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Thought+Food had recommended the Freerice game  a while ago. Now Drew Brees bring us his Rice Bowl Challenge. Watch him here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9ykB6dIxE&feature=player_embedded

and please join in, its for a very good cause.

New Technology to Speed Up Pearl Millet Breeding | HarvestPlus.

That is Francis Lam’s new year’s resolution at Salon. Instead of taking an absolute stand, he analyses what is doable and recognises what challenges he will face. Many of us would like to join him, I know.The big problem: cheap chicken! It is much more expensive to feed a family without going the cheap chicken route and the grocery bills are not going to be pretty. One option may be to buy a sustainable whole chicken and use every bit of it: roast the first day, sandwich fillers the next, bones and bits for stock, then stock for soup and providing flavor to quinoa or couscous. It will be an interesting process!

Thanks for reading and sharing my journey into all things food last year! I look forward to learning and sharing more with you in 2011.

It’s not about the best deals on Black Friday, its about sharing and giving. If you believe that, please consider making a small effort and helping someone this season. The World Food program is inviting donations that will help feed school children or get rice to the hungry.

Gift of Hope | Send an eCard that Will Change Lives.

Please consider supporting the passage of the Food safety Bill. Now that the Tester Amendment has been passed which protects the interests of small and local farmers, there should be enough support for the Bill but big money interests are playing into this issue so please read the information in the link below and consider voicing your support.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/call/final_food_safety_vote_call_today/

The outsourcing of Twinning’s  tea operations to Poland  inspired this engaging piece.

Tea: A Literary Tour.

Study Shows Fast Food Companies Aggressively Market to Kids, Minorities.

GuelphMercury.com – Life – Sweet success: Waterloo woman tells Africans about a simple diet change can improve their health.

Are you safer if the cook is wearing gloves?. Not really, just like hands, gloves can go anywhere and unlike hands they may make the wearer less careful about food safety as they give a false sense of security.