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Nourishing Healthy Children With a Dash of Creativity and Determination

Susan Dell | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Healthy Meals, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Healthy Cooking, Nutrition, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Child Nutrition, Diet, Wellness, Child Obesity, Obesity Prevention, Impact News
Susan Dell

Millions of kids are shortening their life expectancy every day with fast foods, sugar and the lure of video games and TV. I believe there is nothing more important than giving our children the gift of wellness.

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An Apple a Day to Combat Obesity

Laurie M. Tisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Healthy Food, Vegetables, Local Food, Cdc, Childhood Nutrition, Urban Agriculture, Organic Food, Fruits, New-York-City-Food-Trucks, Food Deserts, New York News
Laurie M. Tisch

In New York, a unique private-public partnership is deploying specially-permitted street vendors selling only fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with significant health problems

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Probiotics - Looking Underneath The Yogurt Label

nytimes.com | TARA PARKER | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Probiotics, Yogurt, Nutrition, Health, Living News

When the label tells you the food you are buying "contains probiotics," are you getting health benefits or just marketing hype? Perhaps a bit of both....

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Egg McMuffin Topples Whole Foods Boycott

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Pollan, Whole Foods, John Mackey Whole Foods, Health Care Reform, McDonald's, Boulder Colorado, Whole Grains, Whole Foods Boycott, Whole Foods CEO, Healthy Food, English Muffins, Denver News
Anne Z. Boxer

I am boycotting Whole Foods to remind myself that we each need to make sacrifices to remember what is important. But who knew that an English muffin would require me to temporarily end my boycott?

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Barcode On Your Broccoli: FDA To Approve Laser Labels For Vegetables

Slashfood | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: Healthy Food, FDA Approvals, Health, Vegetables, Fda Approval, Food, Food Safety, Fda, Tag Vegetables, Laser, Technology News

The FDA is expected to approve laser-etching of fruits and vegetables in the next month or so, paving the way for produce "tattooed" with product info...

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New 'Smart Choices' Food Labels Are More Confusing Than Helpful

LiveScience | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Smart Choices, Wellness, Food Labels, Living News

Wouldn't it be nice if foods came with labels to explain how healthy they are? Well, yes, you're right: They do. OK, but wouldn't it be even nicer if ...

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"Here We Grow:" New Film To Be Shown Nationwide At Whole Foods (VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Food, Food, Whole Foods, Video, Here We Grow, Food Sustanability, Food Politics, Green News

From The Daily Camera: Craig King eventually hopes to use the film to take food awareness beyond the walls of natural foods stores and the stalls...

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A Blight On Summer: Where Have All the Tomatoes Gone?

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Pink Lady, Early Girl, Beefsteak, Blight, Brandywine, Cherry Tomato, Guide, Farmers Market, Summer, Recipes, Water, Tomato Blight, Food, Green Zebra, Mortgage Lifter, Tomatoes, Heirloom, Healthy Food, Fresh Vegetables, Vegetables, Yellow-Pear, Living News
Michele Kayal

This weekend I was asked to pass judgment on tomatoes. Which is far better than water because a) they have an actual taste, and b) good tomatoes are so hard to come by.

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Consumer Food Expenditures, Retail, Conventional Food, Personal Responsibility, Family, Cooking, Food, Food Retail, Community, Home Cooking, Business, Innovation, Food Preparation, Triple Bottom Line, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Supermarkets, Food Marketing, Local, Consumers, Real Food, Grocery Prices, Walmart, Unhealthy Food, Food Politics, Cheap Groceries, Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Cargill, General Mills, Food Policy, Family-Meal-Time, Healthy Eating Habits, Grocery Shopping, Family Meals, Unhealthy Eating, Local Food, The-Food-Revolution, Grocery Stores, Green News
Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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A Letter From A Fan

Laura Trice | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq, Food, Healthy Food, Junk Food, Home Cooking, Food Choices, Iraw War, Nutrition, Fresh Food, Iraq Military, Care-Packages, Health Food, Living News
Laura Trice

I recently received a care package that contained your Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bite-lettes. I had never had them before and they are such a welcome treat!

