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Shopping for food - how to tell if it contains GMOs

July 16th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · Announcement, FYI

At the grocery store, how do you know if the food you are buying has ingredients containing genetically modified organisms?  Try this mobile app.

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hydroponic edible gardens for urban windows

July 6th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · Announcement, FYI, share

Grow your own food, indoors.  Ingenious! The Windowfarms Project.

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Amy’s blog and a rhubarb recipe

June 17th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

From CSA member Amy:
Hi!
I’m a member of the CSA and thought I’d share a recent post from a blog I write, teachmama: It’s all about our new-found rhubarb love.
Feel free to share it on the CSA site; I’d love for others w/ young children to read and use it!
:*)
thanks so much for all you do–we’re [...]

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MoCo parents blogging for better school lunches

June 4th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI, healthy foods

Montgomery County parents have started a blog and listserv to coordinate between parents and others who want to advocate for better school lunches. Be part of the revolution.
From the site:
We are concerned parents of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland who want to improve the food served in schools to our children. We [...]

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Real people eat local

May 28th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

We highly recommend Real People Eat Local, a web site for anyone who eats! Also, their newsletter, Local Mix, is a good way to enhance your CSA experience.
Check out the article on the Rise of the Local Food System and Saving the Seasons (book about canning and drying).

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10 secrets for making the most of your CSA

May 27th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

I came across a web site called Serious Eats and an article with the intriguing title The Crisper Whisperer: 10 Secrets for Making the Most of Your CSA.
This should be required reading for all CSA’ers.

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Local or organic?

May 27th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

A good article about the choice between eating locally or organically.  Read more at Local Harvest.
And a wonderful sounding rhubarb pie recipe from them as well.

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Great idea for all the rhubarb

May 21st, 2010 · Click to read comment · FYI

I wish to share this idea with what to do with all the Rhubarb. Below is the recipe for Rhubarb Pie.
What you can do is make the filling and put the filling in a freezer bag and when you are ready to have pie, just simply defrost the filling in the bag [...]

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Farmers’ market opens at HHS

May 21st, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

Join Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday, June 2nd, at 2:30 p.m. for the Opening Ceremony of the FRESHFARM Market at HHS.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FedStrive are sponsoring a farmers’ market each Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. outside on the Humphrey Building Plaza.
In support of President [...]

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Eat organic, ward off cancer

May 18th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

That’s the headline on a recent article in the Atlantic.  Read it here.

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