Gardens are places for sharing. I have never seen bullying in a garden. Maybe it's because nature has no interest in bullying. Maybe it's because children find gardens friendly places. Maybe it's because the songs of birds and the garden breezes keep peaceful thoughts inside of you. One child once told me it's because bullying is "ugly and gardens are happy places."
animation by Judy WilkenMS
Potato school lunches
The USDA is well aware of the dangers of the frequent consumption of starchy food-- foods that have easily digested carbohydrates in them. In fact, all public health departments are now aware of this. Late last year they issued their recommendations about thcomosuming these carbohydrates and established new nutrition standards for schools lunch at our public elementary schools. They recommended that school lunches offer potatoes not more than once a week. They recommended this based on recent scientific evidence showing that when a potato is consumed there is a sudden spike in the blood levels of glucose and insulin followed by a sudden fall. Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard School of Public Health writes in his 2005 best selling book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy "This blood sugar roller coaster--- and the insulin one that shadows it-- triggers the early return of hunger pangs." The pancreas goes into full swing and secretes insulin to transport that sugar into all cells of the body and into storage units for later use. The pancreas works hard. It is an entire organ that is devoted to the delivery of digestive juices flowing into ducts and insulin into the bloodstream. "When a child eats a potato," one doctor writes, "it's like there is a glucose-insulin flash flood in the blood stream." The pancreas is the organ of choice to take care of this glucose by using insulin as a transport molecule and get it to every cell in every system in the body and then some. Over time, the kneejerk reaction to the roller coaster is just as dangerous as raising the nose of an airplane during a stall. The blood glucose insulin roller coaster causes disease like diabetes and heart disease and these diseases cause death.
Chef Jean Hubert of Le St. Tropez Carmel, California 831- 624-8977
Chef Jean Hubert serves the most wonderful 'Cuisine of the sun'. We highly recommend this restaurant.
February 8, 9 -- 6-8pm
Valentine's Favorites! Certain foods have been noted for ages as having aphrodisiac properties! Come to this special session to enjoy some great recipes that Aphrodite herself would have loved. Class includes appetizers, salad, main dish, veggies, dessert and wine pairings. Fun, delicious, and natural foods!
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Fungi Reduce Need for Fertilizer in Agriculture
The global human population will be up to 9.0 billion by 2050. Will there be enough food?
Rana DiOrio has a way with stories for chldren. Not many authors have a clue as to how to engage a child's interest in a subject. Most adults try to lecture. This is especially true with science books for children. Rana does the opposite.The way she captures the interest of a child is so wanting in books for children. We give this book an A+.
The Genius in All of Us --How to Be Brilliant
David Shenk makes a pretty clear case for nurture playing a critical role in one's life. He writes: "Everything shapes us and everything can be shaped by us." By extension, everything you feed your child, tell your child, has an impact on your child. Be careful what you say and what you do while rearing your child. If it is true that we can improve ourselves and our world, then let your child be nurtured by you with good thoughts, good deeds and compassion for others. He is watching! He is listening!
Food Futures Now
We Need Organic Sustainable Food Systems Now. Food Futures Now is a manual for social revolution to a post-fossil fuel economy that will restore the good life to all.
Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake
“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.”
This an excerpt from Leaf Litter, a publication of Biohabitats, Inc.
E.P.A. Pick Vows to Put Science First
“If I am confirmed, I will administer with science as my guide. I understand the laws leave room for policymakers to make policy judgments. But if I am confirmed, political appointees will not compromise the integrity of E.P.A.’s technical experts to advance particular regulatory outcomes.”
Lisa Jackson was confirmed January 22, 2009 as Administrator of the EPA.
Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
Wild Farm Alliance in Watsonville, California has its hands full!
Press Room
Action Alerts: Protecting Conservation, Local Foods and Local Economies in the Next Round
