McDonald's Corp has credited the addition of oatmeal to its menu, as well as its McCafe hot chocolate and Chicken McNuggets, for a 5.3 percent rise in sales in January 2011 at its locations opened more than a year … [Read more...] about Oatmeal Credited for McDonald’s Sales Topping Forecast
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Agriculture Experts At California State U (Chico) and University of California (Davis) Confirm: Grass-Fed Beef Superior
In The Omnivore’s Dilemma (The Penguin Press, New York, New York, 2006), Michael Pollan describes in vivid prose the nightmare world of CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) and the "polluted water and air, toxic wastes, novel and deadly pathogens" they have produced "in … [Read more...] about Agriculture Experts At California State U (Chico) and University of California (Davis) Confirm: Grass-Fed Beef Superior
Organic Farmland in U.S. More Than Doubles In 8 Years
The 2011 Statistical Abstract of the United States recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau [www.census.gov/compendia/statab/] should brighten the day of organic food advocates. Organic farmland in the United States has increased from 1,776,000 acres in 2000 to 4,817,000 in … [Read more...] about Organic Farmland in U.S. More Than Doubles In 8 Years
Eat Your Carrots: A Carrot A Day Keeps The Grim Reaper Away
A new study conducted by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] has determined that there is an association between high levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene and longer life spans. The researchers analyzed alpha-carotene levels in blood samples … [Read more...] about Eat Your Carrots: A Carrot A Day Keeps The Grim Reaper Away
Record Attendance At Slow Food’s Festival
This fall's food festival of the Slow Food movement (the eighth Salone del Gusto [Assembly Room of Taste]) held in Torino [Turin], Italy attracted record attendance estimated at over 200,000, including 30% from outside Italy, to five days of events. The Slow Food's 2010 biannual … [Read more...] about Record Attendance At Slow Food’s Festival