Snapshot: Mellow hogs
Kennebec Journal - 6/29/2010. By Andy Molloy – Ben Slayton rubs the shoulders of a hog Sunday outside his Gardiner home. Slayton is raising pasture pork to sell at the butcher shop he operates in Wales. |
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Waterfront feast helps keep kids from going hungry
Portland Press Herald - 6/28/2010. By Dennis Hoey – Rockland: Robert Krajewski and Lynette Mosher, chef-owners of the Lily Bistro in Rockland, closed their restaurant on Sunday, drove south to Portland and set up a grill on the city's waterfront. Krajewski and Mosher served 400 meals consisting of Port Clyde lobster, sweet peas and gnocchi – all donated at their own expense. |
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Tater Tots aren’t vegetables: why do we feed our kids crap?
Alternet - 6/28/2010. By Jill Richardson – After eating bagel dogs, tater tots and gloppy cheese sandwiches every day for a year, the brave teacher known as Mrs. Q shared what she learned on her blog Fed Up With Lunch: "The quality of school lunches has declined" since she was a kid and "the USDA guidelines are warped." Why are French fries and tater tots counted as vegetables, fruit jello cups and frozen juice bars counted as fruit, and so many grains required that schools have to serve combinations like rice with bread? |
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The secret to biodiversity is in the soil
TreeHugger - 6/27/2010.By Christine Lepisto – Mankind has long been fascinated by biodiversity, even imagining species beyond the natural realm. We have learned to appreciate the value of biodiversity by enjoying the variety in nature, and by benefiting from products derived from many different species. But did you ever wonder why there is so much diversity on our planet? If "survival of the fittest" is the rule, is the planet naturally trending towards a time when just a few of the fittest survive? |
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