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The push to clean up the crappy school lunches that assault the bodies of our kids is on. And thankfully, kids are guiding some of these changes. Check out what the Healthy Schools Campaign is doing: Today, March 2, Christie Vilsack [National Honorary Co-chair of Cooking up Change 2010 and wife of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack] will [...] I’m lovin Michelle Obama’s new initiative to improve the health of our kids:
Yesterday, I had a conversation with a friend about the cutting of music, art and physical education in schools. We started to talk about what we remembered in grades K-12… I remember paper-macheing my face in [...] There’s a new documentary about bananas. Well, more like conspiracy-deadly-fraudulent bananas. Here’s the quick summary: “In the film BANANAS!*, twelve Nicaraguan banana plantation workers are suing Dole for concealing the dangers of a pesticide that they claim made them sterile.” Check out the trailer for the film:
The chemical pesticide used [...] Ugh. I’m so sick of fast food chains creating their own diet plans. Move over Subway diet, get out the way McDiet, Taco Bell’s “Drive-Thru Diet” is here to spout some nonsensical, exaggerated weight loss B.S.:
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good burrito. But, when a company comes out [...] This is a pretty good list of not-so-healthy foods: Canned tomatoes, Corn-fed beef, Microwave popcorn, Conventional potatoes, Farmed salmon, Milk produced with artificial hormones and Conventional apples. Read the full article explaining why these foods have been called out and how you can make healthier choices. Any other foods you think should be added to the [...] I’m supposed to be writing a paper… thankfully, it’s my last for the semester. But instead of being productive, I’m laughing hysterically (and all by myself) to vegetables and other foodstuffs explain the importance of organics while dressed as Star Wars characters. And yes, they definitely have lightsabers.
This is a pretty entertaining article: “The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods.” The article hits spray-can cheese, oreo cookie filling, condensed soup, spam, artificial blueberries and avocado-free guacamole (my personal fave). Do you have any frankenstein foods to add? Twenty-five years ago today, a leak at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India released about 75,000 pounds of Methyl isocyanate (MIC) into the surrounding neighborhoods. The toxic leak killed more than 3,800 people instantly and an estimated 20,000 in the months and years since. Read more about the disaster here. And a more recent [...]
The new chocolate drinks from Caribou Coffee are flavored with all-natural Guittard chocolate– and lots of it. I’m loving the focus on all-natural, but are these drinks really any healthier than the previous ones? Let’s consider the popular mocha: Some milk, espresso, all-natural chocolate… maybe some whip cream… oh, and chocolate pieces sprinkled over the whip… [...] I got a phone call from a good friend the other night… “Ummm, Aimee, I ju- [coughs] just thought you sh- [clears throat, coughs] should know that I have H1N1.” Awesome. (Here are a few of my thoughts on H1N1 if you missed my earlier post.) Six of us were hanging out with our H1N1 buddy the same [...]
Nice job Necco! The oldest multi-line candy company in the U.S. is cleaning up their Necco Wafer recipe. The candies will now be made from natural ingredients. Read more from Slashfood. If you’re buying candy for the trick-or-treaters this year, consider filling your bowl with all natural candies like Necco or for more candy [...] Tune in to PBS next Wednesday, October 28th at 8 PM to watch The Botany of Desire. Here’s a sneak peek:
And be sure to check out the show’s page on PBS, there’s some great info and interactive tools to play with. The show is based on Michael Pollan’s book, The Botany of Desire. [...] I thought this short was particularly funny being that burgers like these are actually sold in restaurants, cafeterias, stadiums and other eating establishments. You may want to walk a few laps after you watch this…
What do you think… Could you have one of these in “moderation,” or does it just cross the line?
Dr. Kenneth Petersen, an assistant administrator with the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, said that the department could mandate testing, but that it needed to consider the impact on companies as well as consumers. “I have to look at the entire industry, not just what is [...]
I‘m not a fan of crazy chemistry in my cuisine. It’s definitely a dietary “don’t” for me. Read some of Michael Pollan’s favorite “Dietary Dos and Don’ts” shared by NYTs readers. Do you have a favorite from Pollan’s list? Or, do you have your own dietary do or don’t? If so, please share by [...] |
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