To celebrate the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans [PDF] issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture yesterday, we cooked the fattiest pork chops we could find. Actually, they were just barely streaked with meat. I found them at the Dupont Circle farmers market on Sunday at the Ecofriendly tent. That’s the Virginia outfit run by […]
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Guest Post By Lisa Suriano The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new school meal guidelines [PDF] that call for substantially more whole grains. But if you thought that meant kids would start seeing bulgur and spelt on their cafeteria trays, think again. What it really means are the same old dinner rolls, pizza crusts […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally issued proposed new guidelines [PDF] for the federally-subsidized school meals program, raising again the question of whether all children deserve a chance to eat real food at school, or whether feeding them processed junk is good enough. The proposed guidelines are little changed from recommendations made by the […]
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