>> The FDA may put nutritional labels on the front of food packages. Tom Laskawy at Grist has the proposed designs! Check them out, and send the FDA your two cents on that and on existing side-panel nutrition labels, which the FDA’s also revamping.
>> Of course, most of the healthiest and greenest foods don’t come in packaging. I’m thinking about getting this book — Fresh Food From Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting — to prep for next year. Grist has an interview with the author, R. J. Ruppenthal:
If you live in an apartment, condo, or townhouse, you might not think that you have enough space to grow anything, but my goal is to change your mind on that. You can grow nutritious sprouts on a counter top, salad greens on a windowsill, dwarf fruit trees on a patio, tomatoes on a balcony, and much more. Most vegetables, and even fruit trees and berry bushes, can thrive when grown in containers. Indoors, try mushrooms, sprouts, and fermented cultures such as yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, and kimchi.
>> Enjoy a free healthy cooking demo from The Blissful Chef on Thurs., Dec. 17 from 7 pm at Eko Zone, 1718 Main St., Venice.
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This can be even more misleading than the way it is now because the serving size can be lowered to make the product seem healthier. Realistically, someone might eat 2-3 times the suggested serving.
Comment by susan — December 9, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
Hey susan — It sounds like you didn’t actually follow the link to look at the various designs. Some have serving # info up front. If you feel strongly about this, you might consider writing in to the FDA to argue for one of those designs.
Comment by Siel — December 10, 2009 @ 9:45 am