Nancy's Nutrition Corner
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food," Hippocrates.
Omnipotent Olive Oil
During the 1960s researchers began looking at different cultures to find links between diet and disease. In Greece, research revealed that a whopping 40 percent of the average male's caloric intake was from fat, however, most of the fat consumed was olive oil. CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
Article1 Making a difference with organic blanks
About 1/3 of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used to produce a single pound of conventionally grown cotton fabric. Many of these chemicals find their way into the soil, air, water and the food we eat, adversely affecting all associated life. As a manufacturer, Article.1 recognizes its role and responsibility in helping the environment, and thus has created the Organics line.
Article.1 is dedicated to the environment and continues to develop 100% Organic cotton products, contributing to a sustainable society.
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Here are some additional links to businesses and organizations that may be helpful:
Organic Exchange is a charitable organization committed to expanding organic agriculture.
SIMA is the surf industry's trade association which supports oceanic environmental efforts to ensure the growth of the sport.
America Recycles is a national all-volunteer, non-profit organization that encourages Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products.
The Organic Trade Association is a membership-based business association that promotes and protects organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public, and the economy.
1% For The Planet is an alliance of businesses committed to creating a healthier planet by donating at least 1% of their annual sales to environmental organizations worldwide.
Article.1 is dedicated to the environment and continues to develop 100% Organic cotton products, contributing to a sustainable society.
CLICK HERE for MORE
Here are some additional links to businesses and organizations that may be helpful:
Organic Exchange is a charitable organization committed to expanding organic agriculture.
SIMA is the surf industry's trade association which supports oceanic environmental efforts to ensure the growth of the sport.
America Recycles is a national all-volunteer, non-profit organization that encourages Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products.
The Organic Trade Association is a membership-based business association that promotes and protects organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public, and the economy.
1% For The Planet is an alliance of businesses committed to creating a healthier planet by donating at least 1% of their annual sales to environmental organizations worldwide.
Kellogg Agrees to Quit Advertising to Kids
Kellogg Agrees to Quit Advertising to Kids
Kellogg Cereal
On June 14th, the food maker Kellogg agreed to set nutrition standards for children's snacks and cereals or stop advertising them to young kids. One serving of a snack or cereal will contain less than 200 calories, no trans fat and less than two grams of saturated fat. Each serving will have less than 230 milligrams of sodium and no more than 12 grams of sugar. Any Kellogg product that does not meet these standards will no longer be advertised to children under the age of twelve.
Young children are very susceptible to advertising, especially television commercials featuring fun colors, happy kids and lots of sugar. My kids are growing out of that stage now, but for a few years they would beg for every sweet cereal that showed up between (and during) cartoons. Of course I can't really blame them; when I was a kid I was sure that Pink Panther Flakes had to become a mandatory inclusion to my childhood diet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Kellogg Cereal
On June 14th, the food maker Kellogg agreed to set nutrition standards for children's snacks and cereals or stop advertising them to young kids. One serving of a snack or cereal will contain less than 200 calories, no trans fat and less than two grams of saturated fat. Each serving will have less than 230 milligrams of sodium and no more than 12 grams of sugar. Any Kellogg product that does not meet these standards will no longer be advertised to children under the age of twelve.
Young children are very susceptible to advertising, especially television commercials featuring fun colors, happy kids and lots of sugar. My kids are growing out of that stage now, but for a few years they would beg for every sweet cereal that showed up between (and during) cartoons. Of course I can't really blame them; when I was a kid I was sure that Pink Panther Flakes had to become a mandatory inclusion to my childhood diet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE
CFSC Farm Bill Update
CFSC Farm Bill Update
June 18, 2007
Nutrition Sub-Committee Draft Completed
Thank you for your interest in the Farm Bill and the efforts of the Community Food Security Coalition. This is our second in a weekly series of updates that contain a summary of relevant happenings around the country related to food security, local food, and the Farm Bill.
Sub-Committee Has Completed its Work on the Nutrition Title: Last Thursday the Nutrition Sub-Committee marked-up the Nutrition Title of the Farm Bill, including the following on CFSC priority issues:
* Community Food Projects (CFP) was in the mark at $30 million. We will continue working on this to ensure that the money is mandatory as it moves through the full committee.
