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Eat Healthy Monday

June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Make a (local) pizza!
It’s one of the simplest (and most fun!) ways to enjoy a collaborative meal. Recently, I had a friend in town who used to be my cooking buddy in college so we decided to relive those wonderful memories and make our own homemade pizza for dinner. My local [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Buy local!
After the recent scare regarding the presence of salmonella in certain raw tomatoes circulating the US, it seems that there is no time like the present to know where your groceries hail from. Buying locally provides you with an advantage by allowing you to more easily trace the path from [...]

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Enviro Event: A Clearwater Revival

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Eat Healthy Monday

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Eat Less Meat!
It’s up to you whether you you want to give the stuff up completely, but it’s good food for thought (ha ha) to know that reducing your personal consumption of meat is better for the environment and for your body.
You can reduce your carbon footprint significantly by eating less [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s Healthy Monday Tip: Take a hike! Hiking is one of the most enjoyable forms of exercise, and unless you are flying or driving long distances to get to the trailhead, it’s one of the greenest, too. If you live in an urban area with a lot of smog, it’s also a [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s Healthy Monday Tip:
Get good eggs. New York Magazine just put out this great article on how not all eggs are created equal. Pasture-raised eggs are much, much higher in Omega-3 fatty acids, and therefore, much, much better for you.
Those less nutritious industrially-produced eggs come at a greater cost to society and the [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Dive into sustainable seafood.
Everybody knows that as far as animal-based protein goes, fish is some of the healthiest out there. But not all fish are created equal: from a health perspective, farm-raised salmon is much fattier, but boasts fewer Omega 3 fatty acids (the “good” cholesterol) and higher levels [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s Tip: Sow the seeds of good health. In many parts of North America, it’s getting to be prime time for planting. Not only will planting seeds now give you fresh, healthy vegetables later on this summer, but getting outside and working in the dirt is a fun way to get some exercise, [...]

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Eat Healthy Monday

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Eat Well and the Green Fork are happy to hop on the Monday bandwagon this week with the first of our Healthy Monday tips. If you are unfamiliar with the HM campaign, check out the background info below. We’ll be cross-posting our Monday tips with our friends at the Daily Table, the official [...]

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