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If you aren’t yet hip to the Eat the View campaign, you should be. A non-partisan attempt to get the next president (whoever they shall be) to install an edible landscape on the White House lawn (not to be confused with the WHO Farm, another similar, also wonderful, campaign), Eat the View enjoyed a [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday Tip: Be an egg-head and know your labels.
This Healthy Monday post was written by Pooja Mottl.

Labels. They are truly becoming ubiquitous in the food industry. On even a quick run to your local grocery, you can’t pass an aisle without reading words like: “all natural”, “nitrate-free” or “gluten-free”. According to a [...]

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Taking TIME to task Anna Lappe wrote back in response to TIME magazine’s Sept. 15 biotech-promoting, post-Slow Food Nation article. Check out the fierce letter she sent as well as the de-fanged version that got printed at Anna’s Bite blog.
What’s a little rocket fuel in the fountain? Flying in the face of some [...]

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Here’s another one from Pooja Mottl, our newest guest blogger, who was lucky enough to get over to Europe a few weeks ago. Enjoy!
During a recent visit to Europe, my taste buds couldn’t help but take note of some fantastic organic produce and meats while my eyes couldn’t believe how many listings of “free-range” [...]

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Among the strikingly, plump and colorful heirloom varieties of tomato at the farmers’ market, you may have also spotted a petite husked relative, the tomatillo, or husk tomato. At first glance, this smaller cousin resembles a little paper lantern, but peel away that outer husk to reveal a shiny, firm, slightly sticky, brilliant green fruit. [...]

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This week our friend and consultant Mark Andrew Gravel, of the Good Farm Movement, posted a compelling interview with Will Allen. Allen is the founder and director of Growing Power, a nonprofit based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that works to provide solutions to food access issues. Their two acre farm provides members of the community with [...]

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We are proud to announce the launch of our brand new local food guides feature! With just the click of a button you can download a PDF booklet for the city, state, or region of your choice. Our local food guides also work seamlessly with the Apple iPhone.
We are especially thrilled to feature exciting regional [...]

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This entry was originally posted at Sustainable Table’s Daily Table blog.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Get excited about fall produce!
It’s that time of year, new vegetables are coming into season - turnips, sweet potatoes, pumpkin and more. I’ve started to see pumpkins in the markets already, and friends are talking about heading out to a pumpkin [...]

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GE animals on their way to a plate near you The FDA has proposed an approval process that would treat GE animals like drugs, making way for super salmon and BSE-resistant cows, with less-than-transparent labeling rules.  Note to FDA: grass-fed pork is already higher in Omega 3s — no splicing necessary!
Bottled water firms team up, [...]

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Autumn was palpable at the fourth annual Green Brooklyn…Green City event yesterday afternoon. Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket provided a perfect backdrop for the gathering where excitement for the change of seasons was evident as folks lined up to get their last taste of sweet corn and peaches and took notice of the newcomers- apples and [...]

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