Sarahs Social Action Snapshot

Fight Childhood Obesity By Supporting Public School Nutrition Reform

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Tom Vilsack, Washington, Agriculture, Obama, Congress, Obesity, Junk Food, Food Insecure, Recession, California, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Usda, Takepart, Soda, Feeding America, School Lunches, Health, Healthy Living News
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Kids have gotten bigger recently. In fact, according to the CDC, obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years with nearly 20 percent of children aged 6-11 and 18 percent for those aged 12-19.

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Big Barack Bummer

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Pesticides, Michelle Obama, Islam Siddiqui, Tom Vilsack, Eat Well Guide, Organic, Barack Obama, Sustainable, Department of Agriculture, Usda, Monsanto, Pesticide Action Network, White House Garden, Food Inc., Takepart, Croplife, US Chief Agriculture Negotiator, Roger Beachy, Green News
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It's disappointing that the Obama Administration is not providing the visionary leadership on agriculture, like it is in some many other policy areas.

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Let's Feed America

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Usda, Feeding America, Tom Vilsack, Takepart, Impact News
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The latest government report on poverty suggesting that U.S. hunger problem lies at least partly in wages, not just an absence of work. This begs the question, how are these people surviving?

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How to Build a Community With Every Bite

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Bat Mitzvah, Los Angeles, Sustainable Food, Takepart, Green News
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Sadly, we live in an era where Bar and Bat Mitzvahs have become night-club shuls with absurd budgets. One family went the opposite route, incorporating sustainable practices throughout.

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Teens Need Kitchen Counter-Culture

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Gap, The Gap, Transvestites, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Apples, Van Gogh, Punks, Emos, Michael Pollan, Freakanomics, Takepart, New York Times, Sustainability, Washington Post, Ll Bean, Heirloom, Diversity, Pucci, Green News
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It's ironic that teens today are correctly pushing the social agenda in their schools to allow a diversity of identities to be expressed but are consuming foods that have little nutritional value and are uniform.

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10 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Turkey, Sunset Magazine, Smart Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Paperless, Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, Los Angeles, Sustainable, Orren Fox, Sustainable Thanksgiving, Coca-Cola, Food Inc., Water, Tap Water, New York Times, Takepart, Union, Green News
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Preparing a sustainable meal can be a selfish endeavor; I guarantee you that it will be more fun, tastier and make for a good conversation at your table. However, it's also about our global community.

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Sigg Says Sorry, Patagonia Dumps Sigg

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Chicago, Takepart, Patagonia, Bpa, Sigg, California, Green News
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The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California

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From Fries to Fennel, How Food, Inc. Is Changing America

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Twitter, Vegetarian, Food Inc., Hungry-for-Change, Locavore, Takepart, Green News
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Food, Inc., the widely celebrated documentary that continues to expand nationwide as quickly as GMO seeds infect organic crops, is topping the box office in documentary sales.

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Time's Up for Dolphins in Taiji

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taiji, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Taiji-Dolphin-Hunt, The Cove, Japan, Takepart, Dolphin Hunting, Taiji Japan Dolphin Killings, Taiji Japan Dolphins, Green News
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There's a little town in Japan called Taiji. Through an award-winning documentary, the bloody secret of this town has been exposed: September through March, 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are slaughtered.

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Sneaky Sigg Sold BPA

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Kleen Kanteen, Polycarbonate Plastic, Chicago, Fda, Sigg Bottles, Takepart, Bpa, Nalgene, Sigg, Environmental Working Group, California, Green News
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Millions of others joined the Sigg bandwagon after learning about the horrors of many reusable plastic bottles that contain BPA or polycarbonate. However, it seems like we were duped.

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Meet Happy Chickens

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Farming, Orren Fox, Marion Nestle, Chickens, Food Inc., Nba, Takepart, Agriculture, Joel Salatin, Twitter, Heifer, Green News
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I had the pleasure of interviewing 12-year old Orren Fox of Newburyport, MA who happens to keep 25 backyard chickens.

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Declare Your Food Independence

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Bill of Rights, National Veggie Hotdog Month, Compost, Eat Well Guide, Corn, July 4th, Garden, Paul Revere, Food Grid, Declaration of Indpendence, Hormone-Free Dairy, Hormone-Free, Michael Pollan, Grill, Food Inc., Takepart, Eat Wild, July, Green News
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It's time that we return to our roots. Literally. We need to support a food system that offers us healthy, safe, sustainable, fresh foods. And what better time to begin than on Independence Day?

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I Saw Food, Inc. Now What?

