Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. As summer comes to an end, school is just around the corner for children across the United States. For children enrolled in state schools, this typically means the return of unhealthy lunches that are best described as “fast food”: hamburgers, chicken nuggets, fried snacks, and sugary soft […]
How to Get Kids to Try New Foods
“But I don’t like it!” “Yuck!” “Ewww!” Sound familiar? How many times have you heard these words come out of your child’s mouth? Often we hear our children say these words before they have had even one bite of a new food. Developing a taste for a new food is a learning process. When […]
DIHAR hosts international conference in Leh on ‘Food and Health Security in High Altitude areas’
While the whole world including India is concerned over food security, the food and health security in high altitude areas is even more important in today’s context. Because of the harsh environmental condition coupled with difficult terrain, even the basic requirement is sometimes difficult to fulfill, said Mr. M Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, […]
House Hearing: Income Inequality Threatens Middle Class, Our Democracy
by James Parks, Jul 31, 2008 By almost all measures, economic inequality is growing. But strengthening workers’ ability to join unions can play a key role in shrinking the gap and rebuilding the nation’s middle class, experts told a House panel today. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, opened […]
Arabeyes: Looming Food Crisis
by Amira Al Hussaini Inflation and rising food and oil prices are a reality around the world, and Arab bloggers are not only feeling the pinch, but writing about it too. Here is a snapshot of reactions from Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait and Egypt. Lebanon: In a post on the trail of death left behind from […]
Scientifically Souped-Up Foods
As scientists begin to understand how plant substances work, they look ahead to the time when they can apply their knowledge either to improve on or to supplement Mother Nature. Genetic engineering and selective breeding could ultimately create plant stocks with more healthful phytochemical “fingerprints.” Scientists already know that all foods are not created equal. […]
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