Posts tagged: #School lunch

iEat Green is Live on Enviro Close-Up! Michael Amendola, Co-Owner and Wine Director of The Village Wine Merchant, Joins Bhavani on PRN!

Hi All, Just in time for the holidays, this interview I did with Karl Grossman on Enviro Close-Up just got posted! Please check it out and share it with your circles!     Michael Amendola, Co-Owner and Wine Director of … Read More

Take Action: Help Us Keep the Improvements to School Lunch! Contact Your Senators and DEMAND Answers!

Trump is at it again! It seems he wants to undo anything that Obama did, regardless if it improves the health of our children. Under the administration’s new regulations, school meals will contain more salt and fewer whole grains. Last … Read More

iEat Green & Slow Food North Shore Head to Denver! Exciting Line-up for Slow Food Nations; Summer Solstice Party and Brooklyn Grange Event! Mary Jo Dudley from Cornell Farmworker Program Joins Bhavani on PRN!

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Hi All, Before I forget, I want to share with you the link to the Brian Lehrer show on NPR from last Wednesday. I was a guest on the show, along with Daniel Giusti, former head chef of Noma and founder … Read More

Remove Carageenan From Organics; Give Kids Responsibly Raised Chicken; Help Protect Hudson River Sturgeon; Stop Modern Day Native American Land Grab

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Remove Carcinogenic Carrageenan From Organics To all my vegan friends who are not drinking dairy, yet resort to other types of milk, I encourage you to read closely the list of ingredients in those boxed alternatives. Among them is (sometimes) carrageenan, a common food-additive that is harvested from specific … Read More

Take Action: Chip In To Fight Back Against Monsanto; Participate in Meat Free Week; Tell Congress: Don’t Gut Healthy School Lunches

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Chip in to Fight Back Against Monsanto Despite the fact that 90% of Americans want strong GMO labeling, President Obama just signed the weak federal labeling bill into law. Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association have poured money into getting … Read More

In the News: Agrarian Elders Alarmed by the Direction of Organic; Check Out the 2016 EWG’s Sunscreen Guide; How the Good Food Purchasing Policy is Changing LA Schools

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Agrarian Elders Alarmed by the Direction of Organic The Agrarian Elders, a group of farmers who were the pioneers of organic and sustainable farming, are voicing their concerns about the direction of the organic food movement. The Elders fear the … Read More

Take Action: Stop Monsanto’s Dream Bill; Tell Congress to Fight for a Bill for Better Child Nutrition; Tell the FDA to Remove Carrageenan from Our Food

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Stop Monsanto’s Dream Bill Here we are again, fighting to stop Monsanto from pushing through a bill (Monsanto’s Dream Bill, aka the DARK Act) that would ban states from requiring GMO labeling. This is the final push before Vermont’s GMO … Read More

Take Action: Stop the Assault on Healthy Meals for Kids; Tell the FDA to Get Rid of “Natural” Labels; Pull the Plug on Monsanto’s RoundUp

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Stop the Assault on Healthy Meals for Kids Republicans have introduced the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill, which would break down current school nutrition guidelines and allow more junk food in schools. This bill is backed by the food industry, no … Read More