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Humaneitarians Ditch Factory Farms But Keep The Meat
FarmPlate May 18, 2013 Local Meat 0 comments
Once upon a time, there were carnivores and vegetarians, and they ruled the gastronomic globe. Either you ate meat or you didn’t; there were hardly any other choices. If you felt queasy about factory farms, you either opted out of meat altogether or you ate meat that didn’t match your morals.  But now, thanks to some creative thinking and a rise in small-scale farms, an eater can choose from a number of “third ways” of eating meat. They can be a flexitarian, a pesecetarian, or the latest “arian” to come on the scene:  a humaneitarian – a person who eats meat only if it’s been humanely raised. Humaneitarians are motivated by their concern for farm animals. They figure out what “...
MyPlate Replaces Food Pyramid
Chrissy Pearson Jun 06, 2011 Local Meat 0 comments
Last week First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced that the food pyramid—the visual guideline that has influenced the eating habits of adults and children nationwide since 1992— will be replaced by a new visual icon called MyPlate. A press release issued by the USDA explains the reasons for the change.  “MyPlate will replace the MyPyramid image as the government's primary food group symbol as an easy-to-understand visual cue to help consumers adopt healthy eating habits consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the intent to prompt consumers to think about...
Ringing Mirabelles' Praises
FarmPlate Dec 18, 2009 Local Meat 0 comments
"It used to take a lot of effort to connect with reliable sources for local products," Silva adds. "It's easier now that local foods are just a phone call or an email away. We love it!" At this holiday time of year, the place hums. There's a line of lunch-hungry shoppers waiting for tables. (The savvy ones receive Mirabelles' Daily Specials email so they already know what they'll be ordering.)  There's another line of people eager to pick up a Christmas Stollen or a boxful of snowflake cookies. Those in the know have already put in their orders for Lane's fruitcake (“the good kind," swear its devotees) or a picture-perfect bûche de Noël. Reflecting on two decades of life in the food...