and herbs indoors in nutrient-rich vats. His business, in central Accra, is now booming.#
and he walks the walk by operating his own chicken farms. In Uganda, former vice president Gilbert Bukenya has promoted cattle ownership
and herbs are up to eight times those of traditional farms, and the plants grow faster. More rapid maturation in turn means a faster turnaround on his investment.
Cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate, commands double what it did in the 1990s, which means the farmers in Ghana who grow it are together collecting $2 billion annually.
Africa s#oeforgotten#crops, including cassava, sunflower seeds, and cowpeas, have in the last two decades rapidly expanded in production, bringing unexpected benefits.#
a protein-rich root that in Latin america goes by the name manioc or tapioca and
Dried cassava is increasingly being turned into an easily stored flour called gari in West Africa, that is convenient to cook
In the mid-2000s, Uganda s largest cooking oil company, the Mukwano Group, rapidly enlisted 100 000 small farmers to grow sunflower seeds by using text messaging
In the last decade, sunflower seed production has tripled more than.##oefarm radio#is another vital channel for agricultural innovation.
In Ghana, for instance, canned tomato paste from Italy, frozen chickens from Brazil, and rice from Thailand can be sold below cost, killing local production.
Trade in foodstuffs between neighboring African countries is hampered often by misguided government rules. In Tanzania, ham-handed bans on exports of some staples have resulted in food rotting in the fields.
#stated the October 2012 World bank report#oeafrica Can Feed Africa.##8. Women are getting better educated,
Jessica Sakwa and her husband, Ken, run a peanut and cowpea farm in eastern Uganda.
and sorghum in tests of 24 climate-prediction and crop-suitability models. The best hedge against potential food shortages created by climate change?
or microbiota, in the gut can affect the brain carries significant implications for future research that could point the way toward dietary
fiber-based diets have a different composition of their microbiota, or gut environment, than people who eat the more typical Western diet that is high in fat and carbohydrates,
whether repeated courses of antibiotics can affect the brain, as some have speculated. Antibiotics are used extensively in neonatal intensive care units and in childhood respiratory tract infections,
to watch their wings flap faster!..With a little duct tape and a couple coats of paint,
Meals on wheels!..Kissing a giraffe is intimidating, even for blind people!..Hose heads rule!..
and computer-controlled irrigation covering thousands of acres that conserve millions of gallons of water each day.#
Tiny Wings Angry Birds Space Pocket God Plants vs. Zombies The Game of Life Classic Edition The Moron Test Where s My Water?
Draw Something Monopoly Angry Birds Star wars Motionx GPS Drive Skee-Ball Scrabble UNO Minecraft Pocket Edition Color Splash The Sims 3
#13%of calories consumed by Americans comes from added sugars Men consumed more sugar per day (an average of 335 calories) than women (239.
Maple syrup. Molasses. High fructose corn syrup. These are all#oeadded sugars, #that you are probably eating
and drinking way too much of them. So says the latest report from the U s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers at the CDC s National Center for Health Statistics examined survey data from thousands of American adults to figure out
whether we re following the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These guidelines advise us to limit our total intake of added sugars,
fats and other#oediscretionary calories#to between 5%and 15%of total calories consumed every day.
It should come as no surprise that Americans as a whole are blowing past the 15%limit.
the new report finds that from 2005 to 2010 we got 13%of our total calories from added sugar alone, according to the CDC report.
because sugar is full of calories that cause us to gain weight, but because sugary items often displace fruits,
vegetables and other foods that contain essential nutrients. Overall, men consumed more sugar per day (an average of 335 calories) than women (239), the researchers found.
But as a percentage of total calories consumed per day, men and women were pretty even#12.7%vs. 13.2%.
%Adults tended to eat the most sugar in their 20s and 30s with consumption falling steadily over time.
For instance, men between 20 and 39 ate and drank 397 calories of added sugar per day, on average,
while men in their 40s and 50s consumed an average of 338 such calories per day and men in the 60+crowd consumed 224 calories of added sugar daily.
For both men and women, added sugar s contribution to total calories fell steadily from the 14%range to the 11%range.
African americans got more of their calories from added sugars#14.5%for men and 15.2%for women than whites (12.8%for men, 13.2%for women) or Mexican Americans (12.9%for men, 12.6%for women.
the bigger the role that added sugars played in their diets. Women in the lowest income category got 15.7%of their calories from sugar,
compared with 13.4%for women in the middle income category and 11.6%for women with the highest incomes.
