the personal and planetary “statement” your everyday choices are making. A short series of questions allows you an easy way to observe the origins of your food and its various ingredients. Create your own food/dining mission statement in which you state what you’d like to accomplish for the health of your body and the environment.

The Missing Link: Hunting for Rare and Precious Vitamins and Minerals – Explore the link between nutritional brain deficiencies, toxins, and mental health challenges. In this activity, think about the role that minerals and vitamins play in maintaining brain health according to doctors. Identify the foods that minerals can be found in and name the kinds of vitamins that you think will help your body/mind. Visit a website in which you are shown the colorful, psychedelic molecular structures of vitamins and minerals.

Super-Food Heroes for Modern Malnourishment – Make an in-depth acquaintance with nature’s ancient, historical “superfood” heroes, such as blue-green microalgae, flax seeds, nutritional yeast, and flower pollen, to name a few. Match these foods to health and body-building functions, dietary uses, and ecology, while gaining awareness about their vital role in your family’s modern-day diet.

Make Milk without the Moo (Honor the Cows and You!) – Explore the historical and modern uses of non-dairy milks such as soy, rice, and nut milks. A sampling of delicious, non-dairy recipes is provided, including Creamy Banana Almond Cocoa, Soy Chocolate Pudding, and French toast made from rice milk.



A Burger Without Beef Saves the World a Lot of Grief! – Think about what you would eat if you decided to eat less or no meat. The world of “veggie burgers” will be introduced to you, with instructions for preparing homemade veggie burgers, such as bean burgers, and veggie-grain burgers. Learn why many commercial, frozen veggies burgers aren't healthy.

What Does Your Mirror Say About Your Eating Habits? –Do you indulge in unhealthy foods too often? Do you struggle with dieting? Are you seeking motivation to lose some unwanted pounds? In this activity, you will read a short article about how you can use a mirror to cultivate healthier eating habits. You’ll answer 22 questions about your own eating habits and decide what type of eater you tend to be, based on four eating types.

Why Are Food Allergies Escalating, and How Can You Remedy Them Naturally?–Allergies are becoming more prevalent, and this activity explores several reasons why,including those that relate to the way food is processed and cooked, as well as the effect of climate on food crops. While the main treatment for food allergies is to avoid what you are allergic to by reading labels, and getting allergy shots at the doctor’s office, this activity introduces a cutting-edge holistic allergy treatment that doesn’t involve shots.

Is Eating Bugs a Good Solution for Addressing Hunger, Climate Change, and Food Insecurity? – Eating bugs may sound gross, but people around the globe have eaten bugs for a long time and do so on a regular basis. In this activity, you’ll learn about the environmental reasons for eating bugs. You’ll also explore what bugs are edible, how they are farmed, and where you can buy edible foods made from them. Lastly, you’ll get educated about the wild bugs you should avoid swallowing if you want to avoid unwanted health issues.

Relationships: The Key to Your Ecological Health & Well-Being– Consider the relationships that add to or subtract from your ability to have a healthy experience with food and eating. Discover how your perceptions about food, nature, grocery stores, kitchens, and your relationship with your body, all play a role in the way you approach the task of nourishment.



How Do You Heal an Eating Disorder? – Take advantage of the opportunity to explore the eating disorder known as anorexia in this activity. Answer questions dealing with your knowledge about the disease and any feelings you have about it. Healing an eating disorder is a physical task as well as an emotional and spiritual one.

Using Food and Mealtimes to Elevate Your Energy and Consciousness – Food can lower our energy and consciousness or raise it. How is this possible, you might be wondering? This activity explores what consciousness is and invites you to get in touch with the physical, mental, and spiritual energies that are part of food. Eight tips are offered to elevate your consciousness during the act of food preparation.

One Bite at a Time: Savoring the Cookie of Your Childhood -Write about a favorite childhood food and/or eating experience. In doing so, you’ll consider whether you have “lost” or “found” the ability to enjoy the eating experience.

Eating with the Seasons: A Way to Stay Balanced – Observe your body’s changing nutritional needs by observing Earth’s changing seasonal food offerings. Seasonal breakfast, lunch, and dinner themes featuring eco-friendly foods are provided for you, from which you’re asked to name the season that goes with the menu. Determine how the menu complements your body’s needs. You have the option of creating your own seasonal food and menu ideas in this activity.



Deep Retreat (Garden Meditation) –Leave your daily stresses behind and pay attention to the little things in the natural world that can bring moments of bliss. Record a relaxation meditation in your own voice that connects you to the beauty and well-being of an imaginary garden. Through a simple process that engages your senses with the sights, sounds, and colors within this garden, you’ll taste what the natural world has to offer.

Garden of Blessings: Nurturing the Seeds of Family and Friendship – In this fun and light-hearted activity, learners match the “personalities” of fruits and vegetables to themselves, their friends, and family members.

Nature’s Eye Candy: An Invitation to Shop and Tell – Go on a co-op shopping spree in which you meet the “eye candy” of the natural food world. Pick and choose foods you are most intrigued by, including bulk foods and convenience foods, and determine why those foods captured your attention. You’ll also have a chance to match convenience-style foods to the bulk food ingredients they contain.

Earth Banquet: A Celebration of Culture – Plan and choreograph a celebration of Earth’s first foods, including grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables. Create a buffet-style menu in which you can use food pictures, recipe cards, and actual recipes that feature the traditional foods of Earth. Celebrate the use of basic whole foods in American and ethnic cuisine in this activity.



Savory Safari: A Journey for Tired Taste Buds – Seek out and taste the flavors of ethnic food traditions at restaurants in the community where you live. Decide if they support the joy of slow-food dining. In this activity, consider whether you’d be willing to try and replicate those meals in your own kitchen.

Pots ‘n Pans Down Under: Finding Symbolism in (and Gratitude for) Your Culinary Tools- Discover a new and adventurous way of viewing the cooking experience. Identify practical, everyday culinary tools that can help you in the kitchen, while becoming aware of the primal symbolism in food preparation elements such as water and fire.

Meals with Meaning: Learn to Cook Using Your Right and Left Brain – Meet the kitchen companions who help you create a process for preparing food that isn’t scary. By understanding the role of your right brain and left brain, you’ll discover a way to imagine and then formulate meals. Discover that food preparation is not about how to, but why to!

Rainbow Chef, Live! – Become the host of your own cable TV cooking show. Guidelines are provided for organizing everything from show themes to food themes and actual preparation. You are encouraged to either videotape your production or rent studio time at your local cable TV station.

Connecting Your Taste Buds to the Cosmos – Broaden your capacity for nourishment using a process that connects your taste buds to the invisible life-giving energies in the natural world. You are invited to establish a friendship with the land and utilize food as a vehicle for your mental and spiritual well-being in this activity.