There’s good news and there’s bad news out of the U.S. House of Representatves Committee on Agriculture. The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) passed by a bipartisan 35-11 vote. The committee rejected amendments to alter the no-cost sugar program and also voted not to remove the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) from [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Childhood Hunger, Clean Energy, Farm Bill 2012, Farms & Farmers, Food, Food Safety, Nutrition, Rural Issues | 1 Comment »
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the farm bill. Up next, the U.S. House of Representatives. Word from Ag Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., is that mark-up of the bill is expected to begin on July 11 with high hopes that the bill will go to the full House before August recess. The biggest stumbling [...]
Posted on July 2nd, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Farm Bill 2012, Nutrition | 1 Comment »
USDA request for applications (RFA) are now available for the new Farm to School grant program. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 is in its first funding cycle for grants planning or implementing new or expanded Farm to School programs. USDA expects to award up to $3.5 million to support access to local foods [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Buy Local, Farm to School, Farm-to-School, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, USDA | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson I apologize for the long silence. What follows is both my explanation and information you may find important. Shingles (herpes zoster) is related to chicken pox (varicella virus). If you had chicken pox, it’s likely that some of the virus is lurking along your spinal cord. Shingles happens when that virus [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2011 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Health and Healing, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson I respect pigs. I really do. They are highly intelligent animals, good natured, and endowed with a sense of humor, if you’re subtle enough to detect it. But pigs are not pretty, and putting lipstick on them doesn’t make them any prettier. Neither does putting lipstick on the USDA’s Food Pyramid, [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2011 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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I had to chuckle when Sunday’s White House pool reporter sent out the menu for President Obama’s White House Super Bowl party. It looks like the First Lady’s primo nightmare, a veritable cholesterol festival. This should not be construed as criticism. Nobody should be so rigid about diet that there can’t be any special days, [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2011 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Nutrition | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Are you up for a delicious bite of satire? Try this, from Slate. Field of Greens The dreaded broccoli uprising and other freaky GOP nightmares. by Dahlia Lithwick When the socialist revolution comes, the first shot will not come from filthy peasants bearing flaming torches or angry, poorly dressed workers demanding [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Healthcare Reform, Republicans, Satire | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson The title of this post has a ring to it, don’t you think? Wouldn’t you be proud to live in a country where all children are healthy and no child goes hungry? Well, that’s the goal of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act that President Obama signed into law on Monday. [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Childhood Hunger, Childhood obesity, Farm to School, Farm-to-School | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Guess what country offers its residents the best health care in the world. If you guessed the United States, you’ve been snookered by a bunch of lying, exceptionalist politicians and their boot-licking sycophants. You’ve been listening to too much talk radio, or too much bull hockey from the part of the [...]
Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Health Care | 1 Comment »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Doctors at three Massachusetts medical centers are writing “prescriptions” for free fruits and vegetables at local farmers markets. Clinicians look for families of overweight and obese children enrolled in the centers’ exercise and nutrition program that can’t afford and lack access to fresh produce. Whole families are enrolled; the main requirement [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Childhood obesity, Farmers Markets, Nutrition | No Comments »
