Sustainable Dish

The first installation of Alice Waters Edible Schoolyards program will be hitting the East Coast soon. The NYTimes reports a price tag of $1.6 million making it an easily replicable project for cash-strapped New York schools.

New York City: Home of Wall Street, the Yankees, townhouses and haute cuisine. Also home to 3.3 million people struggling to put food on the table. The Economist reports on The Big Apple’s battle with hunger.

In a different city far across the country, an uplifting story about Latino families planting urban gardens in otherwise desolate neighborhoods. Not only do these gardens bring healthy food to the underserved, but monetary savings and a sense of accomplishment. Read the story at the New York Times.

Back in my day, a snack meant a banana or celery after school, not a 100 calorie snack pack for every 40 minute period. No wonder American children are among the most obese in the world, it’s constant grazing. Read it in the Times.

“FDA on BPA: Our Hands Are Tied”, reports Grist. Well, at least they’ve admitted it’s bad for you. Unfortunately, the FDA isn’t planning to do much about it.

<Sigh> I feel like I write this every other “dish”. Another massive meat recall has hit California; they don’t seem to be learning from past mistakes. NYTimes reports.