THE KITCHEN ACTIVIST

Send us Fan Mail Consider this one glass of white wine is equivalent to 29 gallons of water. And one glass of red wine is 32 gallons of water.    If you look at the entire wine region area in the U S wine grapes sipped a little over 1 trillion gallons of water from wells and rivers in one year alone.   Climate change is going to increase the need for irrigation. We're already beginning to see...

Send us Fan Mail    Build meals on the food you already have in your kitchen.  This seems like a no-brainer, but I know that unless I'm intentional about building my meals based around the things that I have, I don't do it.  Create a night every week for a catch-all recipe, a recipe to use up all the must eats in your refrigerator, especially the produce drawer. Every culture has these r...

Send us Fan Mail We each eat on average between 500-1300 gallons of water every day. Understanding the virtual water footprint of our food is a great starting point to begin Eating Less Water.   Water footprint totals of some popular foods: 1 almond = 1 gallon of water 1 slice of bread- 11 gallons of water 1 pound of lettuce = 10 gallons of water 1 orange = 21 gallons of water 1 apple =33 gallons...

Send us Fan Mail Why a Kitchen Activist Podcast? In the first episode of Why a Kitchen Activist , host Florencia Ramirez, author of EAT LESS WATER , shares how she transitioned her focus from water conservation in the shower to water-saving practices in the kitchen. After selling 80,000 shower timers, Ramirez realized that while conserving visible water—such as that used in sprinklers, showers, an...