Articles tagged “Local Food”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

How To Holiday Shop While Traveling By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 4 2011 It’s happened to you. Your friend comes back from his travels, gives you a gift, and you think to yourself “he totally got this at the airport gift shop.” But every travelling gift-shopper means well! They just don’t always know where to find the most meaningful and unique gifts because, well, they aren’t in their own town. + READ MORE

A South American Day In Los Angeles By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 12 2011 There are two kinds of staycations. The kind where you want to completely relax and treat your city as though you are a tourist in it, experiencing all of the things that are so fill in your city here. And then there is the type of staycation in which you want to feel like you’ve gotten far, far away + READ MORE

Conch and Crabs- A Perfect Combo For Love In Andros By Laurel House IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 5 2011 Andros Island is the largest island in the Bahamas, but somehow it is the least densely populated and nearly untouched by tourism. No wonder Andros is a hot spot for honeymooners—it’s far, far away from “real life,” in more ways than just geographically. It’s one of those few hidden havens that you want to get to before the rest of the traveling population does. One other little detail about Andros that makes it a great place to fall in love or stay in love: the island is bursting with aphrodisiacs. + READ MORE

Skinny Margaritas and Jicama-Dipped Guacamole: How to Indulge on Vacation w/out Gaining Weight By Laurel House IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 21 2011 You’ve been preparing for your big beach vacation for weeks, getting your body in bikini-strutting shape, waxing out every last hair, even tending to those back pimples. You feel like a million bucks when as you step onto that sand and strip down to your barely there skivvies, finally showing off that bod that you you’ve been hiding underneath your heavy clothes. But after a week of eating too much, drinking too much, and exercising… um, not at all, you feel more than ready to wrap it up and hid behind your clothes one again. Not this year! + READ MORE

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Eat to Heal (and Lose Weight) By Laurel House IN Food & Health May 19 2011 Inflammation, which causes redness, heat, swelling and pain, brings more blood to a certain area. It is a very powerful mechanism, but it can be destructive if it doesn’t stop when it should. According to Dr. Weil, “a new idea is that many kinds of chronic degenerative diseases have their root in inflammation.” An anti-inflammatory diet can help. + READ MORE

The Next Top Farmer? Farmers Becoming Like Celebrity Chefs By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 14 2011 Celebrity chefs are so last year or at least according to an interesting post on Nutrition Unplugged. + READ MORE

Thank a Farmer This Thanksgiving By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 24 2010 This week, millions of Americans will gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends enjoying the harvest from the most bountiful food source in the world. This makes it a great time to say “thank-you” to those who grow our food. One of the best ways to do this is to support local agriculture and the local farmers in your area or state. + READ MORE

Top 10 Superfoods for Fall By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 10 2010 They may not leap tall buildings, but superfoods are purported to fight the evil villains of heart disease, high cholesterol, cancer and a host of other diseases. Here are 10 of the best for the fall season. + READ MORE

Harvest Cooking at Its Best: From Scratch Sweet Potato Pasta with Parmesan and Garlic By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 24 2010 I'm married to a meat eater, but I don't eat meat except for the occasional piece of fish. But with dishes like these, we both feel satisfied. All you really need to pair this with is a baguette and a small green salad. + READ MORE

In Season: Easy Bleu Cheese Walnut Spread with Figs By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 16 2010 It's no coincidence that figs, bleu cheese, and walnuts are so often found on the same plate. The sweet fig, pungent bleu cheese, and crunchy walnut seem as if they were destined to be paired together. + READ MORE

FTC and FDA Order POM Wonderful To Stop Making False Health Claims About Their Product By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 8 2010 According to the post, FTC regulators say the company deceptively hypes health claims of reducing blood pressure, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, heart disease, and high cholesterol. It's these claims that supposedly warrant the product's high price of $4 to $6 for a 16-ounce bottle. + READ MORE

What's the Difference Between "Local Food" and "Foodshed?" By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 29 2010 Local and locavore (a person who prefers to eat locally grown/produced food) have become well-known terms, as more and more people are looking for locally grown food. But, another term that is used just as often by food and farming organizations is "foodshed" -- learn more about how to identify the difference. + READ MORE

Scammers at the Farmers' Market: How to Make Sure You're Supporting Local Farmers By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Food & Health Sep 29 2010 Here are tips for making sure you're supporting local farmers, and not unscrupulous opportunists, at the farmers' market. + READ MORE

A New Take on a Healthful Seasonal Gem: Indian Inspired Okra By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 24 2010 I’ll admit it; I’ve never been a huge fan of okra. I mean I love fried okra, but what southerner doesn’t? But as far as okra in most all other capacities, I’m not a fan. But okra is all over the place right now and I was determined to find a good recipe for it. + READ MORE

Local Food Hub Solves a Small Farmer's Biggest Woe: Getting Food to the People By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 22 2010 Small farmers know how to grow the best and most sustainable produce around, but they often don’t have the funding to properly market and get their goods to the customer. + READ MORE

Trading a Coat and Tie For a Plow: Summer Interns Hit the Farm By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 18 2010 It's this back to basics mentality that could change the face of farming. As more and more students take an interest in where their food comes and how it's grown in the first place, the next generation can transition away from industrial farming. + READ MORE

Why Farm Aid Still Matters By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 6 2010 This year marks the 25th anniversary of Farm Aid. In 1985, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm-families on their land. As they say, “family farmers in the United States are under extreme economic pressure and thousands are pushed off their land every year." So here's why the movement still matters. + READ MORE

Who Picked Your Veggies? Using Packaging to Recognize the Farmer By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 1 2010 Would people shopping in a supermarket be more dedicated to choosing local produce over, say, Dole lettuce -- even if it costs a little more -- if they can see who produced it? + READ MORE

Mobile Farm Trucks Bring the Produce to the People By Care2.com IN Food & Health Aug 25 2010 In the past couple of years, food trucks have become popular across the United States, in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, and San Francisco. And, as local and sustainable food movements continue to grow, it isn’t surprising that some clever entrepreneurs are capitalizing on both trends by bringing farm fresh produce to those in both urban and rural areas. + READ MORE

Glow in the Dark Shrimp May Be Safe, But What Other Bacteria is Lurking in Your Seafood? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 18 2010 Last week in a frighteningly strange occurrence, a women in Oregon sat down to watch a movie with a bowl of shrimp salad only to find that it glowed in the dark. Another man left his shrimp to thaw and later found it glowing in the sink. Naturally, people were concerned. + READ MORE