BY: ALEX PIERCE-FELDMEYER As a child on Saturday mornings I often awoke to the smell of bacon and pancakes on a griddle. The second level of my house was rich with breakfast aromas and suggested that something delicious might...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN Introduction The year is 2008. I’m a very impressionable 14 year old, sitting in class listening to my friends talk about their weekend. 14 year old friend: “My family and I crossed the Canada/US border to...
BY: AMELIA CHEN There is no shortage of laughably absurd images on the Internet, but I think this one is up there for me: I know sometimes it’s hard to avoid plastic packaging at the grocery store, but I...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN Before we begin, let’s set some ground rules. Note that IFT provides the opportunity for members to post information and opinions on many subjects, including cannabis. Please understand that this action by IFT does not constitute...
BY: ALEX PIERCE- FELDMEYER Let me tell you a story. Mid triathlon I was pregnant. Okay, I wasn’t really but I felt like what I imagine a pregnant woman would feel like. I was bloated, wobbly and overall extremely...
BY: DANIELLE ROBERTSON RATH It’s 3:00 pm and you’re exhausted. You woke up exhausted, but you had coffee for breakfast, and now you’re exhausted again. You are now thinking that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to stay...
BY: MACKENZIE HANNUM As some of you may already know, in January, Netflix released a new 6-part documentary centered on the food industry. The official description of “Rotten” is as follows: “Local farming is fading as profit margins decide...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN How many of us have woken up in the middle of the night, hungry for something substantial, yet quick and easy to make? Anything using the oven or stove is out, as is cutting up and...
BY: MORGAN REASE Rice is a staple food across the globe, and has been so for millennia. I’ve personally been eating rice my whole life. Generations upon generations have cooked rice before me. Yet here I am, in my...
By: Alex Pierce-Feldmeyer Social media can be our best friend or our worst foe. As many people know social media circulates large amounts of information. We spread any fleeting, unheeding thoughts we may have during the day, reaching people...