A cool new project happening in Harlem.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Food safety: Government could cut screenings for deadly E. coli in produce - chicagotribune.com
I don't know much about it, but this seems like a bad idea.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Elementary school celebrates farm-fresh food | Washington Times Communities
The fall Farm-To-School week went so well, that this school decided to have a spring one as well!
Elementary school celebrates farm-fresh food | Washington Times Communities
Elementary school celebrates farm-fresh food | Washington Times Communities
Friday, June 24, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
SNAP at the Market
I'm really interested in how states are making farmers markets more accessible to low-income shoppers. I've been really excited to see the progress of the "double up food bucks" programs in several states, where people that use their SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps), get twice the value of their benefits if they use it at farmers markets (so $20 in benefits would buy $40 worth of produce). This is an article from Slow Food that gives a brief summary of what a few states are doing.
$5 for a glass of tap water as owner cries pour
We recently dined at the Red Rooster Harlem, which is also doing their own sparkling water (and I believe filtering their still). I would probably pay the $5 Marque charges for their filtered water, because I like to keep things as local as possible. Would you?
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Food: The Hidden Driver Of Global Politics : NPR
A short NPR article on the rising of food prices and how the effect of rising prices isn't felt in the US as much as in other nations.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Kitchen scales: They're tidier and more accurate than cups and teaspoons. - By Sara Dickerman - Slate Magazine
Woohoo! My kitchen scale is one of my favorite kitchen tools. It's so much easier to weigh flour, sugar, etc. with a scale than it is to measure it out by cup.
In Texas schools, a picture's worth 1,000 calories | The Associated Press | News | San Francisco Examiner
I think it will be very interesting to see the results of this study.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
AP News: Budding connoisseurs seek new college food options
This is pretty cool...we definitely weren't clamoring for quinoa when I was at UC.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Genes tweaked, cows will now give ‘human milk’ - Times Of India
Why is this necessary? That's a serious question, I'm not trying to be negative. I'd actually like to know why someone decided that a cow needs to give a milk that is similar to human milk, rather than cow milk.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Happy Meal toy ban prompts ban on bans in other states : City Insider
Ok. This is crazy. Happy Meals aren't good for kids - they just aren't. Therefore, we should not advertise to the kids by having a toy in the Happy Meal. Yes, I grew up with Happy Meal toys and I liked them, but that doesn't mean we should continue the practice. Now some states are trying to stop bans on Happy Meal toys...so they're banning toy bans. It's ridiculous.
Just sayin'.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Beyond Bread: The Bag Bill: One Year Later
A cool look at what Bread For the City clients think about the DC 5 cents per plastic bag initiative.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Food pyramid: USDA sued by doctors' group that wants vegetarian alternative - latimes.com
An interesting article about the USDA being sued because of the Food Pyramid. While I do think the pyramid has its issues, I don't know that suing the USDA is the right course of action.
Food pyramid: USDA sued by doctors' group that wants vegetarian alternative - latimes.com
Food pyramid: USDA sued by doctors' group that wants vegetarian alternative - latimes.com
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