by NTP Staff | Jul 13, 2012 | Education, Food, Multimedia, People Profiles, Video
Ann Cooper has been known as the “Renegade Lunch Lady” for speaking out against the traditional school lunch. In a nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a...
by ddorband | Jul 6, 2012 | Livestock, People Profiles, Publication
Cheap Meat: An Accident Waiting to Happen By Jo Robinson The latest fiasco in the U.S. livestock industry is that thousands of hogs and chickens have been raised on feed contaminated with melamine, the same chemical that has...
by ddorband | Jun 29, 2012 | Livestock, People Profiles, Publication
Confused About Fat? Choose Grassfed! by Jo Robinson In my Grandma’s day, there was no such thing as a bad fat. All fat was “good” simply because it tasted good. My Grandma fried her eggs in bacon grease, added bacon...
by ddorband | Jun 27, 2012 | Food, Multimedia, People Profiles, Video
In this video series, Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is interviewed by Deborah Kane of the nonprofit organization Ecotrust about his book In Defense of Food and the idea of “real food.” This interview provides and introduction...
by ddorband | Jun 25, 2012 | Aquaculture, Publication
It’s no secret that consumers are becoming interested in organic foods. Concerns over disease, GMOs, pollution and contaminants are causing a bigger demand for sustainable, organic, nature friendly alternatives. However, it may be surprising to know that in...
by ddorband | Jun 22, 2012 | Livestock, People Profiles, Publication
Super Natural Milk By Jo Robinson Most cartons of milk in the supermarket show a picture of cows contentedly grazing on grass. In reality, 85 to 95 percent of the cows in the United States are now being raised in confinement, not on pasture. The grass they eat comes...
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