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Michelle Obama: "A Drumbeat Of Small Changes" To Better Eating

David Becker | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Farmer's Markets, White House Chef, Michelle Obama, Obama White House Chef, Nutrition, Child Nutrition Act, Food, Thanksgiving, Living News
David Becker

Go to farmers' markets and farm stands, or buy a share in a CSA. Buy a whole cow. Keep it in your freezer. Share it with your neighbor. You'll put money directly in the pocket of a farmer rather than a host of middlemen.

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Good Nutrition Starts at School

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Children's Nutrition, One-Tray, Child Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Only 2% of children get enough fruits and vegetables to meet the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid serving recommendations. An entire generation is missing out on the pleasures of home-cooked meals made with freshly harvested foods.

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Getting Serious About School Lunch: Eat-Ins Sweep The Nation This Labor Day

Kurt Friese | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slow Food Usa, Eat-Ins, Healthy Food in Schools, Time-for-Lunch-Campaign, Time for Lunch, Child Nutrition Act, Green News
Kurt Friese

Think of an Eat-In as the marriage of the traditional picnic to the classic activism of the 1960's Sit-Ins; this is old-fashioned activism with a hot dish to share.

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Heart of Chicago Comes Through for Eat-In

Lynn Peemoeller | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Chicago Picasso, Chicago Green Restaurants, Daley Plaza, Logal Square Neighborhood Association, Child Nutrition Act, Child Nutrition, Chicago Daley Plaza, Slow Food Chapter, Green News
Lynn Peemoeller

The Slow Food USA 'Time for Lunch' Campaign is proving that people all over the country are passionate and dedicated to making a difference in our food system through civic engagement.

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Feeding Kids (Real) Food

Wesley Epplin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lynn Peemoeller, Slow Food, School Food FOCUS, School Lunch Talk, Time for Lunch, Child Nutrition Act, Mary Ellen Caron, Eat-In, Slow Food Usa, Slow Food Chicago, Farm to School, Daley Plaza, Josh Viertel, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Giving our kids healthy fresh foods at school stands to set an example of how to form lasting eating habits that can truly have a positive impact on their health.

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Meatless Monday: Reforming School Lunches

Ellen Kanner | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Slow Food Usa, Child Nutrition Act, Alice Waters, Dr. Arthur Agatston, South Beach Diet, Time for Lunch, Food Politics, Food, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Remember school lunch? Mystery meatloaf? Slimy spaghetti? Vegetables so gray and overcooked it was impossible to imagine they started life fresh? ...

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It's Time to Change School Lunch

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slow Food Usa, National School Lunch Program, Michelle Obama, Local Food, White House Garden, Child-Nutrition-Act, President Obama, Eat-In, Politics News
Jerusha Klemperer

The National School Lunch Program provides a meal to 30 million children every school day. Right now it is a sad mirror of the broken food system outside the school walls.

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Hey Mr. President, Food Can Be Your Down Payment on Health Care Reform, Remember?

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Soft Drinks, Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Food Inc., Food, Child Nutrition Act, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Health Care, Senator Tom Harkin, Barack Obama, Agricultural Subsidies, Green News
Jerusha Klemperer

Obama has been all over the place this past week putting forth his health care plan and I haven't heard one word about how food could save this country tons of money, while saving lives.

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