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Science Fails to State the Obvious: Organic is Healthier

Graham Hill | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Organic Farming, Organic Eating, Organic Food, Alan Dangour, Organic, Food-Standards-Agency-Uk, Green News
Graham Hill

Scientific research is of course important. But let's not let it blindside us from the glaringly obvious fact that eating and buying organic is healthier in many common-sense ways.

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Real Progress, 30 Years in the Making

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthy Food, Michael Nutter, Produce, Adolfo Carrion, Tom Vilsack, Supermarkets, Obama, Philadelphia, Policylink, Urban Affairs, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

For the first time, I can see that the fight for equitable food access is winnable.

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That's Right Folks, Lunchables are Going Green.

Abby Caran | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Food, Kraft, Sustainable Food, The Green Revolution, Luncheables, Disposable, Going Green, Sustainability, Green News
Abby Caran

While the world seems to have embraced certain green ideals, it is still clinging hard to the idea of convenience above all else, and to disposability.

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The 12 Healthiest Foods On Earth

Forbes | Posted 08.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Diets, Berries, Food, Fruit, Health Food, Living News

What is the best diet for human beings? Vegetarian? Vegan? High-protein? Low-fat? Dairy-Free?...

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Fat Can Be Good For You

odemagazine.com | Ursula Sautter and Janet Paskin | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Butter, Fat, Food, Eating, Weight Loss, Diet, Living News

Jenny Matthau stands in front of hundreds of students at the Natural Gourmet School and speaks heresy. The New York City culinary program specializes ...

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Rooftop Vegetable Gardens Are Sprouting Up Across America

nytimes.com | Marian Burros | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Organic Farming, Farming, New York, Local Food, Organic Food, Organic Garden, Urban Gardening, Food, Gardening, Vegetable Garden, Living News

THIS summer, Tony Tomelden hopes to be making bloody marys at the Pug in Washington, D.C., with tomatoes and chilies grown above the bar, thanks to th...

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Why Ridicule Risotto?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Food, Soup Kitchens, Miriam's Kitchen, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Obama, Healthy Eating, Conservatives Healthy Food, Michelle Obama Soup Kitchen, Liberals Healthy Food, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Michelle Obama made headlines by using those famous arms to sling some mushroom risotto at a soup kitchen. Why do wingnuts see wholesome foods as part of a vast left wing conspiracy?

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Fun Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat Right

oprah.com | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Parenting, Personal Health, Children's Health, Healthy Foods for Kids, Living News

Many kids are struggling with obesity and others are picky eaters who don't get the nutrition that their growing bodies need. Bob talks with Zonya Foc...

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Peaceful Revolution: Current School Food Standards Don't Make Sense

Margo G. Wootan | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cafeteria Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Food, Congress, School Nutrition Standards, National PTA, Vending Machines in Schools, School Lunches, Parenting, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, Parenting and Food, Childhood Obesity, United States Department of Agriculture, Junk Food, Junk Food Ban, American Medical Association, Usda, National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, Politics News
Margo G. Wootan

Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents, and that increase has been linked to soda intake and the sale of junk food in schools.

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Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Slideshow, Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes, Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes, Thanksgiving Tips, Food, Living News

It's almost that time of year again! And while Nora Ephron is back with the 2nd Annual Huffington Post "Tell Us What You're Cooking For Thanksgiving ...

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A Beginner's Guide to City Chickens

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 10.25.2008 | Style

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Chickens, Organic Food, Going Green, Green, Food, Green Living, Livestock Ordinances, Chicken Coop, Backyard Chickens, Omega Acids, Raising Chickens, Cage Free Eggs, Style News
Jenna Woginrich

Tired of paying five bucks for cage-free eggs? Want an organic source of protein right in your own backyard? Well, a lot of folks feel the same way: their answer's a backyard flock of chickens.

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The 10 Best Foods You Aren't Eating

Men's Health | Jonny Bowden, PHD | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Antioxidant Foods, Healthy Foods, Best Foods to Eat, Living News

Although some guys aren't opposed to smoking some weed, most wouldn't think of eating one. It's a shame, really, since a succulent weed named pursla...

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How To Trick Your Body Into Eating Less

Time | Dr. Sanjay Gupta, M.D. | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Food, Diet Tips, Calorie Content, Eating Less, Healthy Eating, How to Eat Less, Living News

"Taste has always been the No. 1 factor when deciding what to eat," says Ruth Frechman, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietet...

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