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POPSPimp Your Whopper I might be just too old to appreciate this, but I really don't need this type of relationship with my fast food.
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POPSMonsanto's Udder Disgrace The milk labeling controversy - and other corporate practices of Monsanto - have been issues for years. For a while every time I saw my Senator, I would greet him with the same comment, "Hey Bernie, when are you going to do something about Monsanto?" Senator Bernie would shake his head and raise his hands in frustration. I often heard him say that no matter how bad you think things are in Washington, they are really much worse. While the Congress is distracted with growth hormones taken by sports figures, our farm animals are being abused with other hormones. Baseball players have a free choice. Cows don't. None of us have a choice. Not if Monsanto has anything to say about it and they do. Money talks.
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POPSNot just a Farm Bill, it's a food bill If the eaters and all the other “people on the outside” make themselves heard, we just might end up with something that looks less like a farm bill and more like the food bill a poorly fed America so badly needs. Call your Senator!
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POPSBacon Wrapped Cherry Tomatoes I am at work and hungry again. The food clippings should be many today. This looks so delicious. I wish i had a barbeque and some food right now.
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POPSReasons to buy local produce Buying local also means the food is grown because it tastes good and not because it ships well. More reasons in the article, I recommend reading it.
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POPSSaving the family farm Check out the National Family Farm Coalition for more information about each of these policies. Eat better to live better.
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POPSShare a story, share a meal This site gave me pains trying to clip it. Go share a story of sharing at the site and Country Crock will donate to America's Second Harvest. Donate a few minutes of your time and someone will get a much needed meal. Heck, you can share your love of Clipmarks.
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POPSArk of Taste The Ark of Taste is a project of the Slow Food Foundation. Its goal is to reintroduce forgotten foods, so that they do not go extinct. Large scale agrobusiness really threatens the existence of thousands of plant types, as well as animal species. Really interesting website with lots of information.
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POPSGM crops are killing the bees The article makes a good case for GM crops being bad for bees. I didn't know the disappearance of bees was heavier in Texas and California. I just noticed there weren't as many where I live.
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POPSWhy is fast food so cheap? "Many consumers would like to support skilled farmers who produce healthy products, are good stewards of their land, work to preserve clean water and open spaces around our communities, and are contributing to a secure food system. Our representatives need to know this is the kind of farming we want to support with our tax dollars in the new 2007 Farm Bill. " See source for links, information and opportunities for change. Get educated and get involved!
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POPSEat what you know I'm so excited about this book coming out next month. The author and her family decide to eat only local produce, dairy and meat for one year (with a few exceptions). She wanted a greater connection to her sustanence, as well as a way to cut down on fossil fuel consumption. I really look forward to teaching my daughter about this concept. Food isn't really made by magic by elves in a tree. Someone put their back into it. Someone worried about rainfall. Someone put their sweat, tears and love into each bite she eats. My parents have a garden every year, and this year she is old enough to really help. Doesn't a tomato taste better when you've grown it yourself? I certainly appreciate every lemon I manage to coax from my little tree, in a way I don't seem to care about storebought lemons.
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POPSCupcakes in eggshells See source for recipe and instructions. How fun is this?! I think chocolate cupcakes in blue-green eggshells would be beautiful.
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POPSFrigatebirds Frigatebirds have the largest ratio of wingspan to body weight of any bird in the world and can spend a week at a time aloft.
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POPSCultivate Peace For every bracelet purchased an extra 10 cups of food goes to Mercy Corps' Darfur refugee fund.
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POPSTony Blair threatens to ban junk food ads From source: Unless the government could get people "to take some sort of responsibility for their own health" obesity and alcohol abuse will cost the country "billions", added Mr Blair.
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POPSWorld Food Program Activities in North Korea DPRK=Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). In the CNN Special Report on North Korea, the WFP food is being stolen and sold on the market at inflated prices. The government wanted to end the food program for it's starving citizens citing, among other things, "intrusiveness of monitoring." Way to go!!
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