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Farm Management Choice Can Benefit Fungi Key to Healthy Ecosystems

Why are we not surprsed? Organic farming was shown to promote higher diversity relative to conventional farming.

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Healthy Choices Posters

When children experience how it 'feels' to begin to control their own lifestyle factors that affect their health, this is the beginning of their own medical destiny. Making healthy choices is the master lever for passing over major chronic disease epidemics. "What I want for my children is for them to understand they can have control over the quality of their food and the characteristics of different foods. I want them to yearn to taste the earthiness in a mushroom, the sweeetness in a beet. This poster image has given my children an opportunity to become more aware of what they are putting in their mouths," one mother recently wrote us. We are hearing from many parents now and they are all telling us the same thing: This poster image makes the whole effort toward good health so much easier than without this image. Michael Pollan's eater's manual entitled Food Rules includes images with every Food Rule. StarChild Science's Healthy Living Initiative includes our Healthy Choices poster and flyer image in its animations for families and teachers as well as in its products. Businesses are telling us that when they put their logo on our Healthy Choices poster or flyer, families always remember their efforts to keep children focused on making healthy choices.

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Added: May 23, 2013

Light is a major problem with vertical farming. When you stack plants on top of each other, the

 

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Zeal to Ensure Clean Leafy Greens Takes Bite out of Riverside Habitat in California
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Added: May 8, 2013

"Farming practices for food safety that target wildlife are damaging valuable ecological systems

 

Plants 'Talk' to Plants to Help Them Grow

Plants 'Talk' to Plants to Help Them Grow
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Added: May 8, 2013

Dr Gagliano explained, "Our results show that plants are able to positively influence growth of

 

Scientists Transform Cellulose Into Starch: Potential Food Source Derived from Non-Food Plants

Scientists Transform Cellulose Into Starch: Potential Food Source Derived from Non-Food Plants
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Virginia

Added: Apr 22, 2013

Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of

 

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Total Buzz Kill: Metals in Flowers May Play Role in Bumblebee Decline
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University of

Added: Apr 3, 2013

...bumblebees are at risk of ingesting toxic amounts of metals like aluminum and nickel found in

 

Cancer Biologists Find DNA-Damaging Toxins in Common Plant-Based Foods

Cancer Biologists Find DNA-Damaging Toxins in Common Plant-Based Foods
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Fotolia

Added: Mar 27, 2013

"But it's clear that plants contain many compounds that are meant to deter humans and animals from

 

The Agricultural Fulcrum: Better Food, Better Climate

The Agricultural Fulcrum: Better Food, Better Climate
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Jacky

Added: Jan 25, 2013

To tip the climate scale in our favor we need the energetic,good food movement to care as much

 

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The magic of the winter tree

The magic of the winter tree
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Washington

Added: Jan 7, 2013

One way to notice a tree is to take a picture of it. The act of photographing focuses more than

 

Mechanism That Gives Plants 'Balance' Discovered

Mechanism That Gives Plants 'Balance' Discovered
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Michigan State

Added: Jan 4, 2013

Plants, like people, have to learn to prioritize," he said. "You can use your energy for growth, or

 

Grape Seed Extract Bollixes Norovirus

Grape Seed Extract Bollixes Norovirus
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Added: Dec 12, 2012

Who would have thought a grape seed extract has the power to completely neutralize the virus that

 

The 50-Year Farm Bill

The 50-Year Farm Bill
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Added: Nov 14, 2012

"You can't run a landscape, any more than you can run your life, indefinitely in a state of

 

Carcinogens Linked to Cancer Stem Cells, but Spinach Can Help

Carcinogens Linked to Cancer Stem Cells, but Spinach Can Help
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Added: Jul 16, 2012

The findings are part of a growing awareness of the role of epigenetics in cancer, or the ways in

 

Organic Tomatoes Contain Higher Levels of Antioxidants Than Conventional Tomatoes

Organic Tomatoes Contain Higher Levels of Antioxidants Than Conventional Tomatoes
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Added: Jul 6, 2012

A study conducted at the University of Barcelona shows that organic tomatoes contain higher levels

 

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Voicemail Discovered in Nature: Insects Receive Soil Messages from the Past
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Added: Jun 17, 2012

Insects can use plants as 'green phones' for communication with other bugs. A new study now shows

 

Like curry?

