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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