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Pushing Produce into Urban Food Deserts

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Local

Read More: Simplesteps, Fruit, Vegetables, Supermarkets, Underserved Neighborhoods, Diabetes, Obesity, Whole Grains, Lowfat, Nutritional Foods, Smartercities, Food Deserts, Local News
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.

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Upside-Down Gardening

Planet Green | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Soil, Earthbox, City Life, Vegetables, Green, Garden, Gardening, Pots, Envirnoment, City Living, Green News

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

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STUDY: Eating More Fruits And Veggies Can Increase Mens' Sperm Counts

Rodale News | Emily Main | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Vegetarian, Fruit, Health, Vegan, Vegetables, Reproductive Health, Men's Health, Diet, Sperm, Living News

Real men eat lettuce, or at least they should. Lettuce and other types of high-antioxidant fruits and vegetables have been found to improve sperm qual...

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A Recipe For Longevity: 33 Of The Healthiest Foods On Earth

David H. Murdock | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Vegetarian, Fruit, Personal Health, Nutrition, Vegetables, Fitness, Food, Diet, Wellness, Aging, Longevity, Dole, Table, Aging Well, Dole Nutrition Institute, Healthiest Foods on Earth, Healthiest Foods, How Much for Longevity, Living News
David H. Murdock

Is it possible to live to 125 or maybe 150? It's certainly a possibility! My secret: large quantities of fruit and vegetables, plus an hour of daily exercise.

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Spring Healthy Eating

Donna Fish | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Springtime Healthy Eating, Tweens, Models, Teens, Vegetarian, Veggies, Vegetables, Living News
Donna Fish

Here we are the sun is out and we are finally getting to shed our layers! Yeah! Here are some tips to feel fabulous and enjoy the beautiful warmer weather while eating sensibly and feeling good.

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Sacred Bull

Tom Christopher | Posted 05.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Cows, Sustainable Food, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, Agriculture, Ontario, Vegetables, Green News
Tom Christopher

Transport in bulk by rail or ship is more energy efficient than moving foods in small quantities from farm to market by truck.

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Send Us Photos Of Your Kitchen Gardens!

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, White House Kitchen Garden, Giy, Vegetables, Victory Gardens, Food, Kitchen Gardens, Green Living, Green News

'Tis the season! Whether you signed up for free kitchen garden seeds on Earth Day or whether you've been working on your plants indoors to transplant ...

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Real Food Rehab: Cooking and Eating With the Seasons

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Healthy Eating, Real Food, Cooking, Vegetables, Seasonal Food, Food Blogs, Eating Matters, Food, Chicago News
Dana Joy Altman

Each fruit or vegetable has its own season and taking advantage of locally grown foods at their peak of flavor is, dare I say, the most life-giving gift you can give yourself.

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Beauty and the Vegetable

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbie, Beauty, European-Union, Beauty Pageants, West Virginia, Vegetables, European Commission, Living News
Christopher Brauchli

West Virginia is concerned with beauty and the European Union is concerned with ugly.

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Operation Salad: Take 1

Johanna Smith | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Vegetable Garden, Organic Farming, Food Matters, Gardening, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Vegetables, Green News
Johanna Smith

So now my seeds are all set up on windowsills around my apartment. Nothing much seems to have happened yet. I spritz them daily and hope that something green transpires shortly.

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Obama Garden Watch: 10 Vegetables Worth A Fist Bump

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living

Read More: White House Garden Layout, Gardening Tips, Personal Health, White House Garden, Health, Michelle Obama Garden, Vegetables, Vegetables in White House Garden, Obama Garden, Patricia Fitzgerald, Wellness, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

"Hope won" took on new meaning for me when I found out that Michelle Obama was planning a 1,100 square-foot kitchen garden on the south grounds of the...

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Three Weeks to Thinner Thighs: Exercise Optional!

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Skinny, Losing Weight, Lifestyle, Diet Tips, Pounds, Weight Loss Tips, Weight, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Detox, Sugar, Weight Control, Skin, Dieting, Water, Vegetables, How to Sleep Better, Weight Loss, Bottled Water, Sleep, Low Carb Diet, Carbs, No Carb, Fish, Lo-Carb, Protein, Low-Carb-Diet, Food, Carbohydrates, Meat, Living News
Anne Dunev

Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.

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Victory Gardens Around The Country (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Seed Sales, Gardening, Home Gardening, Vegetables, Victory Gardens, Gardens, Living News

CNN's "Your Bottom Line" did a segment Saturday on the dramatic rise in seed sales this spring as more people turn to home gardening. Watch the video ...

