January-February 2013

Arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting food security, nutrition and public health in the U.S., the farm bill also can be one of the most confusing. Here are some good-to-know details

Price and Platform Free; available via Apple App store   RD Score 4 out of 5 stars   Synopsis of the App Based on Mark Bittman’s bestselling cookbook, How to Cook Everything: Essentials is a

In 2012, the Oregon and Washington State Academies of Nutrition and Dietetics teamed up to offer a pre-conference farm tour before their joint annual meeting. A group of 35 registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered

Price and Platform Free; available via Apple App store and Android/Google Play   RD Score 5 out of 5 stars   Synopsis of the App Seafood Watch is a digital pocket guide to ocean-friendly seafood

Platform and Price Free; available in Apple App store and Android/Google Play   RD Score 3 out of 5   Synopsis of the App Developed by a celiac disease patient, the Find Me Gluten Free

Price and Platform Free; available via Apple App store   RD Score 3 out of 5 stars   Synopsis of the App The FoodFacts app delivers product nutrition information, ingredients, allergens and the FoodFacts Health

Platform and Price Free; available via Apple App store   RD Score 4 out of 5   Synopsis of the App Food on the Table is a meal planning on a budget app. The app

From the road, crop fields look pretty low tech: just neat rows of plants climbing toward the sun. But the systems controlling these fields may be much more sophisticated than you’d expect, relying on satellites,

City dwellers are no strangers to small-space gardening; tomato plants grow on narrow decks and kitchen gardens turn out an abundance of herbs. Now some enterprising urbanites are taking it to the next level, reclaiming

Author: Hanne Blank Publisher: Ten Speed Press (2012) This unique exercise guide is big on attitude, giving plus-size women the motivation and information they need to move their bodies and improve their health. A certified

From mirepoix in France to refogado in Brazil, foundational trinities of aromatic vegetables bring flavor to soups, stews, sauces and other dishes worldwide. Aromatics are vegetables that deliver deep, rounded flavor and aroma when heated

Trish Salomon, MS, RD, CD, MA The health screening was expected to be a routine procedure — something thousands of employees at the Bemis Company, Inc. complete to get health benefits. But when a man

Although an icon of New Zealand, kiwifruit originated in China and was known as the Chinese gooseberry. Its name was changed to kiwifruit for market appeal when New Zealand began to export the fruit.  

Soil — a dynamic and complex system of minerals, air, water and organic matter — is the lifeblood of anyone’s farm and of everyone’s food supply.  The primary nutrients used by plants are nitrogen (a

  For centuries, before modern conveniences like refrigeration, many cultures used the sun and air to dehydrate foods as a way to preserve the bounties of hunts and harvests. The dehydration process took days and

"Green bags" (which actually come in many colors) sold on infomercials are composed of zeolite, a silicate compound with a porous chemical structure. Companies that manufacture these bags claim the porous structure absorbs ethylene, the

Consumer Reports raised alarm in September 2012 (published in the November 2012 issue) when it released a study revealing potentially dangerous levels of arsenic in domestic rice and called for the adoption of regulatory standards

Price and Platform $1.99; available via Apple App store   RD Score 3 out of 5 stars   Synopsis of the App Harvest is penned as your guide to selecting the freshest, healthiest and best