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Pizza's Days as 'Vegetable' Could Be Numbered

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:24:04 CDT

You may soon find it tougher to pack in a day's recommended number of vegetable servings. Rep. Jared Polis is on a quest to undo what some may consider to be the best thing Congress did in all of 2011 : its declaration that pizza is still considered a vegetable—at...

Bittman: Time to Tax Junk Food

Mark Russell — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:14:05 CDT

With the "Standard American Diet" producing ever more heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, it's time to tax junk food and subsidize vegetables, writes Mark Bittman in the New York Times . "Right now it’s harder for many people to buy fruit than Froot Loops," he says, suggesting sweetened drinks, like soda,...

5 Hunger-Crushing Foods You've Never Heard Of...

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:32:05 CDT

They're not your typical salad fodder, but each of these vegetables (and one lucky fruit) is playing a role in the fight against world hunger. The Christian Science Monitor gives the rundown: Guar : Because of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in this legume's roots, farming guar is great for improving the quality...

Germany on E. Coli Source: It Was the Bean Sprouts

Matt Cantor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:25:28 CDT

On Sunday Germany’s E. coli outbreak—which has now killed 29 people—was blamed on bean sprouts ; on Monday it wasn’t . Now, apparently, the sprouts are once again being fingered as the culprit. “People who ate sprouts were nine times more likely to have bloody diarrhea than those who did...

One Way to Avoid E. Coli: Skip the Veggies

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 CDT

In E. coli-ridden Germany, sandwiches in bakery windows look naked with only meat and cheese. Buffets serve mozzarella without tomatoes. Marked-down vegetables wilt, because even at a lower price no one wants to buy them. Some restaurants have stopped serving vegetables entirely. "Avoiding raw tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers is the...

Germany: Beansprouts Caused E. Coli

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:35:11 CDT

Locally grown beansprouts are the likely cause for Germany's E. coli outbreak, which has killed 22 people and sickened hundreds. Lower Saxony Agriculture Minister Gert Lindemann says definitive results will be available tomorrow, but that sprouts from a farm in the greater Uelzen area between Hamburg and Hannover could be...

Japan: Here, Eat Some Veggies

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:20:00 CDT

Japan has become the latest ardent convert of the locavore movement, reports the Washington Post, launching a public relations blitz intent on convincing its citizenry that produce fresh from the nuclear-contaminated Fukushima prefecture is safe, even yummy. The government even opened a restaurant yesterday, making a show of high-ranking politicians...

Surprise: Neanderthals Liked Their Veggies, Too

Rugal10 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:27:36 CST

Researchers have found evidence that suggests Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables: Traces of fossilized vegetable matter were found in their teeth, and some of it appears to have been cooked. It could overturn the notion that Neanderthals were exclusive meat eaters and instead had a diet that was more sophisticated—...

US Shuns Veggies, Wants Fries With That

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:39:11 CDT

Michelle Obama may be telling you to do it, Glenn Beck says you don't have to, and Bill Clinton may actually be doing it, but Americans just aren't eating their fruits and vegetables, reports the New York Times in a look at American eating habits. Even with the rise of...