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USDA Out to Feed Hungry Children This Summer

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jun 8th 2011 5:00PM

The USDA is working to provide lunch to students even when school is out. Credit: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Some 20 million low-income children get free or reduced-price lunches during the school year, courtesy of the federal ...Lunch program extended to cover the summer months.
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Think Your Kids Kicked the Soda Habit? Better Check School's Cafeteria, Survey Says

by Honey Berk, Posted Nov 1st 2010 12:30PM

Soda and other high calorie beverages are widely available to elementary school kids. Credit: Spencer Platt, Getty Images
If you think your kid's diet is soda-free because you've banished the drinks from your refrigerator, you may want to take a ...Is your child drinking milk or soda at school? You might be surprised.
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USDA May Ban Additives From Organic Formula

by Associated Press, Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:48AM

What's really in your baby's bottle? Credit: Getty Images
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department says it may ban two synthetic additives from organic baby formula, overturning a Bush administration decision to allow them. The USDA said ...
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Choline for Early Development?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 21st 2009 4:30AM

Choline is a nutrient similar to Vitamin B that has been found to have a positive effect on early development. The human body produces some choline and it is also found in breast milk, many common foods and is available as a dietary supplement. ...
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March is National Nutrition Month

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Mar 9th 2008 9:04AM

Most parents worry about nutrition. We worry about our kids eating enough, and we worry they aren't eating enough of the right kinds of things. We're thrilled when they scarf down their veggies and get anxious when they go through phases, like eating ...
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Largest beef recall in the United States

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Feb 18th 2008 8:00AM

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a deeply disturbing undercover video that had been released by the Humane Society of the United States, revealing the painful-to-watch abuse of downed cattle that may have resulted in the dangerous tainting of ground ...
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Dangerous meats in school lunches?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jan 31st 2008 10:31AM

Yesterday, ParentDish received a rather disturbing email from the Humane Society of the United States. They suspected we might be interested in an undercover study they'd recently conducted that resulted in extremely disturbing footage of a slaughter ...
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Horizon Organics battling integrity allegations

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 21st 2006 4:00PM

For those of us who endeavor to feed our families an organic diet, the latest news from the Cornucopia Institute may come as a bit of a blow. Just last week the watchdog group filed a formal complaint with the USDA against Horizon Organics. The ...
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Dairy producers violating organic milk standards

by Heather Craven, Posted Apr 28th 2006 10:33PM

I first hopped on the organic food bandwagon when my daughter, now nine, was 18 months-old. A friend of mine gave me an article about children entering puberty earlier and earlier due, in part, to the many growth hormones given to cows so that they ...
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