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Sustainable Table, Michael Pollan, Barb Kowlacyk, Hungry for Change, Kevin's Law, Food Inc., Eat Well Guide, Food, Organic Consumers ASsociation, Inc. Twitter, Takepart, Facebook, Spinnio, Eatwild, Green News
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There's a lot of simple but highly effective things you can do to transition off of a corn-based diet, lessen your carb(on) food/footprint, support local farmers and choose humanely raised meats.

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, White House, Takepart.com, Congress, Childhood Nutrition, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Cspi, Junk Food, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Inc., Nutrition, Moms Rising, Soda, Desperate Housewives, Healthy School Lunch Brigade, School Lunches, Diabetes, Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen, Childhood-Diabetes, Politics News
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Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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Food Revolution Sprouting on Twitter: Tweet with Food, Inc. Director

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Stonyfield Yogurt, Monsanto, Michael Pollan, Tweet, Barb Kowalcyk, Gary Hirshberg, Food, Twitter, Inc, Robert Kenner, Industrial Food System, Eric Schlosser, Green News
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Three times a day we have an opportunity to make a statement about what we eat; be part of the conversation this Friday to help build this movement.

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Tetro Is Illuminating

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Francis Ford Coppola, Takepart, Vincent Gallo, Argentina, Tetro, Alden Ehrenreich, Patagonia, Entertainment News
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The film is a timeless, brooding, sensuous exploration of the physical and emotional struggles between brothers, in the backdrop of a sometimes absurd, comedic snapshot of an Argentine town.

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1 Fish, 2 Fish, Now There's No Fish

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, World Oceans Day, Over-Fishing, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Takepart, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Fishing, Tuna, Green News
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We mine the depths of our polluted oceans for food. We're fishing and consuming unsustainable amounts of seafood using irresponsible practices.

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FDA: Get BPA Out ASAP

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Del Monte, Alcoa, Inc. And Grocery Manufacturers Association, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Bisphenol A, Coca-Cola, Endocrine Disrputor, Fda, BPA Joint Trade Association, Bpa, Food and Drug Administration, Takepart, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Crown, Ewg, Green News
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You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.

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Guerrilla Gardening

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: La, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Guerrilla Gardening, Takepart, Los Angeles, Green Living, Gwyneth Paltrow, Green News
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A random group of Angelenos were immersed in dirt, digging, planting, watering and nurturing beautiful donated plants.

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Soloists Everywhere Making a Difference

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Homelessness, Takepart, Robert Downey, Jamie Foxx, Jr., Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Entertainment News
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Our commitment will make a difference in changing the landscape of our society so that all homeless people and those with mental illness are treated as our equals and nothing less.

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Eat Green, Be Green

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Global Warming, Foodprint, Dairy, Livestock, COol Foods, Agriculture, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Takepart, Earth Day, Organics, Climate Change, Cool Foods Campaign, Green Living, Green News
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trying to be extra green on this one-designated day is a nice way to raise awareness, but how about making every day Earth Day?

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ADL Sets Another Roadblock to Mid-East Peace

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, J Street, Jstreet, Takepart.com, Abraham Foxman, Avigdor Lieberman, Adl, Israel, Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, ABC and ADL Don't Represent Me, American Jews, g20, Binyamin Netanyahu, Anti-Defamation League, World News
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Under his previous term, Netanyahu's extreme right-wing domestic and international policies left Israel starving for alternatives. Literally.

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Purim 101

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Queen Esther, Purim, Graggers, Takepart, Hamantaschen, Mordechai, Haman, Holiday News, Healthy Living News
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There's a common refrain that sums up the broad themes of many Jewish holidays: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat.

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7 Ways to Grow Your Own Food and Save Money

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Canning, Eat Well Guide, Economy, Guerrilla Gardening, Fallen Fruit, Grow Your Own Food, Stimulus, Yes We Can, Edible Estates, Wall Street, Takepart, Herbs, Save Money, Detroit, Healthy Eating, Farming, Vegetarian, Victory Gardens, Csas, Organic, Food, Gardening, Green News
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Tear up your front lawn and plant a garden. In the long-term, it will be a lot cheaper than shopping at the supermarket. And you can share your harvest with your community.

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Sustainable Valentine's Day

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegan Condoms, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Local Businesses, St. Valentine, Sustainable Valentine's Day, Victoria's Secret, Economy, February 14th, Eatwell Guide, Valentine's Day Ideas, Recycled Paper, Crayola Crayons, Amazon, Hallmark, France, Organic Lubricant, Local Produce, Birth Control, Organic Chocolate, Takepart, Organic Lingerie, Safe Sex, Valentine's Day, Organic Champage, Champage, Fair-Trade Chocolate, Shakespeare, International Quirky Alone Day, Green News
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Whatever your take is on February 14th, it's an opportunity to actually not spend much money (and who has any left to spend in this economy?) and make it a sustainable day.

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