April 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
To walk into the central gathering space of the Potawot Health Village in Arcata, a multi-tribal health clinic, is to be made instantly aware of the concept of traditional native food as medicine. “Got Acorns?” reads a poster. “Got salmon?” “Got seaweed?” ...
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March 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student body comes from low-income households, it’s a source of school pride that the soft tacos and chicken pot pies served at lunch are made from organic and locally sourced ingredients. The meals are...
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March 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Tomato, tomahto. Pink slime, lean finely textured beef. Whatever you call it, one thing is clear: Many consumers say they don't want it. Yesterday, following growing public disgust, the primary producer of the textured meat, Beef Products Inc., said it is suspending operations at...
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October 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
Every morning in Sarah McKerr's third-grade class at Foster Elementary School in Compton, students turn in their homework and file back to their seats with something in hand: a free breakfast. Over the past year, the Compton Unified School District has moved breakfast out of the...
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May 18, 2010, 12:00 AM
Over the course of 2009, the average American household spent $6,514 on food and drink according to Bundle.com. The new site aims to become "the most complete free resource for information about how Americans spend and save," according to a post on the methodology behind the spending data...
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March 4, 2010, 12:04 AM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fired off letters warning of deceptive food labeling to 17 food companies yesterday, including one to a Los Angeles company that claims that its pomegranate juice can improve erectile function. Six California firms were singled out in the letter-...
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