%Although sugar-sweetened soda is the single biggest source of added sugars in the American diet,
beverages overall accounted for only one-third of added sugars consumed by adults, compared with two-thirds from food.
In addition, about 67%of added sugars from food were eaten at home, along with 58%of added sugars from drinks.
The researchers noted some differences between their findings for adults and what other studies have reported about children and teens.
For example, the contribution of added sugars to total daily calories was comparable for black and white children and lower for Mexican-American children.
And, children and teens of all income levels get the same proportion of daily calories from added sugars.
Added sugars do not include the sugars that occur naturally in fruit and milk. As the name implies
added sugars are used as ingredients in prepared and processed foods and drinks. For the sake of the analysis, other forms of added sugar included brown sugar, raw sugar corn syrup, corn syrup solids, malt syrup, pancake syrup, fructose sweetener, liquid
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and bright-orange bananas fortified with nutrients to improve the diets of people in the poorest countries.
and soil nutrients and can quickly take over fields. Since the late 1990s, US farmers had adopted widely GM cotton engineered to tolerate the herbicide glyphosate,
by 2011, it had spread to 76.##oeit got to the point where some farmers were losing half their cotton fields to the weed,
and even those with only a passing knowledge of Chinese cuisine are aware of the central role that pork plays.
and we Americans love our bacon. So it perhaps isn t too surprising that the country with a dead pig crisis is also the same one that consumes half of the world s pork.
However, in China you also have#.#2.#a highly fragmented agricultural sector. As in other developing countries, a lot of Chinese people work in agriculture#oughly 37 percent of the population, in fact, in comparison to 0. 7 percent in the United states and 1. 4 percent in the United kingdom
or sell the carcass to a#oedealer#who would#oefix#the meat and slip it into the food supply.
and that worked fine until#3.#China cracked down on illegal pig meat. Responding to political pressure to avoid food supply scandals,
more reliable pork for Chinese consumers#nd will perverse incentives to dump dead livestock in the river.
And at least four different departments are responsible for the quality of pork.##While attempts at consolidating relevant government organizations are apparently underway,
#Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? Would you ever use a meal delivery service?
Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? The sheer volume of venture-backed meal delivery services that have cropped up over the last year can only mean one of two things:
This includes Blue Apron, Fresh Dish, Greenling, Plated, Hellofresh and Chefday. I (Erin) decided to try out Blue Apron for myself in New york. Meanwhile,
Michael experimented with Fresh Dish in LA. We re the ideal customers for these services:
too busy to plan and shop for meals, and willing to pay for convenience. Here s our take on each.
I felt wary of a box of meat rotting on my doorstep. So I was glad that
like a giant bunch of dill or a bottle of rice wine vinegar. That s how the company keeps costs down#by buying in bulk and splitting it up
#but it also means a single teaspoon of rice wine vinegar gets its own plastic bottle.
Fresh Dish is a bit more flexible than Blue Apron. Each meal can be ordered to serve two people or four,
and users get the option to choose as many or as few as they want from among four or five different meals each week.
Before ordering, consumers can view the ingredients, cooking instructions, and nutritional information. There is no subscription requirement,
when you order a minimum of two meals. Michael: I was shocked similarly and impressed with the packaging required to make the delivery of raw meat and sauces feasible.
Fresh Dish ingredients are delivered in individual vacuum sealed pouches or ziplock bags, with each meal contained inside of its own cardboard box.
These meal boxes are packed then inside of an insulated foil cooler, which is filled with enormous reusable ice packs,
I got three meals, each serving two people but the package was large and it strained the limited capacity of my fridge and freezer.
This raises to one of the drawbacks of the Fresh Dish model: The company deliveries only once per week.
So if you want 14 meals or four, you they ll all arrive at once on Tuesday.
frisee salad and red potatoes), was that there is absolutely no room for snacking. Or mistakes.
it would have put a noticeable dent in the meal. And if I accidentally mixed two ingredients that weren supposed t to be mixed?
Forget that part of the meal#there are no backup ingredients to start over with. Michael: The same concerns about limited portions of each ingredient applied to Fresh Dish.
On some occasions it seemed that the full contents of the package was closer to 1. 5 servings than enough to serve two adults.
