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about real food · 2Y ago

Jamie Oliver’s school dinners

Jamie Oliver’s school dinners shown to have improved academic results Absences down after chef changed junk food menu – a result which is a boost for celebrity as he struggles for US support Rachel Williams guardian.co.uk, Monday 29 March 2010 20.21 BST Article history Jamie Oliver promo...
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about real food · 2Y ago

The Radical Necessity of Cooking: Mollie Katzen, Vegetablist

March 18th, 2010  By Naomi Starkman at Civil Eats  Vegetable expert and bestselling cookbook author Mollie Katzen’s handwritten and illustrated cookbook, The Moosewood Cookbook, (not to mention The Enchanted Broccoli Forest and her cookbooks for children, Pretend Soup and Honest Pretzels) introduc...
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about real food · 2Y ago

Whole Foods and the Myth of Natural

Why Target Whole Foods and UNFI? Corporate Takeovers & Monopolistic Practices The $25 Billion organic marketplace has enjoyed substantial growth for over a decade, thanks to growing consumer consciousness and farmer innovation. No longer a passing trend or simply a niche market, organic food and...
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about real food · 2Y ago

Concepts Of Sustainability:

Concepts Of Sustainability: Pleasure And Responsibility Sebrina Smith by LiteGreen Concepts Of Sustainability is a continuing Greenopolis series exploring the larger ideas behind current sustainability trends. Food is one of our greatest pleasures, and yet, daily, many of us yield to an unnatural de...
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about real food · 2Y ago

Good references…

Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Consumers are paying a high cost for substandard, cheap factory food. The following links are working on different areas but all have the same goal – to support sustainable agriculture. There are far too many groups to mention here (apologies to those we misse...
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Banned in 160 Nations Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?

Dr. Mercola, March 6, 2010 Straight to the Source A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA. The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recru...
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Farm to School Efforts Double in

Farm to School Efforts Double in Minnesota Demand from students, farmers and schools grows for farm to school programs MINNEAPOLIS, Minn – March 9 – The number of Minnesota school districts purchasing fresh food from local farms has more than doubled in the last 15 months, according to a...
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about real food · 2Y ago

Hmmmmm, What’s Wrong with this Picture?

By Ben Popken on March 4, 2010 11:14 AM
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The Impact of Food Waste on

The Impact of Food Waste on Climate Change (and just about everything else). FOOD & HEALTH (food) BUZZ UP! It is estimated that 40% of the food produced in America is wasted; it amounts to 1400 calories per person every day. According to the EPA, 31 million tons is thrown into landfills. Much of...
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We Can’t Fix Obesity One Candy Bar

We Can’t Fix Obesity One Candy Bar at a Time BY KATHERINE GUSTAFSON CATEGORY: HEALTH PUBLISHED MARCH 04, 2010 @ 06:00AM PT 1809 Views In the discussion of our obesity epidemic, a lot of emphasis is placed on personal responsibility. Cut back on the amount of soda you drink, the argument goes. ...
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