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The power of the foodshed
Posted 12/3/2013 - As a member of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a great group of people  – ranging from farmers to chefs to public health officials – on initiatives that connect Los Angeles consumers...

Avoid misgivings about food safety at Thanksgiving
Posted 11/27/2013 - Thanksgiving is a time for Americans to gather with loved ones to express gratitude. Dinner guests will be even more grateful if their hosts don’t play fast and loose with food safety practices when preparing the shared meals. I am a terrible...

Pumpkin - It's great for pie and pi!
Posted 11/26/2013 - Fall is my favorite time of year, because well, that is when pumpkins are in their full glory. Whether they are on display at a record setting weight of 1,985 pounds at the Half Moon Bay's annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off, arranged with assorted gourds on...

Gluten-free California sorghum is the focus of UC research
Posted 11/19/2013 - As a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, Africa, in the early 1980s, Jeff Dahlberg was intrigued by sorghum, a staple food being cultivated by the country’s vast population of poor subsistence farmers. “I was impressed with the fact that sorghum...