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Vegetable Gardening: Two Books Make It Easy To Grow Your Own

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Vegetables, Square Foot Gardening, Gardening, Green News
Jesse Kornbluth

If the Obamas can tear up a patch of the White House lawn for a vegetable garden --- and my bet is: they will --- then you can probably have one too.

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Tip #6 for Our 44th President: Listen to Your Mother-In-Law

Emily Main | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Saving, Barack Obama, Organic Gardens, First Ladies, Energy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Abigail Adams, Green Living, Laura Bush, 60 Minutes, Vegetables, Lou Hoover, Food, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Gardening, Parents, Green News
Emily Main

In honor of these wise women, we've compiled a list of some of the nation's former First Ladies (and grandmothers and mothers-in-law) and their contributions to a better planet.

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In the Green at the Grocery

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Processed Food, Fruits, Dairy, Vegetables, Store Brands, Green, Generic, Grocery, Organic, Meat, Green News
Roseanne Colletti

Shopping smart can help you not only preserve your health, but what's left of your wealth.

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Want Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies? Tell Them to Eat Their Barack-O-lli and It Just Might Work!

Donna Fish | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Picky Eaters, President's Popularity, Childhood Nutrition, Barack Obama, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Youth Vote, Parenting Tips, Children, Parenting, Healthy Eating Habits, Kids and Healthy Eating, Mothers, New York City, Obama Youth Voters, Vitamins, Fruit, Obama Youth Vote, Kids, Vegetables, Food, Minerals, Moms, Parenting Advice, Living News
Donna Fish

Console yourself that you're amongst the millions of other parents who can't get their kids to eat vegetables. I haven't heard of one case of scurvy reported lately, have you?

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Becoming the Essential Green You! A Resolution To Live By

Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Vegetables, Living News, Pregnancy, Healthy Eating, Food, Red Meat and Cancer, Health, Green, Grocery Shopping, Organic Food, Healthy Eating Habits, Diet, Fruit, Meat, Vegetarian, Green Living, Mercury, Whole Grains, Vegetarianism, Organic, Going Green, Diets, Obesity, Dieting, Living News
Deirdre Imus

In the past, the presumption was that if it's on the store shelves, it must be safe. But in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Need proof? Cigarettes are sold everywhere.

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Eat for Simplicity

Natalia Rose | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Vegetarian, Lifestyle, Health, Vegetables, Vegan, Raw Food, Diet, Detox, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Food, Living News
Natalia Rose

Whether you are a beginner or a lifelong raw devotee, if you're not seeing the benefits that the raw world promises, it is time to practice the beauty of simplicity.

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Running To Catch Up: Health in Our Times

Anne Dunev | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Donuts, Processed Food, Healthy Eating, Constantin Fahlberg, Chips, Soil, Cancer Prevention, Heart Disease Prevention, Lower Cholesterol, Cheap Food, Whole Grains, Genetic Modification, Fruits, Super Foods, Calories, Health, Nutrition, Diet Soda, Vegetables, Whole Food, Superfoods, Minerals, Saccharin, Food Industry, Living News
Anne Dunev

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.

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On the Absurdity of Turning Vegetables

Sophie Brickman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Potatoes, Turnips, Cutting Vegetables, Cooking, Jacques Pepin, Vegetables, Food, Culinary School, Waverly Root, Chefs, Escoffier, Careme, Culinary Technique, Turning Vegetables, Tourne De Legumes, Brillat-Savarin, Style News
Sophie Brickman

The real purpose of teaching how to turn vegetables is to put culinary students through hell.

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40,000 Pick Free Vegetables At Colorado Farm

AP | Posted 12.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Gleaning, Farming, Food Matters, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Economic Crisis, Green News, Agriculture, Vegetables, Environment, Colorado, Harvesting, Food, Green News

A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up free vegetables left over after the harvest -- 40,000 ...

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The Tomato, the Banker, and the Alderman

Flora Lazar | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Leon Despres, Vegetables, Farmers Markets, Food, Gardening, Hyde Park, Ron Grzywinski, Tomatoes, Community Development, Shorebank, Socially Responsible Investing, Urban Gardening, Leaon Despres Tomato, Hyde Park Gardening, Despres Tomato, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

The Despres Tomato's characteristic thin skin and fragility are probably not a reflection of the 100-year-old alderman who was known throughout his career for his tenacity.

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Eating Local or Not: It Depends

Graham Hill | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Local Produce, Organic Farming, Farming, Local Food, Organic Food, Grocery Stores, Vegetables, Food, Eating Locally, Life Cycle, Local Farmers, Green News
Graham Hill

The burning question: local vs. imported. When we want to make the best food decision what should we choose?

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