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    Entries from October 2009

    Miles from Nowhere: Why Does James McWilliams Hate Local Food?

    October 7th, 2009 Posted by 5 Comments

    This blog is from Green Fork editor and Huffington Post blogger, Leslie Hatfield.

    Earlier this week, the NY Times Freakonomics blog ran a guest post by author and historian James McWilliams, in which he attempts to weaken the case that the Times made in August regarding farmers’ markets: namely, that they strengthen communities.
    Before I start boring [...]

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    Meatless Monday: Pack a Healthy Lunch

    October 5th, 2009 Posted by No Comments

    From out friends at Healthy Monday…
    This interview was contributed by Kerry Truman of The Huffington Post.
    Food products created just for kids are a relatively new phenomenon; back in the day, children ate the same foods that grown-ups did, only in smaller quantities.
    In recent decades, however, we’ve witnessed the rise of ‘fun’, kid-centric cuisine–i.e.,those processed foods [...]

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    Genetically Modified Organisms: If This Doesn’t Convince You, Nothing Will

    October 2nd, 2009 Posted by 1 Comment

    I started this series, to help readers make the connection between personal health and sustainable food (read the first two posts here). Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have many perceived health issues and aren’t allowed in organic foods, so they must be problematic, right? Let’s dive in and see.
    To start at the beginning – what are [...]

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    Sustainable Dish

    October 1st, 2009 Posted by No Comments

    At a wine tasting, one sniffs, gargles, spits and comments on the terroir – land on which the grapes were grown and whence comes the flavor. But have you ever gotten a good sniff of the terroir itself? Anne Zimmerman, writing for Culinate, gets up close and personal with some soil, and has an opportunity [...]

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