Since 1917, the USDA has created a series of food guides to help people figure out what to eat. Over the years, this guide has included between four and seven [ … ]
Food Safety: Another Benefit of Healthy School Lunch Programs?
At the risk of sounding repetitive, I’d like to add to the growing list of the benefits for healthy school lunches and school lunch reform that we blogged about yesterday. [ … ]
“Our Daily Bread” Uses Silence to Comment on Industrial Food
Last weekend Madison was host to Tales from Planet Earth, a local environmental film festival screening 50 films over three days. One film I saw was Our Daily Bread, a [ … ]
What are the Best Organic Fruits and Veggies?
One issue that’s come to my attention since I started thinking more about my food is the debate about organic foods — are they healthier, and is the cost worth [ … ]
Rooftop Community Garden Debated in Madison, WI
With seasons changing yet again, starting a garden might be the last thing on a person’s mind. Not so here in Madison, Wisconsin, where a local group is pushing for [ … ]
School Lunch Reform and a Food Critic’s Take on Chicken Nuggets
Chicken nuggets. Taco salad. Pizza. Cartons of milk. Hot dogs. Mystery meat. These foods were all staples of my elementary and high school cafeterias, despite clear guidelines about the nutritional [ … ]
Pop Culture Foodies and “Guilt-Free” Eating
Last Wednesday, two of my favorite foodies were on tv doing a segment about “guilt free” eating. Using simple substitutions, I learned I can save more than 200 calories by [ … ]
Advice to “Eat Breakfast” Supported by New Brain Imaging Study
Common dieting advice suggests eating breakfast because it can jump start your metabolism and helps prevent you from eating more later in the day. Researchers in London may have finally [ … ]
Seasonal Eating Help From the Vegetannual
I recently heard a claim that people of my generation (I’m 23-years-old) are so disconnected from the food system that we can’t identify the correct season for our fruits and [ … ]