Food!

April 7, 2014

Genetically Modified Organisms, better known as GMOs, have been labeled or banned in almost 64 countries , including Russia, China, all of Europe, India and Saudi Arabia. Yet, this is not the case in the United States. Research has shown that GMOs cause diseases like cancer , obesity , and...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

April 4, 2014

Another Friday is almost upon us and we can't wait to tell you about this week's #FoodFri tweetchat topic! Join us as we discuss how to eat clean, by focusing on fresh, local produce, and whole grains, with Yoli Ouiya the “Queen of Green”. Feel free to ask questions, share ideas and resources, and...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

March 26, 2014

Beginning in January, more than 300,000 people – moms and dads just like us – who care about the food they eat and the food they feed their families signed a petition asking federal officials to keep chicken from China out of our supermarkets and school lunch . The petition was directed at...

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Laura Trivers

Food!

March 17, 2014

Schools will soon begin implementing the new Smart Snacks in Schools Guidelines! This is an exciting time for everyone. Kids will have better and healthier choices in vending machines and a la carte lines. Parents can rest easier knowing their kids have better access to healthy foods that will get...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

March 12, 2014

My mom called a few weeks ago with an announcement. “I’m putting one of your recipes into the family cookbook!” she exclaimed happily. “You pick the first one.” My fiancée and I are a few months away from our wedding. Somehow, more so than our recent sprawling combined family holidays or our...

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Claire Moshenberg

Food!

March 7, 2014

Simon and his sister Elena In 2004 my otherwise robust one-and-a-half-year-old son, Simon, came into contact with a “superbug.” Simon woke early one spring morning struggling to breathe. By early afternoon Simon’s skin was ice-cold. My husband and I brought Simon to the emergency room where...

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Everly Macario, Sc.D., M.S., Ed.M.

Food!

March 5, 2014

I like to think I have a lot of influence over my three-year-old daughter’s choices, but it’s hard to compete with the likes of Joe Camel and friendly little M & M smiley faces. Like many parents, I worry that advertising—which has been shown to have a greater influence over youth than peer...

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Manel Kappagoda

Food!

March 5, 2014

During the 1,000 day window between a woman's pregnancy and her child's 2nd birthday, nutrition is critical. The right nutrition can have a life-changing impact on a child's ability to grow, learn and thrive. "Quite simply, there is no other period of a person’s life when nutrition has as profound...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

March 4, 2014

There is a child in the barrio, playing with her brother, listening to her mother pleading for food. The unemployment checks have ended. The kitchen is bare. Her mother is calling local pantries, while her children wonder when they will be fed. In the high rises of Manhattan, full of opportunity...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

March 4, 2014

The Detroit News published an op-ed by Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller on February 24th, where the Congresswoman slammed the nutrition standards established under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 . In her op-ed Representative Miller calls the nutrition standards (which guarantee more...

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