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By Amanda Loviza/Farm to Fork The “locavore” movement is sweeping the nation. Many consumers are turning away from Mexican tomatoes and Peruvian asparagus, and instead they are going to farmers’ markets and searching the grocery aisles for food made closer to home. In Kentucky, the Department of Agriculture has developed the Kentucky Proud program in [Read More]

Eating Exclusively Organic - Watching What Goes Into The Body

By Drew Mitchell/Farm to Fork Is organic food actually healthier than traditional food? This is the question that I attempted to answer by eating only organic products for an entire week. When I revealed my plan to forego normal meals and on-campus dining, I received mixed reactions from friends and colleagues. Some told me that [Read More]

An Elementary Lunch

By Sam Oldenburg/Farm to Fork At 5:30 in the morning she’s waiting for the milkman. At 7:30 she gets the daily hug from Brandon.  When 8:30 comes, she’s tallying lunch counts.  It’s time to serve the main meal at 11 a.m.  At 2 p.m. she leaves, coming back to repeat the process the next day. [Read More]

By Jacob Hill/Farm to Fork Whole wheat, all-natural, organic! A quick look at any grocery store will yield countless claims regarding the ingredients of a food item, its health value, as well as the conditions under which it was produced. But how many of these claims are regulated by the FDA and USDA and to [Read More]

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