Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee. The Apple People

Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee. The Apple People

Friday, May 18, 2012

Weekend Reading

Reading

Meat Glue.

Eighty percent of the antibiotics sold in this country are fed to food animals.  Like Tyson's chickens - the ones served in our school every week to our kids. Read about the Superbugs they are breeding.
The SLICE Act has been introduced in Congress to stop the Pizza-is-a-Vegetable nonsense. Read more at Education Week.

Children's Sunscreen Hall of Shame list - just out from EWG. You'll be stunned out how bad for your kids these popular sunscreens are.

Be sure to wash your hands after feeding your pets.

Listening

Bhavani Jaroff is will be coming to Sea Cliff on June 1st with her popular kids' cooking class. You can catch up on her radio show on the Progressive Radio Network online.  Bhavani recently interviewed school food activist and chef Ann Cooper as well as hosted guests discussing the Farm to Cafeteria movement and genetically modified foods. 

Watching

HBO's Weight of the Nation can be viewed online if you missed it earlier this week.


Local Fun

The annual St. Boniface carnival is this weekend at Tappen.

Sunday is Bailey Arboretum's annual Family Day.

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