In Part 5 of a 5-part series on Real Food: What to Eat and Why, we note that individuals can make some changes to eating local foods and less-processed foods, but U.S. farm policy needs to change before Americans’ diets change significantly. She convincingly reports the advantages of real versus industrial foods but doesn’t show how people on a large scale can get real foods.
Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Real Food, Part 5: Real food at a real table
June 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Environment, Food selection, Healthy eating, local food
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Market Meal debuts with composed salad
June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
Lawrence Farmers Market introduces a monthly “Market Meal,” with recipe provided by me. It debuted today with Composed Spring Salad, a salad with beets, raw squash, raw peas and rib eye steak. Vegetarian substitutions are provided. The salad is pretty, too, with the addition of green onions and radishes sprinkled over the top.
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Discovery part of fun of CSA, and kohlrabi is one example
June 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Food selection, local food, recipes
Joining a CSA leads to learning about new (to me) produce. Kohlrabi has become a favorite, and it can be eaten raw, sauteed, stir-fried and other ways.
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Real Food, Part 1: Planck promotes ‘real’ foods
June 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Food selection, Healthy eating, local food
Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck proposes that the modern health issues result from industrial foods. That is, food that has been cultivated and processed using intensive chemical and physical processes unknown or unused before the 20th century. She says a return to eating grass-fed and pastured animals and their products-and away from Omega 6 intensive vegetable and corn oils as well as transfats-will restore the health of U.S. eaters. She fails to adequately address the role of inactive lifestyles, however.
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Rhubarb fills strawberry void
June 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Food selection, local food, recipes
When the market lacks strawberries, rhubarb fills in as an excellent dessert. Here, we give the recipe for Rhubarb Fool.
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Strawberry pie is transcendent
June 15th, 2007 · No Comments · local food, recipes
Strawberry pie is a marvelous way to dress up strawberries, which also are wonderful plain. I’m make strawberry pie for Fathers Day.
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