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Everything you thought you knew about food is wrong
By Alice Hart-Davis, The Daily Mail, UK, Posted December 3rd, 2010Fiber’s bad for you. Fat’s healthy. And five-a-day is a gimmick to make fruit and veg firms rich. Or so claims a remarkable new book…
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Recreating the Caveman Diet
By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter, BBC News, Posted December 1st, 2010By looking into the past, we may just discover how to lead healthier lives.
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Is Gulf Coast seafood safe to eat?
By Eartheasy.com, Posted November 9th, 2010The FDA says “yes”, but more sampling and follow-up studies are needed.
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GM salmon not yet ready for US dinner plates
By Eartheasy.com, Posted October 22nd, 2010The ruling should considerably delay the day when GM salmon might appear in stores or restaurants…
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Bottled Teas Low in Health Benefits
By Eartheasy, Posted October 13th, 2010Popular tea-based beverages tested low in the polyphenol-type antioxidants that make tea healthful…
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7 Principles of a Climate-Friendly Diet
By Eartheasy, Posted September 19th, 2010If we’re serious about the climate crisis, says Lappé, we have to talk about food.
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The Salmonella Outbreak: Are free-range, organic eggs safer?
By Eartheasy, Posted September 16th, 2010When humane methods are used in raising poultry, the risk of salmonella outbreak is much lower.
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Global food problems are about justice, not scarcity
By Frances Moore Lappé, YES! Magazine, Posted July 8th, 2010While world food experts cry “scarcity,” we humans are creating hunger out of plenty…
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The Case for Sustainable Meat
By Shannon Hayes, YES! Magazine, Posted July 5th, 2010Can meat have a place in the life of a “radical homemaker” trying to live sustainably? Farmer Shannon Hayes believes it can.
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Junk food turns rats into food junkies
By ScienceNews, Posted April 28th, 2010“This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings,” says study coauthor Paul Johnson of the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.
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Nettle Tea – How to Make a Natural Spring Tonic
By Greg Seaman, Posted March 8th, 2010Nettles are the first gift of spring, offering a natural tonic to restore and revitalize our bodies as we emerge from winter…
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Journey into Silence
By Gail Simmons, Posted February 3rd, 2010“Rather than fasting I was feasting, and the vast, bountiful desert was my food.”
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FDA reverses findings on BPA; cites health concerns for infants and children
By Eartheasy, Posted January 25th, 2010New review of evidence has the FDA concerned about the impacts of BPA, one of the most common chemicals found in consumer products…
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Putting Food By – An Eartheasy Book Review
By Lindsay Seaman, Posted January 20th, 2010To “put by” is an old, deep-country way of saying to “save something you don’t use now, against the time when you’ll need it…”
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The End of the Line: a future without fish?
By Greg Seaman, Eartheasy, Posted January 14th, 2010To avert fisheries collapse by mid-century, now is the time to apply management programs, harvest limits and consumer awareness.
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Juicy and tender, Seitan is quite possibly the best fake meat – but there is a downside
By Anneli Rufus, Posted January 11th, 2010Seitan is all the rage in vegan kitchens for its versatility and uncanny meatishness, but the bad news for some is that it’s made of wheat gluten.
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Good Food Nation – reversing the obesity epidemic with local foodsheds
By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office, Posted November 25th, 2009MIT researchers think America’s obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds,’ in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.
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Making your own apple juice
By Lindsay Seaman, Eartheasy, Posted October 29th, 2009Turning windfalls into autumn’s elixir…
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Fair Food Farmstead – providing accessibility to locally grown food
By Eartheasy, Posted October 19th, 2009Many consumers cite ‘distance’ and ‘inconvenient location’ as reasons to not shop at farmer’s markets. The Farmstand, located in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal, is pioneering an innovative model for a community supported agricultural program.
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Our experience with a solar powered refrigerator
By Greg Seaman, Posted September 16th, 2009Having lived almost 30 years in an off-grid home with no electricity, and no refrigeration, we finally bought a new solar powered refrigerator. Here are our impressions.
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