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As Kerry Trueman pointed out earlier this week in her post about young farmers (and would-be farmers), there are a lot of them out there, but most lack the funding to realize the dream of contributing to a cleaner, greener, more sustainable food system. While some may be inclined to give up, others get [...]

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In times of soaring food prices and credit crunches we can clip coupons religiously and make supermarket rounds for the best deals, but we can also get creative with our food habits. Author Michael Pollan suggests a revival of the local food system as a means to improve public health, the local economy and community [...]

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Our economic contractions have given birth to a new demographic–the “frugalistas”. The rise of thrifty hipsters who get their thrills from no-frill living marks “a re-emergence of thrift as a value,” according to the New York Times. From secondhand shops to homegrown crops, penny pinching’s taken on a new luster.
Chasing dollars, on the other hand, [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Want antioxidants? Eat fresh, local food!
We’ve been told that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains is best for a healthy body and mind. Part of this recommendation is due to the fact that antioxidants help maintain the balance of free radicals in the body, reducing the risk of [...]

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Calling for change “Progress has plateaued” on the food safety front, according to Robert Taux of the CDC. Salmonella infections in particular are lacking in improvement, but the overall numbers are staggering: 76 million are sickened every year, with 300,000 hospitalized and 5,000 deaths from food poisoning yearly.
Springing leeks Chef Kurt Michael Kriese at [...]

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The national debate over food safety and the right to choose what you eat continues, and as it has been for the last few years, raw milk is right in the thick of it. Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization kills the bacteria in [...]

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So Seinfeld alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus has signed on to flog frozen dinners for processed food giant ConAgra, who’s shelling out an estimated $90-100 million dollars to “re-introduce” its Healthy Choice brand of convenience foods.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Or is there? The new campaign strives for Seinfeld-like irony by showing Louis-Dreyfus waffling about [...]

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In spring, when early produce is available at Baltimore’s 32nd Street/Waverly Farmers Market, I buy enough greens, turnips, onions, and garlic to make my favorite soups, including matzo ball soup. At grocery stores, Passover foods (and aisles of Easter peeps and chocolate bunnies) are featured, so I like to stock up on Matzo Ball Mix [...]

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With each passing day, dinner menus are becoming increasingly weird in my home.  Since the Jewish holiday of Purim concluded the night of March 10, the countdown to the holiday of Passover began—a holiday which forbids all leavened food (“chametz” in Hebrew) not only from being eaten but even owned. I have therefore begun the [...]

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Originally posted on Sustainable Table’s Daily Table blog.
Today’s Healthy Monday Tip: Get inspired for spring cooking!
The April rains and warmer weather are a sure sign that new and exciting produce is on its way. After months of mostly apples, onions, and potatoes, the farmers’ markets will soon be filled with asparagus, lettuce, radishes and strawberries! [...]

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