Michael Pollan: Health reform will create a dieting revolution
Alternet - 9/14/2009.By Michael Pollan, The New York Times – To listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health care in America is the system itself – perverse incentives, inefficiencies, unnecessary tests and procedures, lack of competition, and greed. |
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Mainer writes book on edible mushrooms
Kennebec Journal - 9/14/2009.By Mechele Cooper – Washington, Maine: David Spahr stooped near a tiny pine tree and brushed aside its delicate boughs. Hidden underneath was a patch of yellow trumpet-shaped chanterelle mushrooms. Spahr's knowledge of edible mushrooms, where to find them and what to avoid recently become a book, "Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada." |
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Farm life agrees with Ethiopian girl
Kennebec Journal - 9/13/2009. By Betty Jespersen – Clinton: Ten-year-old Selam Heinrich only has been in the United States for a year, but she has taken to farm life with a passion. On Saturday at the annual Clinton Lions Club Agricultural Fair, this shy girl from Ethiopia was among about a dozen members of the Brass Knobs 4-H Working Steer Club who were putting their young animals through their paces to impress the judges. |
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Preserving her roots
Kennebec Journal - 9/13/2009.By Kathleen Kahler – Troy: Pop. Pop. Pop, pop. The sweetest sound in the world, my sister says. She’s been home-canning for years, and still thrills to the audible ping as the jars’ contents cools enough to suck in the button and seal the rim of the lid to the jar. |
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