Fresh Dish s focus is on healthy, quality ingredients, and I was satisfied with what came out of the box.
The cuts of meats looked fresh as did the vegetables. The condiments, on the other hand, left a little bit to be desired.
It s nice to have portion-perfect salt and pepper, but to prepare a nice home-cooked meal with takeout restaurant style paper packets is a bit off-putting.
It s a small thing, but it detracts from the overall experience. Fortunately, it would be simple to change.
Erin: That s really bizarre#Blue Apron assumes you have salt, pepper and olive oil in your house.
The Recipes Erin: I found the recipes to be slightly ambitious. I appreciated that, but I definitely did not cook a single one in 35 minutes,
Fresh Dish advertises the meals take#oeas little as 30 minutes.##I d say that s generous,
and Drunk Kitchen, given that a Midwestern upbringing teaches one very little, culinarily, beyond the art of the casserole.
Fresh Dish s recipes are divided into#oeeasy#and#oemoderate#difficulty, but I found both to be approachable even to the least confident chef.
The inspiration behind Fresh Dish s meals come from a combination of the company staff chefs and a#oefeatured chef of the week.#
#My first meal was Sausage pizza with Peppers and Insalata Mista. Second and third on the menu were Pork Chops with Mushroom Gravy and Orzo, then Kung Pao Chicken with Steamed Rice and Broccoli.
Erin: For someone whose meat-cooking experience consists of frozen chicken breasts on a George Foreman Grill, Blue Apron s photo-driven instructions,
while beautiful, left me wanting. Pan-fry a panko-crusted pork chop#oeuntil it s done#?
#What does#oedone#look like?!What should I do when its pink on the inside and burning on the outside?
Unfortunately, Fresh Dish suffers from the same vagaries as Blue Apron using, imprecise words like#oecook until done,
and none of the meals required any fancy culinary skills. Every Fresh Dish ingredient comes numbered and labeled,
and each meal package includes simple instructions for preparation. There are no pictures but the directions are reasonably straightforward.
Each meal, when plated, seemed elaborate, which is a success, considering it was always a just fancy version of the#oesalad, carb, protein#formula.
No souffles, no baking, no Julia Child stuff. The ingredients were super fresh and, with items like wheat berries, miso paste and beef bones,
more interesting than what your average home chef buys in the store. Erin: At between 650 and 750 calories each, the meals weren t off-the-charts healthy,
but they beat takeout. They also didn t feel like very much food, but I think that s
and purchasing the best ingredients at their favorite market in the same way vintage clothing lovers relish visits to their favorite secret thrift stores.
But for someone who d otherwise be ordering takeout or Foreman-grilling another frozen chicken breast,
it was worth the $10 a plate. Erin: I would not do it every week#cooking three meals in a week feels overwhelming,
even though they only took between 40 minutes and an hour to prepare. But I get that the economics of shipping a giant cold-packed box with just $20 worth of food do not add up.
Blue Apron s minimum order is three meals per week. I would probably do it one week a month.
I would order each of my three Fresh Dish meals again. It s not because they are things that
Unlike Blue Apron, the meals are not overly exotic. Rather, it s because having the ingredients,
and purchase makes up for most of Fresh Dish s shortcomings. It s also nice not having leftovers,
whether that means of the meal itself, or of each of the ingredients that are bought typically in bulk.
I made a habit of using Fresh Dish, I d throw away much less food at the end of each week,
Fresh Dish has a role in my future meal preparation, but will not make up the entirety.
The ability to reorder a meal you liked. I want a second shot at pan-searing delicate redfish without mutilating it.
Along the same lines, it would be great to offer a requests box for future meals,
or popular meals to bring back. This, combined with order data, could eventually lead to the creation of a#oefavorite meals#section,
for items that would always be available, in addition to the new meals of the week. Erin:
Also, the ability to get just one meal a week. Yes, I know this is not economically feasible.
But I d be a more frequent customer. Michael: Fresh Dish offers this, but there are limited choices each week.
