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The internet is a-buzz with the recently released Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report, which revealed that the food industry spent $1.6 billion on advertising to children and teens in 2006. US Food Policy’s Parke Wilde came out heavy on Tuesday, when the study was released, and the Ethicurean’s Mark R. is sick about it. [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Terminate your trans fat intake.
Last Friday, just days after the Los Angeles city council issued a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in low-income areas, Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation banning trans fats from restaurants and baked goods (effective in 2010 and 2011, respectively) and California became the first state in [...]

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So long, carbofuran! In what the Washington Post is calling a “surprise move,” the EPA has banned all food (both domestic and imported) with residue of carbofuran, one of the most widely used pesticides in the world. The agency says it’s doing it for the toddlers, but this has major implications for bird and [...]

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This post is by Megan Hubel, an Eat Well Guide intern, who is a social policy major from Northwestern and loves spending time with kids in the kitchen. She is looking forward to finding out what Danes are packing into their lunchboxes, while studying human migration in Copenhagen this fall.
Reheated pizza. Soggy French fries. Gelatinous [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Learn what grows seasonally in your area!
Eating seasonally is good for your body, mind and wallet. Body: indulging in foods at the peak of their freshness means they are also at their tastiest and most nutritious. Check out 10 Reasons to Eat Local Food. Mind: Do the socially conscious thing by [...]

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Farm Aid heads to Beantown This year’s Farm Aid concert will be held in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Sept. 20.  They’ve yet to announce the expanded lineup, but as always, the fab four (Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews) will be there.  Thanks for the heads up, Greenhorns!
How sweet is that (really)? Cargill [...]

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Eat Well regularly features a ‘Local Spotlight’ on our website, where we highlight the work of groups and individuals who are plowing new ground in the sustainable food movement. Presently, our attention is on Mike and Elsa Betit, farmers and owners of Tamarack Hollow Farm in South Wheelock, Vermont. Interview by: Eat Well interns Rebecca [...]

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Just as we expected, the recent New Amsterdam Market was a another huge success, one that saw thousands jostling, sampling, smiling, asking questions, and buying good food from good-natured farmers, foragers, cheesemongers and even — it was true — popsicle vendors. A brief downpour did little to dampen the mood. Our friend Severine was [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Speak up!
One of the best ways to see more local sustainable food in your community is to encourage grocers, chefs, and others to source it.
I was in a local grocery store last week on a search for organic turkey. One of the employees saw me scouring the meats section [...]

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Third farmworker death in eight weeks Abdon Felix Garcia, a 42-year-old father of three, died of heatstroke this week after loading boxes of grapes in heat that reached 108 degrees. Garcia is the third farmworker to die of heat-related health complications in the past 8 weeks. Cal-OSHA is investigating, and United Farm Workers [...]

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