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With Thanksgiving fast approaching and farmers’ markets around the country virtually overflowing with fresh, tasty food, we at Eat Well have teamed up with the Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, to challenge people around the country to search the Eat Well Guide for a local farm or market and find and cook [...]

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This post was written by Pooja Mottl.
Food is getting some tech-savvy street cred as Wired magazine puts “The Future of Food” front and center in its November 2008 issue.
The magazine dishes about why the chemical age of agriculture is “running out of juice” at a time when demand for food continues to soar and output [...]

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The feature-length film is screening in LA this Friday, November 14, so if you’re in the area, go check it out at the Aranti Japan America Theater at 9pm. There will be a question and answer session with the filmmaker and guests following the film.

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This Healthy Monday tip was written by Pooja Mottl.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Eat Less Meat!
Surprise! Eating a bit less meat can lengthen our individual lives as well as the lifespan of our planet. This is the message coming from two recent Nobel Prize winners and a slew of grassroots and non-profit organizations. In an op-ed [...]

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When the economy started looking really grim a month or so ago, the farmers’ markets also took a hit. The first week was particularly bad; my own sales were down quite a bit, and nearly every farmer I spoke to was in the same boat. Over the intervening weeks things have leveled off some, I [...]

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Writing today from the Baltimore Bioneers conference, where the WHO Farm bus (which I just wrote about yesterday) pulled up this morning — small world! If you’re in Baltimore this weekend, you should swing by (though the bus pulls out tonight). For the rest of you, see if your city is hosting a [...]

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A few months ago, Michael Pollan remarked that the presidential candidates didn’t know it yet, but food would be an issue they would have to face, and soon. Today, we know who the next president will be, and it’s the same man who proved Pollan wrong a few weeks ago when he called farmers [...]

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Congratulations to President-Elect Obama on last night’s historic win. Let’s hope his food policy is as forward thinking as that of Sam Levin, the subject of this latest from Ari LeVaux of Flash in the Pan.
Sam Levin was 13 years old when he wandered into a theater and saw An Inconvenient Truth, a movie he’d [...]

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If, like us, you’ve been caught up in the election, you may have hit the polls already.  Maybe you have election night plans that will find you out on the town.  In any case, don’t get too caught up in the excitement and forget to eat.  If you are out on the town, check the [...]

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This entry was originally posted on Sustainable Table’s Daily Table blog.
Today’s Tip: Stay Healthy!
All I can think about today for the “Eat Healthy Monday” tip is that everyone is sick! Let’s focus on prevention.
Here are a few helpful ideas to prevent colds and flu and stay healthy:
1. Eat healthy. For this to happen sustainably, planning [...]

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