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UCS and sustainable food systems …

07/08/2015 Nativegrl77

Demand a healthy, affordable, sustainable food system.

Nearly 20,000 people have already signed our petition urging President Obama to establish a National Food Policy that will ensure healthy, sustainably grown food for all. It’s not too late to add your name! Sign today.

Read this issue on the UCS website.
www.ucsusa.org/publications/december_2014.html

Why we need a national food policy.

A twitter conversation with Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, and Ricardo Salvador.

Watch food policy advocates and experts discuss ways to shape healthy food policy at the local level.

Ricardo Salvador, Ph.D.
Director,
Food & Environment ProgramFollow
Ricardo’s blog >>

“I read your call for an executive order to create a national food policy. I heartily agree that our food system is broken. But how would a national food policy be any different—or better—than the backward set of policies we have now?”—O. Day, Oakland, CA.As things stand today, the federal government already addresses a range of interconnected agricultural issues—diet-related disease, environmental degradation, farm subsidies, food safety, pesticides, immigration and farm labor, workplace safety and health—with a patchwork of regulations and standards across at least eight agencies. Not only is this approach uncoordinated, all too often agencies work at cross-purposes. READ MORE

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

President Obama on Health Reform

07/07/2015 Nativegrl77

President Barack Obama greets audience members after delivering remarks on health care reform during the Catholic Health Association Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Yesterday, at the Catholic Health Association’s annual assembly, President Obama outlined the state of health care in America, now that the Affordable Care Act has become part of the fabric of our health care system.

“Everything we’ve done these past six and a half years to rebuild our economy on a new foundation… has been in pursuit of that one goal, creating opportunity for all people,” the President said. “And health reform was a critical part of that effort.”

Watch the President’s full remarks, and learn more about the history of health care reform in our country.

My Day One: From the Streets of Lahore to the Heart of Texas

June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and people across the country are sharing their American stories. Manar Waheed — the Deputy Policy Director for Immigration here at the White House — shared her own story this morning.

Last night, the First Lady delivered her final commencement address of the season at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory High School (King College Prep) in Chicago. This spring, Mrs. Obama also celebrated the graduates at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL, and Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH as a way to shine a spotlight on students who have gone above and beyond to reach higher, and help others do the same.

This weekend, the President traveled to Krun, Germany — a small village in the Bavarian Alps — to meet with the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7). The G7 is an organization of world leaders, finance ministers, and heads of state from seven of the largest economies in the world — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. — as well as the European Council, EU Commission, and International Monetary Fund.

FBI investigating hanging death of another brother in Mississippi

07/07/2015 Nativegrl77

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Carrot juice (with Almond and Honey)

07/07/2015 Nativegrl77

Swapna's Kitchen

Carrots are highly nutritious that contains beta-carotene,vitamins and minerals. Carrots are used in many forms they are cooked,juiced and eaten raw.
Almonds and Honey when juiced with carrots enhances the flavour,taste and also the nutritional benefits.Almomds helps in weight loss and Honey is substituted for sugar thus reducing the intake of empty calories.
Such a healthy juice with the goodness of carrots,almonds and honey that can be made in a jiffy.

MAKING TIME:5 MINS

SERVES:2

INGREDIENTS

2 carrots (chopped)

4 almonds

2-4 tbsp honey

1 cardamom (optional)

2 cups chilled water

METHOD

Wash the carrots,peel the skin and chop them to bite sized pieces.Add them to the mixer with almonds,honey and cardamom.

Blend them well,then add water and blend for 20 secs on medium speed.

Strain them through a strainer,discard the residue and serve chilled.

Healthy homemade Carrot juice is ready to serve.

TAKE CARE TIPS

Consume the juice immediately…

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100,000,000

07/04/2015 Nativegrl77

The day you signed your first petition on Change.org, you became a part of something big. Today we’re celebrating 100 million people all over the world coming to Change.org to start or sign a petition. More than one million petitions have been supported by people like you, and there’s a unique story behind every signature.

We’re so proud of the change you have been a part of, and we’re excited to share this moment with you. Join us in celebrating 100 million people using Change.org: track the impact of the growing Change.org community.

Thanks for joining us on this journey,

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