Tag: food
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Plan Sustainable Holiday Meals With Interactive Map
Looking for nearby food producers and organic growers to supply food for your sustainable holiday feast? Check out this interactive map from Local Harvest that can help you locate family farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) groups, farmer’s markets and grocery co-ops, among other local or organic food sources. Simply type in your zip code and…
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Baking With Splenda Releases Cancer-Causing Chemicals
The synthetic sweetener sucralose, which is sold under the brand name Splenda, releases cancer-causing dioxins in food when baked or heated, says a in-depth study review recently published in the journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Cooking with sucralose at high temperatures was reported to generate chloropropanols, a potentially toxic class of chemicals that may be…
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Is There Lead in Your Latte?
by Kristina Chew An investigation by Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin has found that cleaners used in espresso machines can add a shot of lead to your latte. As reported in the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, a safety study found that high-end espresso-makers can release large amounts of lead into coffee for days after they are cleaned. The…
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New Labels Show Where Your Meat Came From
You’ll soon be seeing some changes on meat packages at the grocery store. Federal rules went into effect in recent weeks requiring labels on unprocessed beef, chicken, pork, lamb or goat to state where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. [caption id="attachment_314800" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S.…
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Study Finds Organic Milk More Nutritious Than Conventional Milk
Organic milk contains significantly higher concentrations of heart-healthy fatty acids compared to milk from cows on conventionally managed dairy farms, a study led by a Washington State University (WSU) researcher has found. [caption id="attachment_314767" align="alignnone" width="500"] Organic milk contains significantly higher concentrations of heart-healthy fatty acids compared to milk from cows on conventionally managed dairy farms.[/caption]…