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Considering the Cause - New Report on Cancer

Posted by Cecelia on Aug 18, 2010
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If we use chemicals that are known or suspected carcinogens in our daily lives (e.g. consumer products, food we eat, etc.) we are increasing our risk for developing cancer.

Organic and From China: An Oxymoron?

Posted by The Green Mama on Mar 14, 2010
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More of everything is coming from China and food is no exception.  Now, more and more, organic food is also coming from China.  Which raises the question: if it is from China is it really organic?

 

 

Melamine: Is it what's for dinner?

Posted by The Green Mama on Mar 01, 2010
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Remember melamine?  That was the substance found in the baby formula that resulted in over 54,000 children becoming sick and some dying and was also the substance that was found to be at fault in the 2007 pet food scandal.  (The pet food scandal entered the domestic food chain as chickens and pigs fed melamine ended up in the American food chain.) 

What is Melamine?

Milk: Does it do your child’s body good?

Posted by The Green Mama on Sep 02, 2009
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Milk is a $20-some billion industry.  Millions of dollars are spent by dairy producers and processors to advertise milk through such campaigns as Got Milk? and Milk: It does a body good.  What, however, has been the human cost of making milk into big money?

Feeding Families Better

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BACKGROUND ON THE ISSUE

First, there was the contaminated spinach from California; and then report after report of contaminated foods from China, everything from deadly pet foods to dried fruits laces with illegal pesticides and sea food laden with banned antibiotics; and then videos of dying cows rolled by forklift to slaughter and the ensuing recall of 143 MILLION pounds of beef. In the U.S., according to 2000 numbers, more than 5,000 people die every year from food-borne illnesses.  Another 76 million become ill and 325,000 are hospitalized.

Making "Cents" of Organics

Posted by The Green Mama on May 07, 2009
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When I asked the parents in my workshop: “When money is tight, do you stop buying organic foods?” they looked around guiltily. Then, the lightbulb went off in my head: “How many of you prioritize organic food even when money isn’t tight?”  Only a few hands shot up. 

“Why don't more Americans eat organic?"

The School Lunch Drama Continues

Posted by The Green Mama on Dec 10, 2008
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When I was young, my family was poor. I ate the school lunch because I got it for free. Though it was rarely my only meal of the day, it was often my main meal of the day. Still, I remember when I was 7 years old biting into the hotdog on my tray and my best friend telling me, “Do you know what that is made out of?” Hotdogs were the first food that I gave up out of principle.

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