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Food is any substance, usually comprised primarily of carbohydrates, fats, and/or proteins, that can be consumed by animals (including humans) for nutrition or pleasure. Almost all foods are of plant or animal origin. Many cultures have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices.
The study of food is called food science. In English, the term food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in food for thought.
Human eating habits
Historical development
Humans are omnivorous animals that can consume both plant and animal products. Evidence suggests that early humans employed hunter-gatherer techniques as their primary method of food collection. This involves combining stationary plant and fungal food sources (such as fruits, grains, roots, and mushrooms) with mobile animals which must be hunted and killed in order to be consumed. Additionally, it is believed that humans have used fire to prepare food prior to eating since their divergence from Homo erectus, possibly even earlier. More on [ Food ]
Non Toxic Living
Food :: Recreation
Environmental Health :: Environment
Food Safety :: Food Science
Food, Drink and Nutrition :: Health
Genetically Modified Food :: Genetics
Alaska Gov. Palin To Resign
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.
Gov. Ted Strickland On Ohio's Budget Impasse
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:00 -0400
Ohio is facing a $3.2 billion shortfall in its finances. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed slots at racetracks and spending cuts, but has not been able to reach a deal with the Legislature. The state is operating on a temporary budget for the next few days.
Rare Copy Of Declaration Found In England
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400
An original copy of the Declaration of Independence was recently discovered in the British National Archives. Edward Hampshire, the diplomatic and colonial specialist at the archives, talks with Melissa Block about the discovery of the 26th copy of the document.
The Talk of the Town
Lauren Collins: Track School
Lauren Collins Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
June marks the onset of what one Village resident refers to as “devil-baby season”--the time of the year when the temperature climbs and New Yorkers start doing crazy stuff. This year, the weather stayed cold, and damp. Things still got weird. On Long Island, a newborn was found . . .
James Surowiecki: Caveat Mortgagor
James Surowiecki Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
In 1937, the Massengill Company began selling a health product called Elixir Sulfanilamide, which contained one of the antibiotic sulfa drugs. Unfortunately, it also contained diethylene glycol, a solvent that happens to be deadly to humans. In a matter of months, the elixir killed more than a hundred consumers. The . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: Stonewall Plus Forty
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The most improbable of America’s mass movements for civil rights--improbable at the time, inevitable in retrospect--got its start at a most improbable hour in a most improbable place. The hour: two in the morning, forty years ago. The place: the sidewalk in front of the Stonewall Inn, a . . .
E. Coli Food Safety News: MedNews.Net - Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches.
Meta Description: [ Links to news & information about the E. coli food safety problem. ]
FoodNews.org - Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group.
Meta Description: [ FoodNews offers users interactive tools and a downloadable shoppers guide to reduce the number of pesticides in their diets. ]
Friends of the Earth's Real Food campaign - Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides.
Meta Description: [ Friends of the Earth Real Food Campaign. Real food is free from genetically modified ingredients and pesticide residues, it safeguards wildlife, the environment and your health. ]
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet - Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production.
Organic Consumers Association - Pure Food Campaign acts to require disclosure of what is in food and what has been done in processing it.
Meta Description: [ Research and Action Center for the Organic, Buy local, and Fair trade movements. ]
Pure-food.com - Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety.
Meta Description: [ The Stop Food Irradiation Project of the Organic Consumers Association ]
Questions and Answers - Food - Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
The Center for Food Safety - A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment.
The Food Commission - The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues.
Meta Description: [ Campaigning for safer, healthier food for all. The UK's leading independent food watchdog. Publisher of the Food Magazine. ]
The Spelt Pages - Information site discussing the reintroduction and development of the ancient grain spelt
Meta Description: [ Purity Foods sells pasta, spelt flour, beans, seeds and grains, dried fruits and nuts, and spelt Vita-Spelt products ]
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