Ask Umbra on the impacts of and alternatives to milk

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...When it comes to where our food comes from, many of us are in the dark. In his animal science textbook Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture, author Peter Cheeke actually crows about our ignorance. "One of the best things modern animal agriculture has going for it," writes Cheeke, "is that most people ... haven’t a clue how animals are raised and processed."

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8 Foods That Are More Nutritious Raw

By Alissa Cohen
the daily green
August 2, 2010

Cooking some foods unlocks their nutrients, but eating certain raw foods is more nutritious. Here are eight to try raw, for maximum nutrition.

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New Orleans chefs forced to get creative as Gulf seafood supply dwindles in wake of oil spill

Brett Anderson
The Times-Picayune
June 13, 2010

There may be no better example of how severely the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is threatening the craft of New Orleans cooking than the fact that the standard bearer of French-Creole cuisine has considered substituting the organ of a farm animal for the meat of a mollusk...

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'Farmers Market Desserts’ lets fruit, not sugar, be the star

BY Bonnie Azab Powell
Grist Magazine
May 28, 2010

Summer fruits from the farmers market are the supermodels of the produce world. Just like Heidi Klum doesn't need makeup to be beautiful, a super-fresh White Lady peach or Seascape strawberry doesn't need extra sweetening or seasoning to shine. But given the right recipe—one designed expressly for fruit and vegetables at their peak ripeness and flavor, not for their wooden supermarket facsimiles—they can really wow your tastebuds...

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Can Amaranth Fix Mexico's Dual Dietary Disasters?

By Emilio Godoy
Inter Press Service
May 20, 2010

Supporters of amaranth have been trying for decades to bring this millennia-old grain back from oblivion. Known for its high nutritional content, it is now being promoted as a way to help modern-day Mexico confront two of its dietary ills: malnutrition and obesity...

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FORGET POLAR BEARS, WE’RE KILLING OUR FOOD

Ear To The Ground
TruthDig
May 16, 2010

...It turns out that carbon dioxide, which plants depend on in normal doses, can, in excess, keep plants from absorbing important nutrients, according to the researchers. Put it this way: Too much carbon means unhealthy plants, and unhealthy plants means unhealthy humans...

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Honeysuckle Sorbet

by Noah Adams
National Public Radio
Kitchen Window
May 14, 2010

One thing we like is that there's just a moment of spring when you can pick enough blossoms to make the sorbet. And like the blossoms, it's best on the day you make it...

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Eco-Friendly Farming Practices to Fight Hunger in Bolivia

Franz Chávez interviews Bolivian expert in natural resource management WILFREDO QUIROZ

LA PAZ, Apr 3 , 2010 (IPS) - The gradual loss of traditional farming practices that preserve the land has pushed into extreme poverty small farmers in Bolivia who 20 years ago were producing surplus produce to sell at market and now are barely able to feed themselves...

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Organic Cocktails: I Grew It in the Garden, Then Drank It with Booze

By Sammy Davis
The Daily Green
March 4, 2010

Made with organic and sustainable liquors, these cocktail recipes make use of garden-fresh herbs and fruits...

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Tales from a D.C. school kitchen: Hold the fat and please pass the sugar

22 Jan 2010 2:20 PM
by Ed Bruske
Grist

In the fourth part of his series of reports from a D.C. elementary school, Ed Bruske explores how much sugar is in school food -- and why it is so pervasive. Read his surprising first-hand account...

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