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La Vida Locavore:: I Never Promised You an Organic Garden
lavidalocavore.org — “A story has been developing over the past month involving lies, toxic sludge, Hollywood celebrities, and poor, inner city school children. It centers around the Environmental Media Association (EMA), a group of environmentally conscious Hollywood celebs, and the "organic" school gardens they've been volunteering at for the past past couple years. Stars like Rosario Dawson, Amy Smart, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Nicole Ritchie have generously adopted Los Angeles schools, visiting the sc” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
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La Vida Locavore:: Urban Ag: Cleveland Rocks
lavidalocavore.org — “The best urban ag laws in the nation are in... Cleveland? I would have never guessed. But check out these incredible policies! You can find their laws at the links, or check out my summary below: Farm Animals and Bees Agriculture in Residential Districts Urban Garden Zoning District” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on April 6, 2011 at 1:58 pm By:
Slow Food USA Health Organization
The best urban ag laws in the nation are in... Cleveland? Cleveland rocks: http://bit.ly/hWa9ol
La Vida Locavore:: Paarlberg Says Farm Subsidies Don't Give Us Cheap Junk Food. I Disagree.
lavidalocavore.org — “Robert "I Heart Monsanto" Paarlberg is at it again, with a new column called " The Inconvenient Truth About Cheap Food and Obesity: It's Not Farm Subsidies . First off, what's inconvenient about that? It'd be downright GREAT if the subsidies weren't our problem, given how dang hard it is to convince Congress to change them. Paarlberg says: Any complaint that food prices are too low might seem bizarre today, since world grain prices hit their highest levels in 30 ye” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on April 6, 2011 at 3:48 am By:
Jenn Jackson, MPH Nutritionist
P.S. A great #food #law blog!! RT @LocavoreBlog Robert "I Heart Monsanto" Paarlberg is at it again ... http://bit.ly/eG6nDU
La Vida Locavore:: Paarlberg Says Farm Subsidies Don't Give Us Cheap Junk Food. I Disagree.
lavidalocavore.org — “Robert "I Heart Monsanto" Paarlberg is at it again, with a new column called " The Inconvenient Truth About Cheap Food and Obesity: It's Not Farm Subsidies . First off, what's inconvenient about that? It'd be downright GREAT if the subsidies weren't our problem, given how dang hard it is to convince Congress to change them. Paarlberg says: Any complaint that food prices are too low might seem bizarre today, since world grain prices hit their highest levels in 30 ye” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on April 6, 2011 at 3:37 am By:
Jenn Jackson, MPH Nutritionist
Amazing piece @LocavoreBlog! RT @michaelpollan Subsidies = cheap fast food? Important contribution by Jill Richardson http://p2.to/1a4m
La Vida Locavore:: Vilsack to Lunch Ladies: I Feel Your Pain
lavidalocavore.org — “By Ed Bruske aka The Slow Cook Here's some Tom Vilsack trivia I wasn't aware of: The USDA secretary's adoptive mother was a raging alcoholic and prescription drug abuser who, Vilsack says, spent most of her time "in the attic, dealing with her demons." But Vilsack did have one connection to his mother: somehow she always found a way to make him a brown-bag lunch to take to school--usually a sandwich and a piece of fruit. To some 800 school food professionals and industry re” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on March 11, 2011 at 3:45 pm By:
healthyschools Health Organization
"what matters is not the latest thinking of some pol in DC, but the food that is presented on 32 million cafeteria trays" http://ow.ly/4coME
La Vida Locavore:: Vilsack, Lucas, Peterson, and Johanns Speak About Ag Policy
lavidalocavore.org — “Four agricultural heavyweights have given recent interviews on U.S. ag policy. They are current Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and House Ag Committee chair Frank Lucas and House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson and Senator Mike Johanns . You've got two Dems (Vilsack and Peterson) and two Republicans (Lucas and Johanns) here. Each of them weighed in on whether the EPA is unfairly picking on agriculture (and what should be done about it) and how to deal with impending budget cuts. See bel” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on March 10, 2011 at 4:37 pm By:
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La Vida Locavore rounds up Vilsack, Lucas, Peterson & Johanns on ag policy http://t.co/aHvxbeP
La Vida Locavore:: Still Think Raising the Price of School Lunch is a Good Idea?