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Added: May 27, 2012

New research has discovered that curcumin, a compound found in the cooking spice turmeric, can

 

Wild Farm Alliance in Watsonville, California has its hands full!

Wild Farm Alliance in Watsonville, California has its hands full!
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Jered

Added: May 3, 2012

The Wild Farm Alliance was established by a national group of wildlands proponents and ecological

 

Leaf Litter Talks with Dr. Wes Jackson

Leaf Litter Talks with Dr. Wes Jackson
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Added: May 3, 2012

This an excerpt from Leaf Litter, a publication of Biohabitats,

 

Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake

Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake
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Getty

Added: May 3, 2012

“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.” Michael Pollen's

 

Surprising health benefits of watermelon

Surprising health benefits of watermelon
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Added: May 2, 2012

If your little ones don’t dig into their swiss chard, lima beans or spinach — all great sources

 

Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease

Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease
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iStockphoto

Added: May 2, 2012

"...self-medication gives us a clue as to what compounds might be worth investigating for their

 

Chefs Can Create Reduced-Calorie Restaurant Foods

Chefs Can Create Reduced-Calorie Restaurant Foods
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iStockphoto/Lise

Added: May 2, 2012

"...the chefs surveyed may not fully understand the terminology of "reducing calories per bite."

 

Farmers Find Organic Arsenal to Wage War on Pests

Farmers Find Organic Arsenal to Wage War on Pests
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Ryan

Added: May 2, 2012

There’s a growing understanding among organic farmers of ways to harness natural systems as part

 

Ocean's Color Affects Hurricane Paths

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NASA

Added: May 2, 2012

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Advancing Biocrop Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest

Advancing Biocrop Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest
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Howard F. Schwartz,

Added: May 2, 2012

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Plants Cloned as Seeds

Plants Cloned as Seeds
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iStockphoto

Added: May 2, 2012

Why do we want to produce crop plants, such as lettuce and tomato, that can fertilize themselves

 

'Balanced' Ecosystems Seen in Organic Agriculture Better at Controlling Pests, Research Finds

'Balanced' Ecosystems Seen in Organic Agriculture Better at Controlling Pests, Research Finds
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Shelly Hanks,

Added: May 2, 2012

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Saber-toothed vegetarian: What did it need those huge fangs for?

Saber-toothed vegetarian: What did it need those huge fangs for?
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Science/AP

Added: May 2, 2012

Now researchers have revealed the earliest giant-fanged plant-eater known, a beast the size of a

 

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

Added: May 2, 2012

"One of our take-home messages is that conservation programs are currently a cheaper and more

 

New 'Green' Pesticides Are First To Exploit Plant Defenses In Battle Of The Fungi

New 'Green' Pesticides Are First To Exploit Plant Defenses In Battle Of The Fungi
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Canola Council of

Added: May 2, 2012

They work in a unique way, disrupting a key chemical signalling pathway that the fungi use to

 

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Added: May 2, 2012

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iStockphoto

Added: May 2, 2012

"This gives other parents and children hope that we'll soon have a safe, effective treatment that

 

Pollinators Make Critical Contribution to Healthy Diets

Pollinators Make Critical Contribution to Healthy Diets
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AM Klein, Leuphana

Added: May 2, 2012

..globally "animal-pollinated crops contain the majority of the available dietary lipid, vitamin A,

 

Common Scents: Honeybees Guide Neurological Discoveries

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iStockphoto

Added: May 2, 2012

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Feed Your Genes: How Our Genes Respond to the Foods We Eat

