Vegetables

The Changing Face Of Vegetarianism

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Vegetarianism used to be simple - its protagonists foreswore the flesh of any dead animal. Today there are "veggies" who eat fish, and people who eat ...

Depression Linked To Processed Foods

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests....

An Apple a Day to Combat Obesity

Laurie M. Tisch | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


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

Ode to Local Farms and Pablo Neruda

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver


Anne Z. Boxer

We bought a community supported agriculture share early in the spring. We are now more committed to eating locally and more understanding of how difficult that will be even in the nirvana of Boulder.

Michelle Obama On Sesame Street: Healthy Eating And Living For Kids

Posted 09.30.2009 | Impact


The news broke yesterday that Michelle Obama would appear on the first episode of the 40th season of Sesame Street on November 10. She'll be talking a...

Nutrition: 9 In 10 High Schoolers Short On Fruits, Veggies

usatoday.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...

How To Can And Preserve For Winter (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green


Farm-fresh fruits and veggies make the summer scrumptious. So keep the summer flavors coming all winter with these delicious canning videos. Make sure...

Acne May Be Helped By Changes In Diet

wellness.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Researchers in Norway have made associations between acne, high intake of chocolate and chips and low intake of vegetables....

Michelle Obama Shops At White House Farmers Market, Talks Healthy Eating

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farm...

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

Slashfood | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology


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...

Farmers Market Near White House Is Approved

New York Times | Rachel Swarns | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green


With a little help from the White House, a nonprofit group won approval on Thursday to set up an open-air farmers market near the Executive Mansion, a...

5 Habits Of Healthy People You Can Have Too

Tara Stiles | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

We all want the secrets to health and vitality. We can buy bottles, creams, and whatever else is advertised to us, but ultimately anything sustainabl...

Reselling Things That Already Exist

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

For a hot minute, I couldn't decide if this strategy is the dumbest thing since "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" or if it's pure genius. I was stuck with an uncomfortable in-between feeling.

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

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


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.

Half Of All Fruit And Vegetables Bought In UK Is Contaminated

The Sunday Herald | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green


ALMOST HALF of the fresh fruit and veg sold across the UK is contaminated with toxic pesticides, according to the latest scientific surveys for the go...

The Truck Farm: The Coolest Urban Agriculture Project Around (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green


Struck with the urge to build a garden but with no land to grow it on, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis (co-creators of the film King Corn) of Wicked Delica...

Growing Pains

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living


Jerry Zezima

We have had several delicious meals featuring string beans, jalapenos and parsley, and there will be plenty more when the tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers and cauliflowers are ready to eat.

For A Garden's Bad Hair Days, The Art of Distraction

Suzy Bales | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green


Suzy Bales

What's a gardener to do when caught with his or her petals down?

Your Favorite Farmers Markets: HuffPost Readers' Picks (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green


HuffPost Green asked you to send in pictures of your favorite farmers markets from around the country and we've been overwhelmed by the response. Here...

Orthorexia: How Healthy Is Too Healthy?

Orthorexia | Melissa Feinberg | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living


Since writing about Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food", I have been thinking about a point he explores in his book and I only touched on in my last...

NY Food: How Hard Is It To Get Fruits And Vegetables In The City?

Gotham Gazette/Huffington Post | Courtney Gross | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


Who knew finding an apple would be so difficult in the Big Apple? Less than a quarter of New York City food retailers -- everything from your local...

4 Cancers That A Vegetarian Diet Prevents

thedailygreen.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


Want to avoid blood, bone marrow, bladder and stomach cancer? (Um, yes.) Try a vegetarian diet....

Vegetables Are Your Friends (VIDEO)

guardian.co.uk | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


EU restrictions on the size and shape of 26 types of fruit and vegetables are lifted today, ending the 20-year absence of lumpy melons and suggestivel...

Pushing Produce into Urban Food Deserts

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Local


Wendy Gordon

New York City has approved 1,000 new mobile food carts for neighborhoods in the five boroughs that have long been isolated from traditional supermarkets, grocery stores and farmers' markets.

Upside-Down Gardening

Planet Green | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


The "Earthbox" is a stylish, sustainable way to pot plants in the big, bad city....