Let’s Move — Michelle Obama’s Campaign Against Childhood Obesity
It may sound impossible, but Michelle Obama, the self-proclaimed “Mom-In-Chief“, has made it her goal to end childhood obesity within a generation. Â (You can read the official memorandum here). Though, really, her campaign began long before the official Let’s Move program. Â She reinstated the White House garden – the first since seen since Elanor Roosevelt [...]
February 27, 2010
Tags: change, heroes, moms, nutrition, obesity Posted in: Health, Politics 
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Al Gore Denounces Factory Farming
Al Gore says he’s going to get crazy in order to get politicians to take note of the urgency of climate change. And, well, if those ideas sound a little too crazy, he does have other ideas.  Along with increased energy efficiency, relying on sustainable agricultural practices is the way forward. The funny is up [...]
November 25, 2009
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Martha Stewart To Have A Vegetarian Thanksgiving
Jonathan Safran Foer has been talked about and to in nearly every major media outlet since his book Eating Animals came out. Where Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma tiptoes around the treatment of factory farmed animals, Eating Animals blows the doors wide open on the modern day “farm”.
In an email to Erik Marcus of vegan.com, Jonathan [...]
November 22, 2009
Tags: change, farmers, food, food event, heroes, veganism, vegetarianism Posted in: Fun Food Facts, Health No Comments
Finally An Intelligent Move: RIP Smart Choices
After creating quite a stir in the foodie blogosphere, the mainstream media, and even riling up the lethargic FDA, the industry led Smart Choices label is voluntarily suspending the promotion of its program. Â They even had the Attorney General of Connecticut after them–Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that he was investigating the program and some [...]
October 26, 2009
Tags: blogs, change, education, FDA, Health, heroes, nutrition, policy Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology 3 Comments
Personal Pleas For Food Safety, Will The Calls Be Heeded This Time?
It’s been 16 years since the Jack-In-The-Box E. coli in 1993, where hundreds were injured and four children died after eating undercooked hamburgers from the chain. Â Court documents later showed that the “fast-food chain knew about but disregarded Washington state laws that would have prevented the deadly 1993 outbreak of E. coli food poisoning” (link). [...]
October 12, 2009
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The Man Who Fed The World
Dubbed the father of the green revolution, Norman Borlaug helped to create high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties around the world. He is attributed with saving over one billion lives from starvation worldwide. As just one example of the profound changes he made in agriculture, between 1965 and 1970 wheat yields nearly doubled in Pakistan [...]
October 2, 2009
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Soda Taxes Part Two – The Industry Creates A Citizens Coalition
Does the potential revenue from soda taxes persuade anyone to give anyone a second thought?
Not a chance, says the group Americans Against Food Taxes. Â Americans Against Food Taxes is a “coalition of concerned citizens” that is strictly opposed to the sweetened beverage taxes. Â However, on more than cursory view, you find that it is actually [...]
September 30, 2009
Tags: Barack Obama, change, marketing, nutrition, obesity, policy, soda, sugar Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology No Comments
Dairy Farms Contaminate Water And Get Away With It
According to the EPA, agricultural runoff is single largest polluter of the nation’s rivers and streams. However, thanks to years of paltry EPA authority and the lax legislation imposed during the Bush administration, their hands are pretty much tied when it comes to stopping it. There are laws in place that have big [...]
September 21, 2009
Tags: agriculture, Barack Obama, change, cows, farmers, green, Health, moms, policy, USDA Posted in: Health, Politics One Comment
A Relentless Focus On Prevention, Or Something
Food safety and child nutrition were topics at this year’s National Food Policy Conference. Â Bringing together the food industry, public health officials, consumer advocacy groups, and the government, the conference makes a concerted effort to demonstrate progressive action on key issues facing the nation and its food supply.
The Child Nutrition Act is due to be [...]
September 14, 2009
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The Future Of Health Care Is Fighting The Farm Lobby
In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, Michael Pollan portends the entangled futures of health care, obesity, and insurance companies. Just as the insurance companies joined governmental efforts to rally against smoking, Pollan foresees insurance companies tackling obesity. This is necessarily after upcoming health care reforms.
Even the weaker versions of reform [...]
September 11, 2009
Tags: agriculture, Barack Obama, change, farmers, Health, Michael Pollan, nutrition, obesity, policy, subsidies Posted in: Health, Politics No Comments