Michael: I d like the option to order larger portion sizes. While eight ounces of chicken or beef may technically be a single serving,
many people are accustomed to eating 1. 5 to two times as much as that. If you re making a meal for two people,
two#oeportions#may be too little, and four#oeportions#too much. If there was a plus-sized option, or the ability to add a single additional serving,
Conclusion Meal delivery services aren t the future of groceries, but they re fun to use occasionally.
and prevents the spread of disease, and no researcher would advocate abandoning it entirely. But we may want to rethink our relationship with germs,
don t wash their hands before every meal or wear the same socks twice. Eating food that s been in the fridge a
chickens, and sheep were produced. What made Dolly a sensation, however, was the method by which she was cloned.
and placing it in the nucleus of an egg that has had its own genetic material removed.
scientist have used SCNT to clone other mammals including cat, dog, deer, horse, mule, ox, rabbit and rat.
Some of the earliest studies evaluating diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol did find a link to less obesity among girls.
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For example, the famous marshmallow studies of Walter Mischel and colleagues showed that being able to resist temptation is predictive of future success. Four-year-old kids were given a marshmallow
if they do not eat that marshmallow and wait for the experimenter to come back, they will get two marshmallows instead of one.
Follow-up studies showed that the kids who were able to wait for the bigger future reward became more successful young adults.
but we also want that last slice of pizza. We want a comfortable retirement, but we also want to drive that dazzling car,
The marshmallow studies focus on dispositional factors#eing able to delay gratification is an innate ability.
Right now, scientists are using this technology largely on cells in laboratory dishes, not on whole organisms.
(which they got from frozen bucardo skin) into the eggs of an existing goat. The cloned bucardo was born,
among others. 2.)Cloning with cells from cryopreserved tissue of a recently extinct animal can generate viable eggs.
If the eggs are implanted in a closely related surrogate mother, some pregnancies produce living offspring of the extinct species. 3.)Allele replacement for precision crossbreeding of a living species with an extinct species is a new genome-editing technique developed by Harvard
Could a young woman introduce the DNA of her own grandmother to her own eggs and essentially give birth to a baby ancestor?
A good example of this was given by Allan Savory, an ecosystem scientist working in Africa when he recommended the slaughter of 40,000 elephants to help prevent desertification,
5. URBIO Indoor Vertical Garden URBIO comprises of wall mounted plates and plant pots that will sprinkle magic on otherwise dead walls.
#Four-fifths of all antibiotics are consumed by the meat industry Livestock consumption of antibiotics reached a record nearly 29.9 billion pounds in 2011.
The Food and Drug Administration, last year, proposed a set of voluntary#oeguidelines#designed to nudge the meat industry to curb its antibiotics habit.
Meanwhile, the meat industry has been merrily gorging away on antibiotics#nd churning out meat rife with antibiotic-resistant pathogens#f the latest data from the FDA itself is any indication.
while the American Meat Institute reported a 0. 2 percent increase in total meat and poultry production in 2011 compared to the previous year,
That suggests that meat production might be getting more antibiotic-intensive. Not surprisingly, when you cram animals together by the thousands and dose them daily with antibiotics,
which buys samples of meat products and subjects them to testing for bacterial pathogens. Again
While the FDA dithers with voluntary approaches to regulation, the meat industry is feasting on antibiotics
and harvested within its newly enclosed pastures redefined the American diet. In Las Cruces, New mexico, Venue met with Dean M. Anderson, a USDA scientist
changing the times you put out feed, putting in artificial shade, so that animals would move to that location#there are a host of things that we have tried.
But, if you have the animals clear over three pastures away, then you ve got to monitor the rainfall-related growth,
and decline without being utilized for feed. I m not saying that seed production is not important,
And you can move the polygon that the animals are in over in that far corner of the pasture.
Heart rate profile (beats per minute) of an 8-year-old free-ranging crossbred beef cow before, during,
or you go put the animal back into a four-strand barbed wire fenced pasture. Not every animal on the face of the earth today would be controllable with virtual fencing.
It s almost like a moving feed bunk, if you will. I m sure that, in time#I would almost bet money on this#that
especially if the drinking water was kept near the#oemoving feed bunk.##The other thing is that the consumer-level GPS RECEIVERS
and the children enjoy fish-related crafts, stories, decorations and birthday cake.#(#Pikes Peak Library District, Pikes Peak, CO) Braille Writer, Assessment Testing Kits for School Psychologists#Colorado#oethe participatory library##A program creating opportunities
This ranges from learning how to make pie crusts, tie a scarf, make a geodesic dome, draw,
A big indoor#oefair at the library, with giant games, bowling in the stacks, musical entertainment, storytellers, crafts, an ice cream bar, a Tech Petting Zoo, and more.
