Top 5 Eating Habits to Keep the Planet (And Your Body) Healthy

October 16, 2009 by The Dove · Leave a Comment

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By Adria Vasil

Maybe it’s the half-Greek in me, but there’s nothing that makes me giddier then the sight of a table full of food (well, other than actually eating the food). Trouble is most of what we stack onto our plates isn’t just weighing on our hips, hearts and cells, it’s also bloating the planet with packaging, pesticides and climate-changing gases. How can you get your fill without, er, tipping the ecological scales?

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Food Industry Putting Profits Before Health

June 18, 2009 by The Dove · Leave a Comment

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How much do we know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? Though our food appears the same-a tomato still looks like a tomato-it has been radically transformed.