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Posted May 18, 2012
The most important factor to look at when buying milk is the pasteurization process. Read more.
Posted May 18, 2012
Plants that work together to help one another grow; plants that repel insects for organic pest management; and plants that repel other plants for natural herbicide control are of great value to both small backyard gardeners and commercial growers. Read more.
Posted May 18, 2012
Beyond Meat, a new company based in Maryland, has come up with an alternative to chicken meat that it claims is a dead ringer for the real thing. And unlike other meat alternatives on the market, this one aims to be cheap as well as tasty. Read more.
Posted May 18, 2012
According to a new study from some economists at the USDA, eating a healthy diet isn’t necessarily more expensive than a diet loaded with sugar and fat. In fact, fruits and vegetables are often cheaper when you calculate the cost in a smarter way. Read more.
Posted May 17th, 2012.
Iowa Meskwaki tribe member Jerry Young Bear is trying to preserve the genetic purity of his tribe’s corn, which holds a sacred place in Meskwaki culture. The corn is threatened by cross-pollination from genetically modified corn, which now dominates US agriculture. Read more.
Posted May 17th, 2012.
The pink slime perfect storm was one of those rare and wonderful events where consumers were able to hear the truth before the big money industry spin machine could control the message. However, we won’t see a food reform perfect storm again, any time soon, unless we learn to create our own. Read more.
Posted May 17th, 2012.
The USDA reports spending at farmers markets under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has jumped by 400 percent since 2008 — and that’s with less than a quarter of the country’s 7,000 markets participating in the program. Read more.
Posted May 17th, 2012.
In a statement by Elizabeth Edgerly, Ph.D., the chief program officer for the Alzheimer’s Association, coconut oil was disregarded as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. However, several successful case studies warrant the need for larger scale studies to verify its therapeutic and potentially life saving role in the disease. Read more.
Posted May 16, 2012
Four documentaries give insight, not only into how our food reaches the grocery store, but also to how our society has changed as a whole with centralized and industrialized food systems. Read more.
Posted May 14, 2012
According to several different surveys and sources in North America and Western Europe, the following ten foods are generally considered to be the most healthy. Read more.