Hello!
Buying organic is always a wonderful thing to do for the earth. In terms of avoiding pesticides for your health, these are the foods for which organic matters most. According to the Environmental Working Group, common growing practices make these crops the most likely to contain pesticide residues:
1. Apples
2. Bell peppers
3. Celery
4. Cherries
5. Imported grapes
6. Nectarines
7. Peaches
8. Pears
9. Potatoes
10. Raspberries
11. Spinach
12. Strawberries
If you don’t have access to organic produce, don’t sweat it. Eating plenty of fruits and veggies is the best thing you can do for your health—organic or not. Just wash the non-organic variety a little more thoroughly. Have a good week!
-Jill
California's Farm to School Program is here!
If you are in the Sacramento, California region, then check out this conference. If you want this program at your school - Email Moira Beery for more information at beery@oxy.edu.
Upcoming Events and News
Register now to attend the next Farm to School Workshop in Sacramento:
Ready, Set, Grow! Farm to School for the Sacramento Valley
August 3, 2006, 8:30-4:30 in Sacramento, CA.
Download the registration brochure as pdf file or jpg
For more information call Temra Costa at (530) 756-8518 x18 or email temra@caff.org
Upcoming Events and News
Register now to attend the next Farm to School Workshop in Sacramento:
Ready, Set, Grow! Farm to School for the Sacramento Valley
August 3, 2006, 8:30-4:30 in Sacramento, CA.
Download the registration brochure as pdf file or jpg
For more information call Temra Costa at (530) 756-8518 x18 or email temra@caff.org
Jill's Tips!
Hello!
Summer is officially here, so eat these super-foods while they are in season:
--Gazpacho soup (keep it handy as an anytime snack)
--mango slices (with cinnamon, perhaps)
--Corn on the cob (if you consider it a grain instead of a veggie, it's super nutritious!)
--Berries & cherries (the fountain of youth and cherries fight pain)
--Grape tomatoes
--Button mushrooms (you can buy them pre-washed and ready-to-eat)
--Red, yellow, orange, green peppers (they travel well as snacks. Slice them ahead of time, or just bring the entire pepper plus a paring knife)
--Papaya with lime
--Portobello mushrooms (grill them like hamburgers)
--Watermelon (sprinkle cocoa powder and splenda on top and it tastes like fudge cake. No foolin'.)
--Anything else you find at the farmer's market
--mango slices (with cinnamon, perhaps)
--Corn on the cob (if you consider it a grain instead of a veggie, it's super nutritious!)
--Berries & cherries (the fountain of youth and cherries fight pain)
--Grape tomatoes
--Button mushrooms (you can buy them pre-washed and ready-to-eat)
--Red, yellow, orange, green peppers (they travel well as snacks. Slice them ahead of time, or just bring the entire pepper plus a paring knife)
--Papaya with lime
--Portobello mushrooms (grill them like hamburgers)
--Watermelon (sprinkle cocoa powder and splenda on top and it tastes like fudge cake. No foolin'.)
--Anything else you find at the farmer's market
...well...ALMOST anything you find at the farmers market. When it comes to Kettle Korn, candied nuts, etc., enjoy your free sample and don't even THINK of buying any!
If you have other summer snack ideas to add to my list, please let me know!
Have a good week!
Jill
Meet Jill Brook, Nutritionist
Farmgirl here, just back from my first week with my nutritionist, Jill Brook. You can learn more about Jill at: http://dietforhealth.com. She rocks. And she's getting Farmgirl in even better nutritional shape. It's necessary for me to reduce my inflammation inside. This is caused by my multiple sclerosis. And it's what gets me down and staying in bed when I should be out working, playing and living!
Our first goal is to reduce inflammation by altering my lean mass to fat mass ratio. I'm not overweight, just undermuscled. This is a relatively new problem for me - the last year or so. I've already got a handle on it and am looking forward to learning more about doing this right. After a walk with Ellie Hounddog and a trip to the gym, I went to the market and splurged on organic cottage cheese, fresh, organic fruit and other nutritional goodies. Heck, I deserve it!
Our first goal is to reduce inflammation by altering my lean mass to fat mass ratio. I'm not overweight, just undermuscled. This is a relatively new problem for me - the last year or so. I've already got a handle on it and am looking forward to learning more about doing this right. After a walk with Ellie Hounddog and a trip to the gym, I went to the market and splurged on organic cottage cheese, fresh, organic fruit and other nutritional goodies. Heck, I deserve it!
Farmgirl uses Nutritonist to get healthier
Today's visit to Diet for Health included an Electrolipogram, which basically tells you things like percentage body fat, pounds of fat-free mass, BMR and more. Farmgirl and Diet for Health will be working together to help spread the word about nutrition and healthy eating to local schools, girl scout troups, sports teams and the such. We'll keep you posted on our activities. Our first activity is to get Farmgirl into optimum nutritional health!
Cows with Guns
Film
Cows with Guns Here is a pretty funny take on, well, cows with guns
The Meatrix (parental guidance suggested for the wee ones) - great animation about healthy farming.
Store Wars Get in touch with the organic rebellion!
Burgerman - the Video Game - Download Burgerman Now
SuperSize Me a Film of Epic Proportions is now available in special grades 6-12 edition
Vineyards in Nutrition Education
Several reports in 2000 confirmed the glad tidings that wine -- in moderation, of course -- reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. In the September issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, for instance,
Nutritional Summary for Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red
Hand-harvest work in wine grape vineyards is physically demanding and exposes workers to a variety of ergonomics risk factors. Analysis of these exposures together with data on reported work-related injuries points to the risk of back injury as a prevention priority, in particular the lifting and carrying of tubs of cut grapes (weighing up to 80 pounds) during harvest. Our study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention — the use of...
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Fast Food Nation - Nutrition Education on the Rise
Did you catch the article in the WSJ today (5/18/06) about the flak with Fast Food Nation Film premiering at Cannes? Right on! Let's get these corporate food companies chomping at the bit to make some changes. Sure, it's not their fault entirely, but they can do something major about our national obesity crisis and lack of nutrition education in our society. Click here to read more...
"You are what you eat. But do you really know what you’re eating?
Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. Rates of obesity and food poisoning spiral upwards, but it seems we just can’t get enough of those tasty burgers and fries..."
NY Times take on Fast Food Nation
No Accounting for Mouthfeel Fast food is an inescapable part of the modern world, and the author thinks that's a very bad thing.
"You are what you eat. But do you really know what you’re eating?
Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. Rates of obesity and food poisoning spiral upwards, but it seems we just can’t get enough of those tasty burgers and fries..."
NY Times take on Fast Food Nation
No Accounting for Mouthfeel Fast food is an inescapable part of the modern world, and the author thinks that's a very bad thing.
SKYPE hits the Farm
Farmgirl just downloaded Skype (a little behind the times). Now it's time to learn how easy this is to use and let's get chatting with folks interested in nutrion education around the world!
You can reach Farmgirl at farmgirl66. Skype in kids!
You can reach Farmgirl at farmgirl66. Skype in kids!
New Lesson Plans posted on Farm
Hey kids -
We just posted some new lesson plans on the farm including some on migrant farm workers. CLICK HERE for MORE.
We just posted some new lesson plans on the farm including some on migrant farm workers. CLICK HERE for MORE.
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