Tag: food
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June 12, 2009 10:39 AM EDT --
By Paul McRandle
With Fast Food Nation , Eric Schlosser introduced us to the unsettling fact that our hamburgers are composed of the meat from hundreds of cows and with The Omnivore’s . . .
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November 24, 2009 08:25 PM EST --
Peter Hoffman is the chef owner of New York restaurants Savoy and Back Forty, which "work with a simple premise—to create delicious and memorable meals by sourcing the very best seasonal . . .
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May 15, 2009 11:26 AM EDT --
This week, NRDC presented a Growing Green award to Will Allen, Founder and CEO of the Growing Power National Training and Community Food Center in Milwaukee. Feeding an estimated 10,000 people . . .
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June 22, 2009 01:44 PM EDT --
By Wendy Gordon
“Once you’ve tried fresh tomatoes, you’ll never go back,” Bing Wright tells me. A neighbor in the Catskill Mountains, where frost in May and September . . .
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June 23, 2009 02:56 PM EDT --
By Paul McRandle
When I decided to join the 21st century and picked up a new iPhone, the lure of the iApp topped my list of reasons (if not excuses) to make the purchase. And among the heap . . .
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June 29, 2009 11:26 AM EDT --
About 76 to 80 million cases of foodborne illnesses occur in the US annually, most as a result of eating contaminated meat. But this summer, there’s no need to char your burgers into briquettes . . .
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July 16, 2009 11:53 AM EDT --
By Wendy Gordon
There is a debate brewing around the integrity of the term "organic." Much of the controversy is focused on the 5 percent of a USDA-certified organic product that can consist of . . .
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November 09, 2009 10:45 AM EST --
By Wendy Gordon
My good friends in the Catskill Mountains look forward to turkey hunting season. They shoot only what they can eat and make many delicious meals from one bird. . . .
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May 17, 2009 09:06 PM EDT --
By Paul McRandle
Your health and safety are in your own hands—it’s a truism, but one that some in the packaged food industry are too ready to promote. According to The New York Times , . . .
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May 19, 2009 10:47 AM EDT --
By Paul McRandle
In 1995, Michael Rozyne, a Growing Green Award nominee, founded the nonprofit Red Tomato to distribute fruits and vegetables from . . .
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March 04, 2008 12:20 PM EST --
You might have to spend an extra buck or two to buy organic fruits and vegetables. Is it really worth the extra cost? Science suggests that it could be, especially when you consider what you're NOT . . .
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May 19, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
The old saying "You are what you eat" also applies to the animals we consume. That's not great news for conventional chickens or the people who eat them. Your average chicken feed contains . . .
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June 19, 2008 01:23 PM EDT --
After consumers started avoiding polycarbonate plastic bottles because the plastic leaches a hormone-disrupting chemical, Bisphenol A (BPA), manufacturers are switching to other types of plastic. . . .
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