Applesauce gingerbread on menu for new governor
Bangor Daily News - 11/10/2010.By Sandy Oliver – Blaine House Executive Chef Heather Hopkins in Augusta shared this recipe that she’ll be making for a new governor in a couple short months. A nice variation on good old gingerbread, this one uses applesauce. |
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Elections changing food policy
Zester Daily - 11/10/2010.By Louisa Kasdon – When people went to the polls last week, perhaps they didn't realize they were also voting on what appears on many American dinner tables. The new Republican majority in the House may have a fast and devastating impact on hunger in America. "It's not a done deal yet, but budget cuts for food assistance programs are in the ether,” says Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
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Abandoned
OrganicToBe - 11/10/2010. By Gene Logsdon – The abandoned farmsteads shown here are not far from where I live. Such sad scenes are easy enough to find. They have been a part of the landscape of my life, grave markers of the agrarian culture that I love. |
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Death of the Mom & Pop Grocery Store
Public News Service - 11/10/2010.Smaller, rural grocery stores have disappeared from the landscape, unable to compete as cheaper prices of the major retail chains have lured consumers. Jon Bailey, director of research and analysis for the Center for Rural Affairs, says that when small stores close, it changes more than a town's character. |
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