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Entries Tagged as 'local food'
Farm belt has fresh produce
June 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments · local food
Local food may be harder to find in the farm belt, but that may simply be because the farmers and their customers are more spread out.
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Food sellers develop appetite for healthful foods, sustainability
June 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Environment, Healthy eating, local food
Although big food marketers, from Frito-Lay (to name one) to Wal Mart supercenters to McDonald’s, can take a big share of the blame for the generally poor diet in the United States, those same marketers by their sheer size can do a lot to improve it. (By poor diet, of course, I don’t mean the [...]
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Chicken curry salad is tasty, easy
June 5th, 2007 · No Comments · local food, recipes
Here at last is the wonderful Chicken Curry Salad that my friend Diane frequently contributes to buffets of one kind or another, and it’s always a hit. The salad has all my favorite recipe attributes: It’s easy, tastes great and uses real ingredients. It will work as well for your casual lunch as for a [...]
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When will farmers markets take plastic?
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, local food
One of the old-time charms of farmers markets is the one-on-one interaction food buyers have with the vendors/growers; it’s nice to know and like the people who grow your food and who can keep you abreast of what’s tasting great and what is coming in the next days or weeks. The flip side, though, is [...]
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Don’t yawn; we’re talking about our food here!
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Farm Bill, Healthy eating, local food
The Farm Bill determines what we eat and at what price, but speaking up can make a difference.
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