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Alicia Silverstone on Her New Book, The Kind Diet, Organic Gardening, and Cow Farts (Interview)
It's been a long time since Alicia Silverstone was "Clueless." Since then she's earned accolades on screen and stage, most recently in Donald Marguilies's Time Stands Still, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, which she'll take to Broadway in
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From the Forums: Can Locavores Drink Wine?
SustainEarth writes: What are everyone's thoughts on drinking wine and considering yourself a localvore [sic]? The idea that eating locally helps the environment and your local community is something I live by,
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6 Reasons Food is Central to the Health Care Debate
The debate over health care has, thus far, revolved around access and cost. While these are important issues, and will no doubt be the focus of any reform plan that emerges from Congress, they overshadow other more
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TED Talk: How Food Shaped Our Cities, And How City Planning Can Reshape Our Food
In this fascinating TED talk, Carolyn Steel shows us how our food supplies shaped cities. From ancient times when certain markets were located based on how easy it was to get food to those areas to how cities expanded with the advent of
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13 Great Vegetarians From History (Slideshow)
People have practiced vegetarianism for centuries. In that time, some truly great people have joined the cause. Here, in no particular order, are 13 of the greatest vegetarians from
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13 Great Vegetarians From History
Including Mohandas Gandhi in a group of vegetarians seems almost too obvious. Even so, such a list would not be complete without mentioning the famous advocate of non-violence. Gandhi wrote extensively about vegetarianism and once said that "I do feel tha
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Could Giving Children Candy Turn Them into Criminals?
Everyone knows that eating too many sweets is bad for our teeth, but could giving candy to children lead to delinquency later in life? A new study, to be published in next month's British Journal of Psychiatry, claims
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Maca Miracle Bars: The Next Acai or Goji Berry?
I got the sense after picking up the sample of Maca bars that this could be the next miracle "food" popping up on the market. That is, if we're not already too burnt out by "miracle foods." I sampled a few of these Potent Life
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How to Get Your Children to Enjoy Walking
Childhood obesity is becoming a huge problem for children in North America and Europe. The statistics and the ramifications are very serious for their health and future. Walking in parks and the countryside is such a cheap
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Why GMO Foods Have Failed at Producing Healthy Food for More People
For a technology that has sucked up billions of research dollars and prolonged agriculture's dependence on chemical inputs, GMOs (genetically modified organisms) have yet to justify their role in a world desperate
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Questionable Intelligence Surrounding "Smart Choices" Food Label
A New York Times article "For Your Health, Froot Loops" uncovers the absurdist logic of a new food-labeling campaign called the "Smart Choices Program." The label is a "front-of-package" designation whereby consumers can see if their food purchases
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TED Talk: Save Our Future by Saving the Seeds (Video)
"If crops don't adapt to climate change, neither will we," says Cary Fowler, an expert in biodiversity. Key to ensuring that crops will be able to adapt is maintaining crop diversity. We're at risk of losing the very
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Revolution Foods Brings Organic Goodies on Lunchbox Bus Tour to New York City and New Jersey
The days of Summer are dwindling and "back-to-school" season is upon us. Starting August 20, 2009, Revolution Foods' and sister baby-food brand
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Readers, Send Us Your Photos! We Want to See Your Edible Container Gardens
Do you grow strawberries in a clay pot? Tomatoes from a hanging basket? Squash in a former wine barrel? Prove it! We want to see your edible container gardens and share them with the world.
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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by One Ton a Year
We all know that we have to reduce our carbon footprint. We know that we have to do it soon to save the earth. Every day we are being bombarded with suggestions in magazines, papers, t.v. about how to reduce
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Is Being Fat a Personal Choice?
After we posted about the various possible causes of obesity in America in What Makes You Fat?, the majority of the commenters complained that it was a matter of personal responsibility, not external influences. "Making it about where you live or
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Heather Mills Opens Vegan Cafe: Frozen Foods to Follow?
Image credit: Vbites Heather Mills' Animal-Free Cafe While Paul McCartney pushes Meatless Mondays, his ex-wife Heather Mills, who campaigned alongside Paul against seal clubbing - among other things - has opened a vegan cafe in Hove Lagoon in the UK.
