The Green Chef

01/31/2011

Super Bowl Food! Yinz order up some wings n'at! (www.thegreenchef-pa.com)

12/08/2010

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010 - NICE!

The U.S. house has passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, meaning more federal funding will go towards making sure children eat well at schools. The bill is expected to be signed into law by President Obama and as our Annette Garcia reports, it’s a bill local school district official

10/31/2010

Go get your BOO-rito today! $2 for all that yumminess?!? Can't beat it! Get the kids one to share. Order up a bowl of black beans for the baby, go nuts. Chipotle does it right, people. Let's support whole food!!

Dress to kill this Halloween. We'll treat you to a $2 burrito (or £2, if you're in London, $2 Canadian, if you're in Toronto), and you'll help raise $1 million for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Come in after 6 pm this Halloween dressed as a horrifying processed food product, and we'll give you a

10/18/2010

Come see us peddle our wares at Good Taste Pittsburgh Nov. 6th at the Monroeville Convention Center. We'll be doing a cooking demo at 1 pm.

09/04/2010

Not that I need a study to tell me that organic food is better for you than petrochemical laden conventional. --Kate

Guess what? Organically grown strawberries are indeed healthier, tastier, and better for the soil than their conventional counterparts. Boo-yah!

09/03/2010

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09/01/2010

Pittsburghers: Check out this great link Kate found.

05/25/2010

A great list of companies that do not use BPA in their canned goods. Thanks, Marisha!

Foods in #7 plastic containers and the majority of canned foods are exposed to this toxic chemical. Bisphenol-A is a plastic and resin ingredient used to line metal food and drink cans, and it's a main building block for polycarbonate (PC) plastics. Even

05/19/2010

This summer join the local eating movement by taking part in the 100 Mile Challenge. May 20th the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills (Pittsburgh) is hosting “Local Eating for Global Change.” From 7-8:30 pm they will discuss Sustainable Agriculture, CSAs and the benefits of eating locally, followed by a challenge to eat 100% of your food for 100 days within 100 miles.

05/19/2010

How can one person affect global change just by changing their eating habits? According to Steven Hopp, professor of Environmental Studies and co-author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, “If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week.”

05/17/2010

New study linking pesticides and ADHD/ADD.

Organophosphates may alter chemistry of developing brain researchers say

05/17/2010

Great article about getting organic mainstream. I love this guy!
Thanks, Melanie!

Gary Hirshberg is the chairman, president, and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the Londonderry, NH-based organic yogurt company. This is a man who was in t