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Beware of antioxidant supplements, warns scientific review
sciencedaily.com
"The lay press and thousands of nutritional products warn of oxygen radicals or oxidative stress and suggest taking so-called antioxidants to prevent or cure disease. Researchers have analyzed the ...
Want Kids To Eat More Veggies? Market Them With Cartoons : The Salt : NPR
npr.org
"The food industry has long marketed highly processed products to kids with characters like Tony the Tiger. But similar tactics can also work to sway school kids to eat more vegetables, a study fin...
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LezEngel It would be great if fruit & veggie producers had the money to implement wide-scale marketing tactics to match the big food companies. Imagine what might happen!
Behind The Plate with favorite farmer @olivettefarm !
blog.thefoodstand.com
"Justin Aiello is the Farm Manager at Olivette Farm, a biodiverse, organic vegetable farm located just north of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. His journey to farming has taken some twists and ...
Excess produce?
Keep farmers in business, buy their excess and imperfect produce. Reduce food waste and food insecurity. #savegoodfood #foodwaste #KnowYourFarmer
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FarmerDave I wish more farmers would just put their imperfect produce on display. Many are doing so, but I still find some who have a stash in the back of produce they will just give away for free.
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Athina @FarmerDave completely agree. We are building a sell or donate virtual farmers market. This pic was taken less than 10 miles from us.
Behind The Plate with #NoFoodWaste pro Tristram Stuart
blog.thefoodstand.com
Tristram Stuart, Founder of Feedback and Toast Ale, has been passionate about food waste from an early age. His Ted Talk: The global food waste scandal has been viewed over a million times, and his...
When community-supported agriculture is not what it seems
nytimes.com
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FarmerDave You know I read this article and I was so conflicted. I really believe in the CSA model because it provides affordable, fresh food to people, teaches them to work with new ingredients, and also...
Coloured pasta made by hand.
Wootton
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DietID_TeamDietitians Beautiful!
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Brianne Very cool! What did you use to dye the pasta?
Can hipsters stomach the unpalatable truth about avocado toast? | Joanna Blythman | Opinion | The Guardian
theguardian.com
"Avocados are bountiful in our food culture and all over Instagram. But communities in Mexico are suffering because of our fetishisation"
Would You Drink Cockroach Milk?
refinery29.com
"The milk produced by a certain species of cockroach may be four times more nutritious than cow's milk, according to a new study. The cockroach in question is the only type of roach known to give b...
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darkchocolatepeanutbutter I'm usually killing cockroaches so I'm not interested in drinking their milk however I think this could help people in impoverished countries to increase their protein intake.
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annefood @Rachna cockroach milk latte anyone?
Friday inspiration: using law to combat food waste in Italy
independent.co.uk
Seriously, I feel like Italy just made this look so easy for other countries seeking to combat food waste! Eliminating hurdles like restrictions on donations of food past sell-by dates (which we al...