* Geographic Preference/Local Procurement: The language that would clarify policy to allow schools to include a "geographic preference" in their bids for school foods, which would give schools flexibility to work with local farmers and pursue Farm to Cafeteria programs. This language was not in the mark because of a jurisdictional issue between the Agriculture Committee and Education & Labor Committee. An amendment was prepared but not introduced because of this jurisdictional issue. We will continue to work with staff and members from both committees to insure this can be introduced as an amendment in full committee.
* The Healthy Food Enterprise Development Program (HFED), which would provide funding for local food infrastructure, was not in the mark, nor does it have a firm champion yet. We are working with a number of members to see if this can be introduced as an amendment at full committee. Northeast Midwest Institute has been doing much of the advocacy for this new program.
* We have not asked anyone to offer an amendment funding Farm to Cafeteria in the Farm Bill at this point.
* The Direct to Consumer Marketing Assistance Program (formerly the Farmers' Market Promotion Program) has a number of members ready to offer an amendment at full committee, which would include a percentage of the funding for EBT at farmers' markets. The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition does the majority of the advocacy for this program.
Timeline for Legislative Action on the Farm Bill: Although schedules frequently change in Congress, here is our latest information on the timeline for the Farm Bill:
* June 26-28: House: Full Agriculture Committee meets to continue negotiations
* Week of July 9: Senate Full Agriculture Committee meets (very tentatively)
* Week of July 23: Scheduled Farm Bill debate on the House Floor
Other points of interest from the Nutrition Sub-Committee Bill:
* The Food Stamp Program was renamed the "Secure Supplemental Nutrition Access Program" (SSNAP).
* TEFAP has "reserve funds" to increase funding to $250 million
* Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) extended to 2012
* DoD Fresh will not spend less than $50 million in 2008, $75 million in 2009 and 2010, $100 million for 2011, and $125 million for 2012.
* The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program was expanded to $100 million
* The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program has mandatory funding of $15 million through 2012, and authorized discretionary funds of $20 million (total) for 2008, $30 million for 2009, $45 million for 2010, $60 million for 2011, and $75 million for 2012.
* The Congressional Hunger Center was authorized at $3 million
Media Update: To date, CFSC introduced op-eds have run in dailies around the country, including the Albuquerque Journal, the Des Moines Register, the Hartford Courant, the Detroit Free Press and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. In the next couple of weeks, other newspapers are expected to run op-eds and related farm bill stories. CFSC supporters are encouraged to submit op-eds and LTEs as soon as possible. Model op-eds and LTEs are available.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer link: http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1181897161245060.xml&coll=2
Other Farm Bill News
Agriculture Committee Chairs Split on Commodity & Conservation Titles:
Commodity Subsidies- Early last week, in response to efforts at farm bill reform by environmental and anti-hunger advocates converging in Washington, DC, Chairman Peterson, said "grain, soybean and cotton subsidies should not be siphoned to other programs." Previously, Chairman Peterson had announced plans to cut farm subsidy eligibility for farmers with 10 acres or less, citing their off-farm livelihoods and income, and this provision was included in the draft of the Commodity title released today on the House website. However, last week Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Harkin said he was worried about this proposal, because it "could hurt specialty crop, organic, minority and socially disadvantaged farmers."
Conservation Payments- Harkin also split with Peterson on limitations for conservation payments. Whereas Peterson wants limits placed on conservation payments if they are also placed on payments for commodities, Harkin recognized the public good done by conservation, and only made an exception for EQIP- he followed up on past statements that large livestock operations should have to pay for their own environmental cleanup rather than receiving large amounts of government funding, saying that he's interested in proposals that would cut current aggregate limits for EQIP money.
Tomorrow, June 19, the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management will meet to mark-up the draft of its bill. Today, Chairman Peterson announced that the Sub-committee may vote on alternative farm bill proposals presented by Reps. Kind and Flake, the President's proposal and a buy-out proposal presented by Citigroup.
