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Trader Joe’s Planning Second Store in Upstate NY’s Capital Region, Nine Years After First

Trader Joe's, the chain of grocery stores with a cult-like following, now operates over 500 stores in 42 states and Washington, D.C. Nine years ago, it opened its first store in Colonie, an Albany suburb in upstate New York's Capital Region. Unlike other chains, Trader Joe's is slow to add new locations. It's taken nine years for Trader Joe's to … Continue Reading »
Michelle Obama’s Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Recipe Tweaked For Local & Artisanal Cheese Lovers

It's been four years since environmental advocacy groups paid for an independent laboratory to test for industrial chemical phthalates in cheese. The testing resulted in the detection of phthalates in 29 of 30 varieties of cheese products. Ten different phthalates in all were identified with up to six in a single product. The results in the 2017 … Continue Reading »
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Take-Out Pizza Sustains Businesses & Consumers During The Pandemic
A few weeks ago in a news article, Pizza! Pizza! A comfort food has risen to become a big pandemic winner for families and restaurants (2/12/21) by Julie Creswell in the NY Times, this pizza lover was … Read More

400 Years Of The Hudson Valley’s Narrative History: Artfully Detailed By Visionary History Painter L. F. Tantillo, Including Its Food & Agriculture
Len Tantillo's forty years of history painting has been rightfully recognized and honored by a major retrospective exhibit, A Sense of Time: The Historical Art of L.F. Tantillo (January 27-July 25, … Read More
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Congressional Investigation Prompts FDA To Act On Pervasive Problem Of Toxic Heavy Metals In Baby Food
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this past week its intention to take action to reduce toxic heavy metals in manufactured baby food. … Read More...

Celebrities Bolster The Message In The Film KISS THE GROUND: Restore Soil To Balance Earth’s Climate & Feed The World
We’re feeling the horrible effects of a global climate crisis. We’re wracked with guilt over the lousy food we consume – or we should be. There are … Read More...