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Entries from August 2008

Eat Healthy Monday!

August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Get cooking!
There’s no better way to be sustainable in your food life than making use of your own kitchen! Getting your meats, veggies and herbs at a farmers market, your local co-op, or neighborhood health food store and cooking it at home is much healthier than going out to eat, [...]

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The News Feed

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

For Sale: rBGH Food activists are celebrating this week after the announcement that Monsanto will divest Posilac, surely a sign of a stumble before a fall. Food & Water Watch wants your help encouraging more corporations to rid their dairy supplies of rBGH.
Europe says no to clones The European Food Safety Authority refused to [...]

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Dispatch from Piermont: Joan Gussow’s organic garden

August 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A few months ago, the Eat Well Team and I journeyed up to the gorgeous Hudson River Valley. There are so many amazing farms and restaurants in that area (some of which we’ve written about, like Stone Barns and Sisters Hill Farm) that as we planned our trip, it was hard to nail down [...]

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What’s Good? Introducing the Good Farm Movement

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Mark Andrew Gravel recently joined the Eat Well team as a consultant to help reach out to the greater community and cultivate partnerships with the many like minded organizations out there doing great work for good food. Mark is the founder of Bouwerie, a freelance creative group that collaborates with clients active in the good [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday!

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

This entry was originally posted on Sustainable Table’s Daily Table blog.
Today’s tip: Eat in harmony with the summer season.
Eating in line with the season is beneficial for your health and fits perfectly into sustainable living. The bounty of the summer provides exactly what you need to participate.
Summer generously grows a colorful variety of food that [...]

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The News Feed

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Phew! The Ethicurean had some choice words in response to a snarky response to the rumor that Obama had tapped Bush’s former Secretary of Agriculture Ann Venemen, a woman Bonnie P. describes as “like Round-Up for small, sustainable farmers,” to run as his vice president.  Turned out it was just a rumor.
It’s in the water.  [...]

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