Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine Goes to Bat for School Children

 

This ad has stirred a controversy, with The White House objecting to the ad's mentioning "Obama's daughters." But it's not really about them. It's about all the schools that aren't as evolved as the one they go to. The ad is designed to wake Congress up to the fact that most school lunch programs offer no fresh produce.  Bravo to PCRM for this brilliant strategy to help the health of the nation's children!

K-Tec Now Makes a BPA-Free Blender Jar

I've been using K-Tec's Total Blender, a power blender, for a couple years, and it's made a huge difference in my ability whip up raw soups, smoothies, puddings and ice cream batter.

Now it's even better because I've gotten their BPA-free blender jar.  BPA (bisphenol-A) is a chemical that studies have linked to diseases, so who would want to blend hard ingredients like frozen nuts and seeds, raw cacao beans and frozen fruit in a jar containing BPA, when those hard ingredients pound against the plastic during blending, and most certainly knock some of the BPA into whatever's being blended?

New Raw-Friendly Market in Boca Raton, FL

Raw foodies, take note! An organic market called 4th Generation Market opened recently in Boca Raton (just south of Mizner Park) that breaks new ground with a panoply of freshly prepared raw food items! There are so many dishes to choose from (made by two experienced raw chefs), it's a feast! The desserts alone are a big wow! (I haven't tried the savory items yet.) Plus, they have raw vegan ice cream too, and the hard-to-find E3 Live. There are lots of packaged raw food items too, like GoRaw's delectable Pizza Chips. And they have a large selection of fresh organic produce, some of it from local farms.

This is the most nutritionally dense, health-promoting food out there. Eat this way and keep your immune system strong so that you don't catch the swine flu.

There's a counter so you can sit down and eat the food you've just bought, so although this isn't a full-fledged cafe, it's definitely a place you can go to for lunch (as well as a take-out dinner).

Once word gets out, 4th Generation (owned by a brother and sister in their 20s) should soon be giving the larger but less pure Whole Foods Market a run for its money.

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Gideon and Jackie Graff To Teach Raw Food Revival in Sarasota, FL on March 8

To hear Jackie and Gideon talk about how they became raw foods enthusiasts and chefs, listen to this podcast from the radio show Truly Sustainable Sarasota.

Their food is awesome and they give lots of helpful tips at their workshops.  And they'll be giving one here in Sarasota on Sunday, March 8th at Veggie Magic on Bee Ridge and McIntosh, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  More details in this short podcast, including contact info.

UK School Offers Tuition Discount to Vegetarian Students

Is this a first?

We think this is super cool!

Raw Vegan Chocolates for Valentine's Day!

Your sweetheart will be tickled when you send them these delicious raw vegan candies!  So decadent but so nutritious!  How is it possible for something to be both?!