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Tell This Woman How Much You Disapprove

December 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · food news, kids, politics

Former White House aide Anita Dunn now shills for corporate food How far behind the times are we? Apparently, it was last October that food policy writer Marion Burros reported in Politico that the White House’s former communications director, Anita Dunn, is now leading the multi-million-dollar lobbying efforts of food corporations trying to put the […]

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The Calories that Really Count

May 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · food news, politics

Guest Post By Dr. Susan Rubin Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. When it comes to food, we’ve been counting calories for years expecting a weight loss result that hasn’t materialized. While the food industry would like us to believe that […]

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Fun with Food: A Tale of Two Cities

May 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · kids, school food

 With the mainstream media lavishing so much attention on a recent state dinner at the White House honoring the president of Mexico, I thought it would be interesting to compare what happens at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue foodwise with the less publicized activities taking place  in the cafeteria at the D.C. public school my daughter attends barely a […]

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