Food!

Has “Breast is Best” Jumped the Shark?

I’m a working mother of two small children, and I’ve breastfed them both. In fact, I’m currently somewhere in the middle of breastfeeding my second child, who has cut some teeth recently and knows how to use them, so we’ll see how much longer this continues. And it’s been interesting, being alive...

#FoodFri Tweetchat: Sheds 100 Pounds + Gains Love of Food

With the New Year comes countless resolutions to lose weight. We start off with a vengeance. We're sure cutting calories, writing food journals and heading to the gym will remove help us lose 5, 10, 15 pounds. Yet, somewhere along the line we lose our momentum and our hope. The problem: We want a...

School Meals are Going Greek – and Green, Local and Trendy Too!

If you think that America’s children are still being served mystery meat for lunch at school, it’s time to take another look. Personally, I'm fed up with reports that ignore the real food revolution in school breakfast and lunch. It's as if these folks have never heard about the 2010 Healthy Hunger...

American Indian Heritage Day: 11/29 Let’s Eat!

Editor's Note: This blog post originally appeared in the online forum Native American Netroots . The recipes come from different tribal nations from across the country. -Elisa Batista, MomsRising.org photo credit: Aaron Huey Friday, November 29th, the day after Thanksgiving is American Indian...