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Just as we expected, the recent New Amsterdam Market was a another huge success, one that saw thousands jostling, sampling, smiling, asking questions, and buying good food from good-natured farmers, foragers, cheesemongers and even — it was true — popsicle vendors. A brief downpour did little to dampen the mood. Our friend Severine was [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Pick up a good book!We are in the throes of summertime and what better to do with your free time than dive into a good book. Now is the time to indulge in your own foodie reading fest- a great way to further educate yourself on food and farming issues. Whether [...]

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The search for Salmonella More than 900 people across the US (plus one in Canada) have been sickened by salmonella initially linked to tomatoes, but after a $100 million loss to the industry, food safety experts have expanded the investigation to other produce, including jalapenos, though tomatoes remain the primary suspect.
Sounds like BS(T) In response [...]

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Summer wouldn’t be the same without outdoor festivals. One of our interns, Joanna Lehrman, a recent graduate of CUNY Hunter College with a degree in Urban Planning, writes about a wonderful event put on this past weekend by The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. in Croton Point Park, along the Hudson River. Joanna’s personal interest [...]

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“Old New York…was once New Amsterdam…”
Back then, a widely diverse population of city dwellers bought their food at the market, not at the Quizno’s.
If you are in New York on Sunday, come join thousands of other foodies, farmers and activists at the New Amsterdam Market. This is the third New Amsterdam gathering so far–the [...]

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Ahoy! If you are in NYC this weekend, head down to Croton Point Park and check out the Clearwater Festival. It’s going on from 10am until dusk both Saturday and Sunday on the shores of the Hudson River, and highlights will include live music and singalongs, camping, boat rides, and the Clearwater Environmental [...]

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(photo courtesy of morgueFile)
When the Eat Well team headed upstate a few weeks ago, we were looking forward to getting out to some farms, meeting some farmers, learning more about their sustainable methods and eating some good food. I don’t think anybody anticipated seeing groundhog stew on the menu until the night before we [...]

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What are you doing on Labor Day? We’ll be in San Francisco, at this summer’s must-attend foodie event, Slow Food Nation. Tickets went on sale last week, so grab ‘em while they’re hot. Speaking of hot, this East Coast heatwave is already inspiring West Coast daydreams, but just imagine the Bay Area [...]

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If you’re in New York City Wednesday or Friday night, check out the Media that Matters Film Festival. I’ll be at the premiere tomorrow at the IMC (at 7pm–get tickets here) with our friend, Kerry Trueman from Eating Liberally.
MTM is a project of Art’s Engine, a nonprofit organization that “supports, produces and distributes independent [...]

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