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Sign the Petitions to Help Family Dairy Farms: the New Endangered Species

Whatever your views about milk products in the diet, U.S. dairy farmers are in crisis, a crisis of such magnitude that it stands to change the way milk is produced in this country. From the Ethicurean: If things continue the way they’re going, reports Farm Aid’s Hilde Steffey, the U.S. risks los...

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Tags: Agriculture, Dairy, Farm, Farmer, Milk, Petition, Rural, Usda
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Envisioning Healthy Eating: Alternatives to the Food Pyramid

There was a chilling op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle that really points out the inadequacy of our current definition of "healthy": Here is a daily diet that meets those nutrition guidelines: Breakfast: 1 cup Fruit Loops; 1 cup skim milk; 1 package M&M milk chocolate candies; fiber and vitam...

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Tags: Food, Kids, Pyramid, Usda, Values
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