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Geir Mogen/NTNU

Added: May 2, 2012

"Genes that are involved in type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and some

 

New Lentil Being Readied for Market

New Lentil Being Readied for Market
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George Vandemark,

Added: May 2, 2012

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Farm Management Choice Can Benefit Fungi Key to Healthy Ecosystems

Farm Management Choice Can Benefit Fungi Key to Healthy Ecosystems

Added: May 2, 2012

Why are we not surprsed? Organic farming was shown to promote higher diversity relative to

 

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Walnuts, Walnut Oil, Improve Reaction to Stress
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Heather Annette

Added: May 2, 2012

Walnuts influence blood pressure at rest and under

 

Green Education Foundation

Green Education Foundation

Added: May 2, 2012

Green Education Foundation is an excellent place to start. I have taught math so effectively from

 

Fungi Reduce Need for Fertilizer in Agriculture

Fungi Reduce Need for Fertilizer in Agriculture

Added: May 2, 2012

Here Dorothy McNett makes her fantastic corn salsa. She is aware the next agricultural revolution

 

School Gardens Across The Nation, A Resource List For Starting Your Own

School Gardens Across The Nation, A Resource List For Starting Your Own
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http://www.huffingto

Added: May 2, 2012

"School gardens are an excellent way for children to get to know fresh fruits and vegetables,

 

Single, Key Gene Discovery Could Streamline Production of Biofuels

Single, Key Gene Discovery Could Streamline Production of Biofuels

Added: May 2, 2012

Now, we can have our food back. No more ethanol research with food! "We grow animal feed, not human

 

What 30 double-decker buses have to do with biodiversity and our dinner parties of the future...

What 30 double-decker buses have to do with biodiversity and our dinner parties of the future...
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http://www.brainpick

Added: May 2, 2012

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/22/the-last-great-plant-h...

 

'The Last Great Plant Hunt': The Story of the Millennium Seed Bank

'The Last Great Plant Hunt': The Story of the Millennium Seed Bank
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http://www.theatlant

Added: May 2, 2012

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Global seed vault opens in Norway

Global seed vault opens in Norway
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John

Added: May 2, 2012

To mark the opening, guests carried the first 75 boxes of seeds down a red carpet through the steel

 

Stronger Corn? Take It Off Steroids, Make It All Female

Stronger Corn? Take It Off Steroids, Make It All Female
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Purdue University

Added: May 2, 2012

"It is essential to change the architecture of plants to minimize how much land we need to produce

 

Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Added: May 2, 2012

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How Hemp Got High: Cannabis Genome Mapped

How Hemp Got High: Cannabis Genome Mapped
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Added: May 2, 2012

...over thousands of years of cultivation, hemp farmers selectively bred Cannabis sativa into two

 

Seven Sweet Facts About How Chocolate Is Made

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Added: May 2, 2012

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Food Rules stop-motion animation video

Food Rules stop-motion animation video
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Marija

Added: May 2, 2012

This stop-motion animation video is the best stop-motion piece on food and Pollen's Food Rules we

 

Human-Made Photosynthesis to Revolutionize Food and Energy Production

Human-Made Photosynthesis to Revolutionize Food and Energy Production
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Added: May 2, 2012

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Eating Wild: Foraging Safely in a Modern World

Eating Wild: Foraging Safely in a Modern World
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Added: May 2, 2012

While foraging for food you will be struck with how the first Food Rule of Michael Pollan, Eat

 

Teaching Kids the Science of Calories

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http://www.npr.org

Added: May 2, 2012

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Healthy Living Initiative Posters

Healthy Living Initiative Posters

Added: Sep 4, 2012

Get the word out with our beautiful Healthy Living Initiative posters.  Printed with soy based

 

Healthy Choices Flyers

Healthy Choices Flyers

Added: May 31, 2012

Get the word out with our beautiful Healthy Choices Flyers.  Add a flyer to your school or company

 

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