By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Agricultural pesticides, long suspected of being especially harmful to children, are receiving additional scrutiny, thanks to three recent studies. And – no surprise here – children who live in agricultural areas turn out to be particularly vulnerable. Scientists are cautious in their conclusions, awaiting results of further testing. But two classes [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Over on the Fooducate blog, you can read a guest post by the aptly-named Maureen Farmer, who has been gardening for only five years, but has completed the Connecticut Master Gardener Association’s master gardener program. Recently, and to us more importantly, she developed The Farmer’s Garden, a web site you’ll want [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson While school is in session — and, in some places, through summer vacation, too — about one-third of the energy a child takes in during the day should come from the lunch he or she eats at school. And the food that provides that energy shouldn’t be all starch and fat. [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Buy Local, Farm to School, Food, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, USDA | 1 Comment »
by Daphne Bishop It may not be spring yet, but 1000 Radishes are about to sprout up, and with them potentially far-reaching ways to connect local growers with the people who crave their wares. You may recall, we told you about 1000 Radishes last summer. It’s a high-tech way to find what’s in season, connect [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Farms & Farmers, Food, Nutrition, Rural Life, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
By Daphne Bishop As the old song says, “You must have been a beautiful baby.” But how does a baby stay beautiful and grow healthy and strong if all she eats are heavily processed commercial foods. That was the challenge facing Shazi Visram, CEO and founder of HAPPYBABY, a company in Brooklyn, New York that [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2010 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Buy Local, Food, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
By Daphne Bishop Did you ever think that mom’s admonition to “Eat your vegetables!” would not only shape national policy, but forge culinary partnerships between children, farmers and chefs to revolutionize the way we eat? Sam Kass is the chef who cooks for the Obama family with an eye towards uniting healthier menus and the [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2009 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Education, Farm to School, Food, Kitchen gardens, USDA, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
By Debra Kozikowski Something special is happening in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Sisters of Providence, a religious community with deep roots in the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, donated land in June of this year to The Trustees of Reservations. Today, a ceremony will take place to dedicate The Land of Providence, a 25 acre parcel of farm and [...]
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, CSA, Community Gardens, Conservation, Farms & Farmers, Food, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
By Adrianna Natsoulas You’ve heard about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), where consumer pay for farm shares of produce at the beginning if the season and receive baskets of the harvest as the crops come in. Well the coastal counterpart to the CSA is Cape Ann Fresh Catch (CAFC), the first Boston-area Community Supported Fishery (CSF) [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2009 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Agri-tourism, Agriculture, Buy Local, CSA, CSF, Food, Rural Urban Partnerships | 3 Comments »
by Debra Kozikowski Here’s a good one. CNN radio reports, among other bad news, that the health care reform debate could be making us sick. Adding another layer of stress to a stressful time, what with an uncertain economy marked by job losses, high prices at the pump and a shaky Wall Street, there is added tension in [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2009 by DebbySKoz
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Farms & Farmers, Food, Healthcare Reform, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
By Matt L. Barron For most of us with working vehicles, a weekly trip to a favorite roadside stand for some fresh-picked sweet corn and vine-ripened tomatoes is part of the summer routine. But what if you live in one of America’s big cities, far from a local farm? Even the best public transportation systems [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by DebbySKoz
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