lavidalocavore.org — “By Ed Bruske aka The Slow Cook At a time when many families are least able to pay-and are racking up millions in debt at local cafeterias-Congress would profoundly alter the school meal landscape by forcing schools to raise prices. Schools that now charge only $1.50 for lunch would, over time, have to increase the price to at least match the federal contribution for a fully-subsidized meal--currently $2.72--according to a provision in Congress' recent re-authorization of the federally-subsid” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on February 22, 2011 at 1:40 am By:
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Still Think Raising the Price of School Lunch is a Good Idea? from La Vida Locavore http://feedly.com/k/gZ1NMa
La Vida Locavore:: Advice for Oprah on Going Veg
lavidalocavore.org — “I always say that my mom won't do anything sustainable food-wise until it's on Oprah. (When I told her I was going to hear Michael Pollan speak she replied, "Why do I know that name? I must have seen him on Oprah...") And recently Oprah had a show about going vegan, in which she made her whole staff go vegan. I did not see the show - as I do not have a TV - but I heard a lot about it. But let me first reflect a little bit more on my mom. I went vegetarian in 2005 and vegan (for” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on February 21, 2011 at 8:05 pm By:
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Jill Richardson has some advice for Oprah on going vegetarian. via La Vida Locavore http://feedly.com/k/eboSvL
La Vida Locavore:: The Green Revolution vs. The Organic Green Revolution
lavidalocavore.org — “If you follow this blog, you know about the recent efforts to have a "Second Green Revolution." The word "Green" in Green Revolution has NOTHING to do with environmentalism. It just means that a lot of chemicals and hybrid or GE seeds will make fields of green plants grow. Over the past several weeks, there's been a new round of pro-Second Green Revolution campaigning in some major publications. I'd like to juxtapose them here with a piece by the Rodale Institute on h” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
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La Vida Locavore:: The Green Revolution vs. The Organic Green ... http://bit.ly/fHXtz6
La Vida Locavore:: Pesticide-Free Workplaces
lavidalocavore.org — “If you work in an office, pesticides probably aren't your biggest health concern when going to work. In fact, you're probably far more harmed by spending a significant chunk of your week sitting on your tush in an office than you are by workplace pesticide exposure. But that is not true for our nation's farmworkers. And the more I think about it, the more fired up I get. I just finished writing a piece on immigrant women in the food industry for Alternet, which will hopefull” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on January 29, 2011 at 12:24 am By:
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Pesticide-Free Workplaces - for farm workers. #thefoodmovement http://feedly.com/k/evYkhb
La Vida Locavore:: Cultivating Health, Community and Solidarity
lavidalocavore.org — “ Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet . ![]("http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5333136782_5b103874c9.jpg"</span)
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Most Recently Shared on January 8, 2011 at 1:20 am By:
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La Vida Locavore:: Leaked Memo Sheds Light on Mysterious Bee Die-Offs and Who's to Blame
lavidalocavore.org — “Last week, I wrote an article at Alternet, posted below, about an incredible scandal, involving EPA corruption and a newly leaked memo that proves it. This particular story, about a pesticide that should have never been made legal and has likely contributed to countless bee deaths around the world (a very profitable pesticide for the manufacturer, Bayer), is just one part in a larger story. That larger story is the EPA's reliance on "conditional registrations" for pesticides. That&” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
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RT @LocavoreBlog: Leaked Memo Sheds Light on Mysterious Bee Die-Offs and Who's to Blame http://bit.ly/hHIXfD
La Vida Locavore:: Election Coverage: Likely Effects on the Farm Bill, Ag Committees, and Small, Diverse Farmers
lavidalocavore.org — “The results of today's election are likely to have profound effects on the makeup of House and Senate Agriculture Committees that will be key in writing the next farm bill, scheduled in 2012. The latest poll numbers suggest that Republicans are poised to take the House, while Democrats are likely to hold a slim majority in the Senate. And current Senate Ag. Committee chair Blanche Lincoln (D - Arkansas) is likely to lose her seat. So what does this mean for farmers, and for farming ” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on November 2, 2010 at 6:23 pm By:
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RT @LocavoreBlog Election Coverage: Likely Effects on the Farm Bill, Ag Committees, and Small Farmers: Results... http://bit.ly/b1B6en
La Vida Locavore:: Evaluation of Berkley's School Food Program
lavidalocavore.org — “Feeding Kids Better Food and Teaching Them About Food Helps Them Make Better Food Choices! For four years I was the Nutrition Services Director for Berkeley Unified School District. The four years was a roller coaster ride of changing the food from a menu of highly processed chicken nuggets, corn dogs, Extremo burritos, pizza pockets and grilled cheese sandwiches, all of which came to us frozen and prepackaged, to fresh food made from scratch. When I first starte” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
Most Recently Shared on September 24, 2010 at 2:25 pm By:
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We needed this report! Great! >> Evaluation of Berkley's School Food Program http://ow.ly/2Jgzu h/t @chefannc
La Vida Locavore:: Hey Pesticide Lovers: SUCK IT!
lavidalocavore.org — “Science says: organic strawberries are better !!!! And not just better for the environment, and better for the workers (who don't have to be exposed to toxic chemicals on the job). The berries tested higher in vitamin C and antioxidants, lasted longer without rotting, and tasted better. I think a big fat "I TOLD YOU SO" is in order here. Oh -” View full resource at lavidalocavore.org
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