Food bars are easy to grab on the go. Or for when you know you are traveling for long periods and don't have access to proper foods, such as in an airport.
Maria Rodale | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
Those of us who can afford to change need to help those who can't. There is really only one thing that matters; one thing that can truly change the world... Grow, buy, eat, and serve organic food.
Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...
Posted 08.10.2009 | Green
In case you haven't gotten enough behind-the-scenes industrial food production footage from Food, Inc., we've got a video for you. Highlights include ...
Grist | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green
Among all the responses to the new data showing we're getting sicker and fatter, I was most struck by Kerry Trueman's comment at Civil Eats that what ...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
Should we buy food with health claims on the label? These days, we are seeing more and more health claims that go beyond the usual. These include "tr...
BBC NEWS | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living
New research suggests diabetes is becoming a global problem, with more than 60% of all cases likely to occur in Asia. A study in the Journal of the...
Kim Evans | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living
Many people aren't familiar with raw foods or why they are important. Raw foods are simply foods from the earth that haven't been processed or heated above 118 degrees.
Dana Joy Altman | Posted 10.04.2009 | Style
If you have some of these basics in your larder, then at the very least you know you can have a good nosh or throw together a quick meal; you know your satisfaction's guaranteed.
Dana Joy Altman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago
Eating well is a life skill. It's about learning to trust ourselves, getting back in touch with our instincts and returning to those things that nourish us and give us pleasure. Remember pleasure?
Steve Ettlinger | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green
Let's take inspiration from the public's interest in the food details on the inaugural web page and the hoopla around the new gardens and build on the momentum. Food policy is a change we can believe in.
Lenore Skenazy | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living
The truth is: A kid can eat a standard-issue hot dog without it throwing his whole life off balance. An unwashed grape is not a crime against humanity.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green
No, Gillibrand and Aubertine aren't lobbying for the Corn Refiners Association -- they are pushing for local food.
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
Shopping smart can help you not only preserve your health, but what's left of your wealth.
Anne Dunev | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living
At a holiday party a friend told me he's now working three times harder for half the pay. Welcome to 2009. People need affordable health insurance. But more desperately, they need good health.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green
Coupons were not created with the interest of consumers in mind. They are a marketing tactic from consumer packaged goods manufacturers to push their highly processed foods.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green
The majority of households spend between a fourth and a third of their grocery budget on junk, and empty calories. That's a lot of money that could be used on other more nutritious groceries.
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green
WASHINGTON — It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contai...
Stefan Aschan | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living