If you'd like to continue to receive CFSC Farm Bill Updates, please contact Steph Larsen at steph@foodsecurity.org or Aliza Wasserman at aliza.wasserman@gmail.com
Best,
Steph and Aliza
--
Community Food Security Coalition
110 Maryland Ave. NE Suite 307
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202.543.8602
Email: Steph@foodsecurity.org
www.FoodSecurity.org
June 18, 2007
Nutrition Sub-Committee Draft Completed
Thank you for your interest in the Farm Bill and the efforts of the Community Food Security Coalition. This is our second in a weekly series of updates that contain a summary of relevant happenings around the country related to food security, local food, and the Farm Bill.
Sub-Committee Has Completed its Work on the Nutrition Title: Last Thursday the Nutrition Sub-Committee marked-up the Nutrition Title of the Farm Bill, including the following on CFSC priority issues:
* Community Food Projects (CFP) was in the mark at $30 million. We will continue working on this to ensure that the money is mandatory as it moves through the full committee.
* Geographic Preference/Local Procurement: The language that would clarify policy to allow schools to include a "geographic preference" in their bids for school foods, which would give schools flexibility to work with local farmers and pursue Farm to Cafeteria programs. This language was not in the mark because of a jurisdictional issue between the Agriculture Committee and Education & Labor Committee. An amendment was prepared but not introduced because of this jurisdictional issue. We will continue to work with staff and members from both committees to insure this can be introduced as an amendment in full committee.
* The Healthy Food Enterprise Development Program (HFED), which would provide funding for local food infrastructure, was not in the mark, nor does it have a firm champion yet. We are working with a number of members to see if this can be introduced as an amendment at full committee. Northeast Midwest Institute has been doing much of the advocacy for this new program.
* We have not asked anyone to offer an amendment funding Farm to Cafeteria in the Farm Bill at this point.
* The Direct to Consumer Marketing Assistance Program (formerly the Farmers' Market Promotion Program) has a number of members ready to offer an amendment at full committee, which would include a percentage of the funding for EBT at farmers' markets. The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition does the majority of the advocacy for this program.
Timeline for Legislative Action on the Farm Bill: Although schedules frequently change in Congress, here is our latest information on the timeline for the Farm Bill:
* June 26-28: House: Full Agriculture Committee meets to continue negotiations
* Week of July 9: Senate Full Agriculture Committee meets (very tentatively)
* Week of July 23: Scheduled Farm Bill debate on the House Floor
Other points of interest from the Nutrition Sub-Committee Bill:
* The Food Stamp Program was renamed the "Secure Supplemental Nutrition Access Program" (SSNAP).
* TEFAP has "reserve funds" to increase funding to $250 million
* Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) extended to 2012
* DoD Fresh will not spend less than $50 million in 2008, $75 million in 2009 and 2010, $100 million for 2011, and $125 million for 2012.
* The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program was expanded to $100 million
* The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program has mandatory funding of $15 million through 2012, and authorized discretionary funds of $20 million (total) for 2008, $30 million for 2009, $45 million for 2010, $60 million for 2011, and $75 million for 2012.
* The Congressional Hunger Center was authorized at $3 million
Media Update: To date, CFSC introduced op-eds have run in dailies around the country, including the Albuquerque Journal, the Des Moines Register, the Hartford Courant, the Detroit Free Press and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. In the next couple of weeks, other newspapers are expected to run op-eds and related farm bill stories. CFSC supporters are encouraged to submit op-eds and LTEs as soon as possible. Model op-eds and LTEs are available.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer link: http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1181897161245060.xml&coll=2
Other Farm Bill News
Agriculture Committee Chairs Split on Commodity & Conservation Titles:
Commodity Subsidies- Early last week, in response to efforts at farm bill reform by environmental and anti-hunger advocates converging in Washington, DC, Chairman Peterson, said "grain, soybean and cotton subsidies should not be siphoned to other programs." Previously, Chairman Peterson had announced plans to cut farm subsidy eligibility for farmers with 10 acres or less, citing their off-farm livelihoods and income, and this provision was included in the draft of the Commodity title released today on the House website. However, last week Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Harkin said he was worried about this proposal, because it "could hurt specialty crop, organic, minority and socially disadvantaged farmers."
