Food News
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Where is your milk from?
If you're like us, you feel better knowing where your food comes from. Did you know that you can trace the origin of your milk from a code on the carton? More than likely, there's… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (10 days ago) 0 comments -
Feature How to foster green biodiversity
In 1894 John Muir wrote: "When California was wild, it was one sweet bee-garden throughout its entire length, north and south, and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (13 days ago) 0 comments -
Gleaning urban produce for the hungry
We've talked recently about companies who dump surplus stock with no thought to the social and environmental consequences. Now, here's the flip side: teams that glean unused fruit… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (15 days ago) 1 comment- Definitions
- Recycling, Whole foods
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Feature How to green your pocket garden
If a small plot is your plight, fear not for, it's pocket gardening to the rescue! Taking a lesson from good old mother nature, who can send up a shoot of something green through… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (16 days ago) 0 comments -
Rising temperatures will rocket the price of coffee
I daresay that climate change naysayers will be forced to sit up and take notice when the price of their beloved java rises through the ceiling, roof and beyond. Eventually we all… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (17 days ago) 2 comments- Definitions
- Global
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Jamie Oliver bites off unhealthy school lunches
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's new TV series, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, doesn't debut until March 26, but the healthy food advocate is already mixing it up with first graders… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (18 days ago) 0 comments- People
- Jamie Oliver
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- Organic, Whole foods
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Japan to ignore U.N. tuna fishing ban
An international ban on bluefin tuna trade? An inconvenience to be ignored, says Japan. Japanese fishing negotiator Masanori Miyahara told The New York Times this week that Japan… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (24 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Endangered species impact, Endangered Species Act, Marine conservation
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Heat up your valentine from the inside out
If chocolates, champagne, lingerie and a romantic dinner sound like a tired Valentine's Day fall-back, heat things up this weekend with something a little spicier: hot chiles.… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (35 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Sustainable, Organic, Fair trade
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Top three toxic products to stop buying now
As much as we love suggesting sustainable stuff to buy—recycled candles, green iPhone apps, Omega-3 supplements—we get even more of a charge from suggesting things not… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (36 days ago) 2 comments -
iPhone app targets mystery food additives
For all the struggle consumers go through to get accurate, complete nutritional product labeling, sometimes detailed labels still leave us in the dark. Who can make heads or tails… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (38 days ago) 0 comments- Companies
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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- Additives, Whole foods, Food, Artificial sweeteners, Artificial colors
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