Tag: Food Policy

It’s high time, in my estimation, that we stopped talking so much about “obesity.” It’s a well-publicized public health crisis, the buzzword of the moment, but framing our national dialogues around a measurement of our citizens’ body sizes doesn’t seem

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Longtime readers often joke with me about the little carnivores I’m raising — L., in particular, is a lover of eating anything that at one time had a face.  It’s true that while I enjoy eating vegetarian meals, it’s not

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The timing of this is so funny.  Today my email inbox and my Twitter feed both filled up with word of a new food advocacy opportunity — joining the fight against Dannon Yogurt’s use of cochineal coloring in their yogurts. 

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Today is Food Day.  It’s a time to celebrate all the initiatives that are happening around the country, both big and small, that are moving us ever closer to a system of food production and distribution that will be healthier,

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As usual, blogger Bettina over at The Lunch Tray got me thinking today with her response to a widely circulated op-ed by the brilliant Mark Bittman.  Bittman’s piece makes the impassioned — and well-reasoned, which is unusual when people start

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