food supply
5 Reasons to Eat Salt
Recently, British research published by The Cochrane Library, found that while cutting salt consumption did appear to lead to slight reductions in blood pressure, that was not translated into lower death rate or heart disease risk.
Vending Machines Go Healthy
This was my idea and someone took it! I Have a friend who is in the vending machine business. One day we were discussing his business and I suggested he find a way to replace all the junk food items (everything in the machine) with healthier snack foods. Now there is a company that has done just that but it could be healthier still…
Join the Party For Farmageddon Screening in NYC!
Please join us for Chefs and Foodies Celebration Party with the Filmmaker, Movie Screening and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
5:00pm — Party at Jimmy’s No. 43 Restaurant, 43 East 7th St.
Enjoy Appetizers: Artisinal cheeses, beer sausages, Shisito Peppers, Wine, Beer or Sparkling Water, then walk to the theatre to enjoy the show.
Extended NYC Showing of Farmagedon!
If you live near NYC and have not gone in to see this great movie, you still have a chance! Due to popular demand the one week premier showing has been extended to July 21. The reviews have been excellent. This is a really in depth look at how the government treats our small independent farmers. Instead of supporting them, they hassle and harass them. I’m going to make it there this week!
Food Manufacturers Go Healthy: NOT!
In a marketing attempt to lure consumers to their products, food manufacturers are using an old concept towards bigger profits. This old “new” idea is to hide healthy food in their nutrient poor, manufactured products. This may fool some, but not us! We already stay away from their products. Here’s what they are trying to do.
Kraft Foods, Inc. is adding freeze dried cauliflower to their Macaroni & Cheese. They apparently freeze dry the cauliflower and then pulverize it and use that powder to replace some of the refined flour in the pasta. This allows them to claim that every cup of the product contains one half cup of vegetable.
Farmageddon is Coming!
Small family farms are under seige by bureaucrats who are trespassing on the civil liberties of citizens like you and I. This is the subject of Kristin Canty’s documentary film, Farmageddon — the Unseen War on American Family Farms. It has been premiered in various parts of the country and now it is coming to New York City from Friday, July 8 through Thursday, July 14. I’ll meet you there!
Four Reasons To Use Beef Tallow
I just received a quart of beef tallow from my farmer (amazing what I can get excited about!) and tonight I’m going to fry something in it. Probably fish or crab cakes. Traditionally, tallow was used for high heat frying in most fast food restaurants because it remained very stable under high heat conditions and imparted a good flavor. The switch was made in the 1970′s when the vegetable oil industry gained power and propagandized the (supposed) benefits of polyunsaturated fats.
Announcing: Real Food Nutrition and Health E-Course
Get ready for a summer of real food learning with Food Renegade’s Real Food Nutrition And Health E-Course. This is a great way to give your children a head start on REAL nutrition. If you are a home schooler, this is a perfect class to offer. If you are an adult with no children, this is a great beginners class to “Renegade” real food nutrition. Register by June 30 and receive $20.00 off!
Beware the Poison Apple
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) an advocacy nonprofit, just published their updated list of the pesticide laden “dirty dozen” and the better “clean fifteen” list of conventional fruits and vegetables for 2011. Of the dirty dozen, apples are at the top — the worst in pesticide residues.
FDA Sued Over Unsafe Antibiotic Use in Animals
Finally someone has reacted to the crisis that has been escalating for over thirty years. Since 1976 when Professor Stuart Levy (molecular biology, microbiology and medicine at Tufts university School of medicine) published his research in the New England Journal of Medicine about antibiotic-resistant bacteria being breed in animals fed antibiotics in order to promote growth, both industry and health officials have known that this practice was unsafe for humans.