Growers and Grocers

What’s Really In Your Box Of Chocolates?
It’s that time of year again. Valentine’s Day is coming. Boxes of chocolates everywhere, in every size and color imaginable. Women love Valentine’s Day for the most part, myself included - or at least the thought of it. Especially when you get the box you like the best. Part […]

The House Committee on Agriculture will take the lead in drafting the next Farm Bill, with the House Committee on the Budget and the House Committee on Appropriations also playing important roles in determining how much can be spent and allocating the funds. The new members of the Agriculture Committee for the 110th Congress […]

Originally posted on Fit Fare by Sarah LeMieux
As a nursing mom, as well as a health nut, my interest was doubly piqued when I read a recent article about raw cow’s milk on Salon.com. I already know all the miraculous health benefits of human milk - it confers immunities, prevents allergies, protects against infection - […]

During the Worlds of Healthy Flavors event hosted by the Culinary Institute of America and the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition, food industry leaders were given the opportunity to ask questions of leading scientists in the area of nutrition. The scientists are part of the Worlds of Healthy Flavors Scientific Advisory […]

On the heels of the New York City ban, most consumers have at least heard of trans fats. Trans fats, which show up on ingredients labels as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated soybean or vegetable oils, have been in American food since the 1950’s and are found in more items than there is space here to […]

At the Worlds of Healthy Flavors Retreat, the Culinary Institute of America’s Vice President and Managing Director for Greystone and Continuing Education, Mark Erickson, gave a presentation about signals of change in American Foodservice. Erickson noted that many of those in the room, such as the executive chefs and menu developers, could be advocates […]

The Well Fed Network was lucky enough to receive an invitation to the Worlds of Healthy Flavors Retreat 2007, an invitation-only held from January 18-21 in the beautiful Napa Valley, California at the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone campus. (I also have to note that Well Fed was the only web-based media outlet attending the […]

These days, most disposable eating utensils are made out of plastic, a material made from petroleum and with a lifetime of thousands of years. Excellent Packaging & Supply, a company based in the San Francisco Bay Area (Richmond), is trying to banish petroleum-based plastics from dining hall, restaurants, picnic, and elsewhere with their line of […]

The 110th United States Congress started work on January 2, 2007, and committee assignments in the Senate were recently finalized. The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee will have a significant impact on the shape of the next Farm Bill, as will the Senate Budget Committee and the House counterparts. The overall shape […]

What may have been a joke years ago just might end up becoming a reality. A group of scientists from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in College Station joined forces with NASA for a “Salad Bowl” project. I kid you not.
The researchers have successfully grown wheat and lettuce in low-pressure chambers that are […]