The Trust for America’s Health today released its annual report on obesity, and, no surprise, we learn Americans are fat and getting fatter. At that link, you can read the news release or the entire report issued by the trust, a nonpartisan nonprofit group, including state by state information. I can report, consequently, that Kansas [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food selection'
We’re fat and growing
August 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Farm Bill, Food selection, General, Research
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Top o’ the tomato to you
August 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Food selection, local food
It was a big day Saturday at the Lawrence (Kansas) Farmers Market (http://www.lawrencefarmersmarket.com/index.php). Of course, every Saturday in season is a big day at the market, barring forbidding thunderstorms and the like. Still, this one was special because it offered the first (of what is to become annual) Tomato Tasting: The Good, the Big, and [...]
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Eating is a community effort
August 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Food selection, local food
Eating food from local sources underscores how many people it takes to put food on the table.
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Tomatoes, basil, brie, blueberries
August 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Food preparation, Food selection, local food, recipes
With fresh produce and good recipe selection, I made a delicious meal with almost no cooking. The uncooked pasta sauce, primarily of tomatoes, basil and brie, led the menu. Dessert was blueberry sorbet made in a zipper-lock freezer bag and ANZAC biscuits scaled back to one toaster oven pan full.
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‘Convenience’ doesn’t mean faster when it comes to home meals
August 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Food preparation, Food selection, Research, local food
A UCLA study finds that convenience foods don’t put food on the table faster, but the apparent preference for “food kits” that people buy may suggest local growers could try food kits, too. By assembling ingredients for dishes plus recipes at the farm stand, maybe local growers could sell more and people could eat more good, fresh, local food.
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Odd spring weather makes me berry sad in summer
July 27th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Food selection, local food
Warm, then cold, then wet spring weather destroyed most of the fruits here in eastern Kansas, as well as across Missouri, into Kentucky and parts beyond. Now, we have no raspberries, and I miss them. I’m already missing the apples I should be getting in the fall.
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