Produce travels 1,500 miles on average from farm to table. Minimize this by buying food grown locally. To get you started, here is a season-by-season list of when 10 common fruits and vegetables are locally available around the United States.
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Since 1949, the rise of industrial, processed food meant Americans could spend less on their meals. But those savings come with a high cost: obesity, diabetes, and big health care bills. Here's a look at the numbers behind our changing diet, and what we can do to make it better.
Approximately two-thirds of the United States' adult population is overweight. This is because, on average, adults in the United States are eating upwards of 3,500 calories each day, when 2,000 calories a day is plenty for an active adult. Both types of foods, and the amount of daily calories an adult chooses to consume can have a...
Each school day, more than 30 million children are provided with reduced-cost or free lunches as part of the National School Lunch Program. The NSLP requires that lunches meet nutritional guidelines established by the USDA. Here are two lunches; each meets the USDA's guidelines. One represents the type of processed foods typically found...
