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Farm Living Is the Life For Me…(Well Sort Of)

Greg Tillotson — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:18:46 +0000

Doesn’t it always seem that the little things in life bring us the most satisfaction? Such is the case when it comes to gardening at my apartment. I have blogged before about our desire to have a house, to plant flowers and grow vegetables. And even have a dog, so it can dig up everything we’ve [...]

Most Would Rather Eat Their Vegetables Than Work Out — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:00:30 +0000

According to a new Gallup poll of 1,012 adults, 52 percent lost weight at some point in their lives, but it’s how they’re doing it that’s intriguing. Of those successful weight droppers, 32 percent got slimmer by dieting exclusively, and 47 percent named both diet and exercise as important factors.

Need More Veggies? Congress Says, 'Have Some Pizza' — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:00:46 +0000

Members of Congress love pizza as much as any of us. So, when the United States Department of Agriculture threatened to take it off public school lunch menus, they did what many of us would have done in their position — they officially declared it a vegetable.

Earlier this year, the USDA proposed new standards that would’ve limited both sodium and potatoes for school lunch lines — moves some conservatives in Congress are fighting.