Monthly Archives: January 2011

Did we learn anything from the 2007-2008 food price crisis? Because here we go again…

Food prices have hit an all time high in more than a year. In places like India, people are cutting back, particularly on quality foods like fruits and vegetables. Which is truly devastating as they are critical foods for good … Continue reading

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30 foods, 5 colors

Diet diversity and variety doesn’t just provide lots of different nutrients that the body needs but other important non-nutrients such as antioxidants that becoming very critical in decreasing the risk of diet-related noncommunicable diseases. And although we have nutrigenomics to … Continue reading

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FAO’s Crop Calendar

I just came across FAO’s Crop Calendar. It is tre cool. You may be asking what it exactly is. It is an incredible tool that I wish I would have had when I worked in the Millennium Villages to help … Continue reading

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