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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: 10 things to do right now

March 26, 2010

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution movement has become the tipping point for regular Americans on food consciousness, health, and the impact that our food habits have on our children and communities. Starting with his food revolution in the UK, then the TED Prize, a series of fabulous books, and now a prime-time TV show on ABC [...]

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Local foods for Easter

March 24, 2010

Easter is in 11 days.  While children all over the Commonwealth of Virginia are fantasizing about Easter baskets full of chocolate — and I know that my daughters are — I’m guessing that we adults are thinking more about Easter brunch and dinner. Have you thought about eating locally and/or seasonally on Easter?  Even though [...]

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Real food for real people

March 15, 2010

I’ve been talking here lately about cutting out the fast food and eating seasonally and eating locally and … blah, blah, blah, be quiet already Jen, no one can eat like that and still have a life. Actually, yes you can.  I swear it’s possible. Here’s how we do it in our house. My husband [...]

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Listen-up: If you live in Virginia and drink milk

March 5, 2010

I was in my local Whole Foods market last week and was about to pick up a regular plastic gallon jug of milk when I found the most glorious milk in the world from Homestead Creamery. According a blog post from Whole Foods, all the milk at Homestead Creamery comes from two local farms, both [...]

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Slow down

March 2, 2010

It’s 6:00 and you’re finished with work for the day. Your children are whining and want dinner. (Well, my kids would be whining.)  You’re tired and don’t feel like thinking about food, so you pull into the drive-through of the closest fast food place and fork over cash in exchange for your dinner.  Or you [...]

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Is Wal-Mart (not Whole Foods) going to help us get healthier and save small farms?

February 28, 2010

It’s becoming more and more difficult for me to shop in big name grocery stores. Aisles and aisles of flavorless produce, brightly-colored packages of food-like substances are commonplace. These items have been my drug of choice for many years. Living unconciously – for a variety of reasons – I have eaten these items without thought. [...]

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