#oecoffee, Donuts & a Movie#:###oeat 9: 30a. m. we offer this program to those who are interested.
We provide the coffee & donuts and show a movie. The movies range from older classics to comedy to adventure to newer releases.
Mad about Mushrooms Soapmaking Introduction to Cake Decorating#oehow to Cook Wild Game#series with Fish & Wildlife agency#Spencer County Public library Carroll County Public library:
Legopalooza Jedi Training Princess Tea parties Book Discussions Crochet, Knitting, Punch Needle, Cross stitch, Scrapbooking, Spinning (Yarn) classes Diet and Diabetes Classes Yoga
transplanting, saving your own seed Local History potluck series (once a month) local historians, Chautauqua speakers, etc.
Seed lending library Reading camp for struggling first grade readers ipad and e-Reader/Kindle classes Civil war re-enactment bivouac on back lawn, Dessert contest, scarecrow
Jackson George Regional Library System) Car seat Rental-partnership with Citizens Against Needless Death in Youth CANDY.
Life-size Candyland#The library turns into Candyland board,#oeincluding all the different lands and yummy candy stops.#
From musicans and singers to poets and comedians, over ten performers select pieces each night Cupcake Decorating Program#Teen program on cupcake making
Annual Wine Tasting Salsa Slam#Celebration of sauce and dance. Local businesses and restaurants participated in a salsa tasting competition.
Chefs used fresh local tomatoes, as well as other ingredients of the season. Chinese New Year#Partnership with high school and Chinese Language school, activities include Chinese paper-folding, painting,
But, before you imagine the problem is a simple lack of nourishment, you might want to read a comprehensive new report about food waste.
and substantial amounts of foodstuffs simply spill from badly maintained vehicles or are bruised as vehicles negotiate poorly maintained roads.#
They wouldn t have to collect nectar like real bees. They would just be transmitting pollen.
and make recommendation with diets, exercise, or other lifestyle changes based on the information collected. Assisted living is another area where Iot is helping our elderly.
and automatically place an order to a home delivery grocery service. Each week the person would have delivered their groceries to them
and their refrigerator would make sure that they are receiving the right products at the right time.
and weight of livestock and uses the data to optimize the feeding and caring process for pork and beef farmers.
We need to feed more people with limited agricultural land and resources. We need to make better use of land, light and logistics for an increasingly urban population.
and the perfect amount of salt so you can t help but have just one more.
I Lyfted everywhere, got groceries delivered, etc. My phone just made it too convenient to be active.
##Veruca Salt Decreased recall & critical thinking. Remember the glory days when you would spend an entire afternoon playfully arguing with a spouse, sibling,
Brunches and sunsets happen every day. No need to miss the actual experience by snapping 5, 000 pictures of it.
Walk to the corner store for groceries. Get out of your house and and enjoy the fresh air (10 bonus points
They re skipping the pet food aisle altogether in favor of cooking up big batches of Fido s meals.
D c.,says he started cooking food for Toffee, his 10-year old mixed Boykin spaniel,
The dish is basically a hamburger and rice casserole, with a few extra nutrients thrown in, like brewer s yeast for minerals like chromium and selenium.
I am an advocate of whole organic foods that are biologically appropriate for the species. Food for Dogs is different from Dog food it s human food quality,
Many people assume that the mostbiologically appropriate food for dogs is meat, but it s more complicated than that.
And it was rarely meat it was scraps of grains and vegetable waste on the dump heaps.
Yet grains how much and what kind have become a controversial issue in recent years in both human and pet diets.
These days, most complete and balanced pet-food products contain grains according to Marion Nestle, who authored a book on pet food in 2010.
and some $322 million for cat food. Yet it s a small drop in the food bowl.
Some pet owners are even putting pets on raw food diets, which makes Joni Scheftel, state public health veterinarian at the Minnesota Department of health in St paul,
dog food can t contain ingredients pets can t tolerate, like garlic and onions, raisins, grapes and kabocha squash,
There have also been broken reports of bones from inadequately balanced homemade diets as reported in a review published in the Journal for American Veterinary Medical Association in 2012.
Two years after she started on a homemade diet, Toffee s stopped scratching, her coat is shiny,
and she make about 50 percent less poop that has to be scooped, Loper says. And she loves her food.
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