A Farmer Navigates Heated Moms’ Meetings About School Lunches
Arwen Donahue at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
As a small-scale organic farmer who believes in the grass-roots power of the local food movement, I find Michelle Obama’s food activism inspiring. When I heard about her reforms to public school lunches, of course I thought it was a step in the right direction. Just a step, mind you: ultimately, I’d like to see [...]
Building A Kitchen, Building Community
Leon Johnson at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
As a child the primary location of refuge, of passionate conversation and perfumed well-being was at, or occasionally under, the green Formica table my Mother kept scrupulously clean in the corner of her kitchen. Regardless of the terrors that lay immediately beyond the house or, indeed as it was more often than not, the volatile [...]
In Food We Trust
Antonio Diaz at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
It is almost the new year, and I am starting to reflect back on 2012, which has been the year of making choices. Aside from launching my passion project (Life & Thyme), I also made a concerted effort to eat healthier, buy from farmers markets as much as possible, cook often and for others, but [...]
Report From The Lunch Line
Aaliyah Kellog at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
I’m a 5th grader at in Minnesota. My school has a very healthy lunch program, offering a lot of well balanced meal choices. We have six different meal stations: The Main Ingredient, Stock Exchange, Improvisations, Classic Cuts Deli, Seasonings, and the Baking Company. The Main Ingredient is the first station on the line. It features a complete meal with [...]
Pasta con Pollo al Limón y Tomate #MamaSabeMas
Ericka Sanchez at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
Esta receta se publicó en mi blog bilingüe Nibbles & Feasts. For English, click here. Algunas de las comidas más sencillas y rápidas son las mejores. Me gusta sobre todo aquellas que tienen la perfecta cantidad de verduras, proteínas y carbohidratos. Los días ventosos y noches frías de otoño de California están aquí y hay [...]
Lemon-Tomato Chicken Pasta #MamaSabeMas
Ericka Sanchez at MomsRising Blog - 4 minutes ago
This recipe originally appeared in my bilingual blog Nibbles & Feasts. Para español, haga clic aquí. Some of the simplest and quickest meals are the best tasting. I especially love those that are balanced with veggies, protein and the perfect amount of comfy carbs. The breezy warm days and chilly autumn nights of California are [...]
Forget the Holidays. For Some Students, Unhealthy Snacks are around All Year Long.
Elizabeth Brotherton at MomsRising Blog - 28 minutes ago
It can be tough to eat healthy during the holidays. Coworkers bring sugar cookies to the office, a neighbor drops off a pie as a gift – and then there are all those treats served during holiday parties. There’s a lot of talk about all the extra calories Americans consume during the holiday season, and [...]
Cooking With Winter’s Bitter Bounty
Dawn Undurraga at MomsRising Blog - 28 minutes ago
When the weather turns, the days get shorter and it’s time to get out the winter clothes, it’s also high season for the Brassicaceae, or mustard family, on your family’s dinner table. The Brassica oleracea species in particular is the sturdy progenitor ofbroccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale. Many of these vegetable varieties are in peak season in North America [...]
Losing the Sweet Tooth
Grace Hwang Lynch at MomsRising Blog - 28 minutes ago
Sometimes, though, you just know when it’s time to make a change. I could feel it when I struggled to button up my jeans (the ones I saved for thosedays). I could feel it when I went hiking with my family this summer, and had to stop and rest on the side of the trail [...]
Food marketing to children: What can you do?
Carol Hazen at MomsRising Blog - 28 minutes ago
Eighty six percent of the food marketed to our children is for unhealthy products so it’s no surprise that researchers have found links between food marketing exposure and the rapid increase of childhood obesity and related diseases. Let’s face it, food marketing works. If it didn’t the food and beverage industry wouldn’t spend over $1.6 [...]
Food Traditions: Smashed Cauliflower and Potatoes
Vanessa Bell at MomsRising Blog - 28 minutes ago
Ever wonder why the mashed potatoes you eat at home don’t taste the same as those you eat anywhere else? We have a few food traditions over here that I haven’t told you about. Your Momma loves to sneak veggies into so much of what you eat. So, this would be why your mashed potatoes [...]
The Duchess Throws Up
Joan C. Williams at MomsRising Blog - 1 day ago
In a snarky article, the newspaper of record confirms what we already know: Kate Middleton is pregnant. She’s so nauseated that she’s in the hospital on an intravenous drip. She’s just lucky she’s not an American gal. U.S. employers regularly fire pregnant women when they need modest accommodations to keep doing their jobs. When women become [...]
We Can Avoid the “Fiscal Cliff” Without Turning Our Backs on Our Most Vulnerable
Janet Murguia at MomsRising Blog - 1 day ago
Like most voters, Latinos cited jobs and the economy as their greatest concern in the days leading up to the election . The pressing importance of these issues led to an historic turnout of Hispanic voters in the 2012 election and overwhelming support for President Obama’s reelection. In the post-election period, Latinos are looking to [...]
Breastfeeding Challenges for a New Mom
Tasha Mitchell at MomsRising Blog - 2 days ago
During my pregnancy, I’d watched so many online video tutorials on how to breastfeed. Never mind going to an actual breastfeeding class when I can just search Google for what I need to learn. There was no way I could get this wrong. All I had to do was get my baby to latch on, [...]
Non-Toxic Holiday Shopping Guide!
Cassidy Randall at MomsRising Blog - 2 days ago
Women's Voices for the Earth's Non-Toxic Shopping Guide has everything you need to make responsible choices without compromising the fun and excitement of gift-giving. With this Guide, you can use your consumer power to tell and show companies that you demand safer products!
