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Are You Ready To Raise Your Own Free Range Chickens? 2 Feb 2010 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS For those of us that enjoy local eggs, there is simply no comparison between them and the mass produced variety. The flavor is so completely different that most people become converts on first taste. Backyard birds are just another way to enjoy the best in local foods.+ READ MORE	{ }
New iPhone App Helps Locate Free, Hyper-Local Fruit 1 Feb 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS At last. Find Fruit, the mobile companion to NeighborhoodFruit.com, would help me locate fruit trees on public land on the go. Users simply plug in the current location (street address) into their iPhone to locate the closest fruit trees.+ READ MORE	{ }
Elegant Simplicity: Acorn Squash With Thyme Cream Sauce 31 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS I had this at a dinner party last week and just had to ask for the recipe. The thyme cream sauce does something to the acorn squash that I simply cannot explain. You'll just have to give it a try to find out. The earthiness of the thyme mixes perfectly with the sweetness of the roasted squash. + READ MORE	{ }
Calling All Teachers: Win A Garden For Your School 27 Jan 2010 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS If you are a K-8 teacher, you have until February 6 to apply for a grant from Welch's (as in the famous juice company) and Scholastic that will bring a garden, complete with tools, seeds, and educational materials for the kids, to your school.+ READ MORE	{ }
What's On Your Plate? Get Involved, Make it Something You Want to Eat 22 Jan 2010 IN REEL IMPACT \| COMMENTS The people behind What's On Your Plate? have so many ideas for how you can get involved in food politics. Take action today.+ READ MORE	{ }
Wanna Know What's On Your Plate? Watch the Film and Join the Discussion Forum 21 Jan 2010 IN REEL IMPACT \| COMMENTS Follow two 11-year-old girls to learn all about how your food is produced, where it comes from, and where the waste goes when you're done -- and after the film, join the online discussion.+ READ MORE	{ }
What's On Your Plate?: Credits 21 Jan 2010 IN TV \| COMMENTS A film about kids and food politics. + READ MORE	{ }
Prison Gardens a Growing Trend, Feeding Inmates on the Inside and Food Banks on the Outside 21 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS More and more prisons are recognizing the value that cultivating a garden can bring to people living an environment not rich in opportunities for nurturing or for healthy food. It may have all started with Nelson Mandela when he was in prison, and programs now exist around the world. + READ MORE	{ }
Rice--Vulnerable to Climate Change, But Also Contributing To It 20 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS While rising sea levels could threaten the world's rice paddies, particularly in Southeast Asia, the controlled flooding used to produce rice in that region is actually a major source of world emissions of methane. + READ MORE	{ }
What's On Your Plate?: About the Film 20 Jan 2010 IN REEL IMPACT \| COMMENTS A provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Two eleven-year-old multiracial city kids explore their place in the food chain, and learn more than most adults know about where their food comes from and where it goes when they're done.+ READ MORE	{ }
Do Better Nutrition And Gardening Programs in Prisons Mean Less Violence? 13 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Prisons are not known for their culinary delights, but the lack of nutritionally-balanced meals for prisoners may actually be contributing to the cycle of violence that our country's prison system has not been all that successful in breaking. + READ MORE	{ }
Book Review: Food Rules by Michael Pollan 12 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. There it is, the elegant, pared down premise of Michael Pollan's brilliantly written book In Defense of Food. So why, I ask myself, couldn't he leave it well enough alone?+ READ MORE	{ }
8 Ways to Eat Green by Slashing Your Grocery Bill 12 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Make room in your budget for organic everything by saving money in these other eight categories.+ READ MORE	{ }
Super Cheap Gourmet Grub: Huevos Rancheros With Homemade Tortillas 9 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Tortillas are so incredibly inexpensive to make. We're talking a few dollars for a huge batch and if you compare that with the organic, healthy variety at the store, the cost savings is tremendous.+ READ MORE	{ }
The Key to Local Food Systems' Survival: Strong Community Support 8 Jan 2010 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Without a vibrant rural community, the emerging local food system cannot survive. Here's how you can help support your local food system.+ READ MORE	{ }

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