The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe with its Mobile Food Pantry along with a free farmers market on June 24 from 10am to 11am at the American Legion Hall located at 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. This is for people who are struggling to make ends meet, live in El […]
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By Amy Kraft, CBS News Good news for people who are trying to lower their risk of cardiovascular disease: a new study suggests you don’t have to cut chocolate out of your diet. In fact, new research published in the BMJ journal Heart says that it may actually be good for your heart. The researchers […]
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The El Dorado County Area Agency on Aging has a limited supply of senior farmers’ market check booklets available for qualified El Dorado County seniors. Each eligible senior will receive one booklet that includes 10 checks redeemable for $2 each to be used at certified farmers’ markets for the purchase of fresh, unprepared, locally grown […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday gave the food industry three years to eliminate artery-clogging, artificial trans fats from the food supply, a step that health experts said would save thousands of lives a year. Trans fats — a major contributor to heart disease in the […]
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By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times While winter may be coming on “Game of Thrones”, at the farmers market, summer is here. How do I know? Because I saw fresh corn from the Imperial Valley stacked deep Sunday. Summer has many signifiers — tomatoes, melons, peaches — but perhaps none ignites a shopping frenzy the […]
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By Roberto A. Ferdman, Washington Post There are so many mantras of the modern day food movement that keeping track of any one single goal can be a tall task. But no matter whom you ask, there seems to be at least one concern that arises time and time again. The ascent of big food companies, which […]
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By Erin Schumaker, Huffington Post Pop quiz. Which of the following is considered a processed food: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, homemade greek yogurt, bagged baby spinach? (Answer: All of them.) The point here, is that “processed foods” includes a much wider variety of products than most consumers typically associate with the term. Secondly, not all processed […]
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The Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry along with a free farmers’ market will be in South Lake Tahoe June 24 from 10-11am. The give-away will be at the American Legion Hall (2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd.) On top of the mobile pantry and the produce distribution, this week a Food Bank truck stocked the shelves of the […]
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By Aliza Kellerman, VinePair “Clear liquor is for rich women on diets.” So says Ron Swanson, one of the most quotable characters on television today. In this case, I find myself disagreeing with his typical wiseness, but the goal of this article isn’t to give a takedown of an internet meme, but rather to ask why? […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post Aerial photographs taken last summer of some of the largest organic egg and dairy farms in the United States showed few animals outside on pasture, but the USDA will not investigate whether these operations are violating rules for organic agriculture, officials wrote last week. The photographs of the 14 operations, according […]
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