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Less is more, if you’re talking fertilizer Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have just released the results of a ten-year study, the gist of which is that most crops absorb a small percentage of the nitrogen applied to soil, and the small increase in yield didn’t offset the considerable costs related to the [...]

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Checking in on the foodie webs this afternoon (we spent the morning hosting an Eat Well Inaugural Potluck here in the office), I see that many of our favorites, including Serious Eats and Kim O’Donnel of A Mighty Appetite, are all a-Twitter about Obama Foodorama, a blog we’ve recently fallen for but neglected to [...]

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Pooja Mottl is the founder of a new blog called Breaking Green, which provides breaking news on food sustainability from mainstream media sources from around the world as well as weekly commentary and analysis.

If you had an inkling that fish farming may be picking up the pace, you are on to something. As global seafood [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Make a New Years resolution for you and the planet (yes you can do both!)
As we welcome in 2009, the opportunity to reevaluate and set goals to improve our lives (and especially our health) presents itself. Luckily, there is one key avenue that will improve your health while keeping the [...]

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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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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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This post was written by Pooja Mottl.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Watch your bread (labels).
We’ve talked about reading between the lines of the label-crazed food industry before. Earlier this month, our government’s watchdog agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), released a report giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for oversight of [...]

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This post was written by Pooja Mottl.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Go organic whenever you can.

The buzz surrounding pesticides rages on as an increasingly larger amount (including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides) continues to be used all over the world. Today, more than 5.0 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year, mainly in the agriculture market. [...]

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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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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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