12/15/2011
The bugs that ate Monsanto First Roundup-resistant superweeds, and now corn rootworms, a common pest, have grown resistant to Monsanto's Bt corn. The result is bad for more than just the company's stock prices.
Bucknell University is proud to participate in the White House Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.
The initiative was developed in response to a challenge issued by President Obama to colleges and universities to create opportunities for dialogue among people of different faith traditions and those with no religious affiliation as they work together on a common project for the public good.
12/15/2011
The bugs that ate Monsanto First Roundup-resistant superweeds, and now corn rootworms, a common pest, have grown resistant to Monsanto's Bt corn. The result is bad for more than just the company's stock prices.
11/29/2011
If you can start a garden in an urban area, starting a community garden in Lewisburg should be no problem.
3 childhood friends start urban farm in Cleveland's Kinsman neighborhood (videos) Though life took them in different directions, three childhood friends reunited to work on what they describe as the project of a lifetime -- creating a thriving urban farm in Cleveland's Forgotten Triangle. They're working to produce tasty, healthy food and jobs.
11/15/2011
Looks like pizza sauce will still be recognized as a vegetable.
Congress fights Obama administration attempts to make school lunches healthier WASHINGTON — Congress is fighting to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, picking apart an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.
11/15/2011
Should healthy choices be mandated?
Should Food Stamp Nutrition Be Mandated? $100 billion of our taxes is used to help (relatively) poor people procure relatively poor food (thanks to the prevailing, if not entirely correct, inverse association between food cost and nutritional quality) -- so they can get to really poor health.
11/11/2011
Find out what the Food Stamp Challenge is all about:
Food on My Mind -- All the Time -- the Food Stamp Challenge: Day Six The next two days will be dreadful. I will be tired and bored and hungry, yearning way too much. I could break my oath and grab something, but I will not. I made a promise. I will keep it.
11/10/2011
Come and check out the Bucknell Hunger Banquet on November 16th. Tickets are $10 and on on sale at the Campus Box office. All proceeds support the creation of a community garden in Lewisburg.
Food Initiative || Upcoming Events || Bucknell University Upcoming events sponsored by the "Feeding our Hearts: Expanding our Vision" initiative.