Conservation Payments- Harkin also split with Peterson on limitations for conservation payments. Whereas Peterson wants limits placed on conservation payments if they are also placed on payments for commodities, Harkin recognized the public good done by conservation, and only made an exception for EQIP- he followed up on past statements that large livestock operations should have to pay for their own environmental cleanup rather than receiving large amounts of government funding, saying that he's interested in proposals that would cut current aggregate limits for EQIP money.
Tomorrow, June 19, the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management will meet to mark-up the draft of its bill. Today, Chairman Peterson announced that the Sub-committee may vote on alternative farm bill proposals presented by Reps. Kind and Flake, the President's proposal and a buy-out proposal presented by Citigroup.
If you'd like to continue to receive CFSC Farm Bill Updates, please contact Steph Larsen at steph@foodsecurity.org or Aliza Wasserman at aliza.wasserman@gmail.com
Best,
Steph and Aliza
--
Community Food Security Coalition
110 Maryland Ave. NE Suite 307
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202.543.8602
Email: Steph@foodsecurity.org
www.FoodSecurity.org
Buy Local!
FoodRoutes Network and the Buy Fresh Buy Local National Network of Chapters are excited to kickoff their Proud Supporter Flag and Bag Fundraising Campaign! Appropriately beginning on Flag Day June 14th, folks will be able to help support their local food system by making donations via our online website.
Visit www.foodroutes.org for more information!
You can support your own local food system with a donation today! As a thank you for your gift, you will receive one of the following items that will help you proudly display your commitment to local food and help encourage others to join!
Items include:
Proud Supporter garden flag, canvas bag, large flag, or bumper sticker (depending on donation amount).
Help grow organics today!
You can help
Grow Organics
sign the petition today
| Sign our petition to help Grow Organics. |
TAKE ACTION |
Dear Supporter,
Are you satisfied with having just 3% of the fruit you eat free of potentially dangerous pesticides? How about 2% of vegetables? Or less than 0.02% of corn?
Right now, those are the percentages of organic produce available in grocery stores. The EWG Action Fund is working with Congress to make sure organic farmers get their fair share of federal funds to improve access to healthy alternatives. You can help right now by signing our Grow Organics petition.
Despite terrific gains in organic farming, the numbers are just too small to lessen agriculture's impact on public health and the environment. By signing the petition, you will be urging Congress to:
- Improve your family's access to safe food that is free of harmful pesticides and hormones.
- Help more farmers make the transition to organic farming.
- Level the playing field for the organic industry by devoting a fair share of resources to organic pest control and crop nourishment.
Click here to add your voice to the Grow Organics petition. We will deliver the petition and thousands of signatures to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees. As Congress rewrites the Farm Bill, members need to hear from thousands of concerned citizens across the country demanding an increase in organics funding -- add your voice today.
Thanks for helping us grow organics.
Ken Cook
President
P.S. After you sign the petition, remember to spread the word to your friends to generate grassroots support for safe, pesticide-free produce. With your support, we can continue to expand safe, healthy produce options for families everywhere.
Amazon goes Grocery!
Buy Groceries and help the Farm grow! Amazon Grocery offers over 22,000 non-perishable items including some of your favorite brands, shipped to your door, just like any other Amazon.com purchase. We've also recently introduced the Subscribe and Save program which is a great way to save money on items you use routinely. Your visitor can sign up for routine convenient delivery of products such as coffee pods, shampoos, laundry detergent or diapers and receive a 15% discount off Amazon's already low prices and free shipping on these items. CLICK HERE and earn funds for the Farm.
Hyena Cart:: a collection of earth-friendly shops
OK kids - have you checked out HyenaCart.com yet? Well get to it! Time is a wastin'.
Welcome to Hyena Cart! Here you'll find a collection of unique shops offering a variety of earth-, child- and family-friendly items. Each shop is individually owned and operated but is powered by the unique Hyena Cart shopping code. If you are a new customer, please read through the Shopper FAQ and the Shop page to better understand the shopping community you have just discovered!
Welcome to Hyena Cart! Here you'll find a collection of unique shops offering a variety of earth-, child- and family-friendly items. Each shop is individually owned and operated but is powered by the unique Hyena Cart shopping code. If you are a new customer, please read through the Shopper FAQ and the Shop page to better understand the shopping community you have just discovered!
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