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For a third (and last) day this week, I want to again stress the importance of understanding that growing apples isn’t as sterile as supermarkets’ apple displays make it appear.
Visit Jim Kent’s fruit stand at various farmers’ market locations in Manhattan and you’ll see 70 apple…
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Are school lunches about to get healthier? Is it worth the higher cost? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week. Read More »
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One fruit that couldn’t handle this year's rainfall was the cherry, and Jim Kent’s crop was almost completely wiped out because of heavy rains that occurred only three to four days before Locust Grove Fruit Farm was to start the cherry harvest.
“We had a beautiful crop of…
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With all the perfect-looking fruits and vegetables at the supermarket, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that many variables exist in every step of the growing process.
Here in the Northeast United States, we had an extraordinarily wet spring, followed by less-than-ideal weather…
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Earlier this week, I shared Kathy Kaehler's secret for encouraging your family to eat healthy snacks. Her simple tip is to spend Sundays buying veggies, fruit, beans, lean lunch meat, and other whole grain, high fiber, and low-cal things from the grocery or farmers market, and immediately wash, cut, and divvy them up into containers to easily set out after school.
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I like to think most of us would like to buy local and organic foods 100 percent of the time, but it means paying extra, which a lot of us can't always do. A good compromise is choosing organic when it makes the most sense for our health.
Here's our recommendation on foods to buy organic whenever possible due to high pesticide contamination, as well as those foods you can opt for conventional to be kind to your pocket book. I would like to add that you should try to buy local produce too — it'll taste fresher and have traveled many fewer miles to reach you.
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Which state's residents eat the most fruits and veggies? Which one's eat the fewest? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.
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By Serena Makofsky
Consumers, for the most part, are aware of the benefits of consuming organic foods, including a reduced chance of ingesting toxic chemicals and pesticides. The problem is that many organic products come at a steep price. It can be challenging to integrate…
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In theory, smoothies seem
like the perfect quick breakfast or healthy snack: a cup or so of
fruit and a splash of dairy whizzed in the blender with a little
ice and fruit juice. What could be so bad about that? A lot,
unfortunately. Here's the problem: Too much sugar
(sweetened fruit… Read More »
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