Topic – Food
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Food Policy Workgroup
for the Houston region
The mission of the Houston Food Policy Workgroup is to nurture the growth of a sustainable local food system, accessible…
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Solving the US obesity problem
Make physical activity routine
The Institute of Medicine has released a new report on obesity in America, recommending five key strategies for addressing the problem.
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Questioning the issue of food deserts
Availability not the problem
Two new studies show that poor urban neighborhoods often have more healthy food options than is perceived.
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Cheryl Smith
Food desert into an oasis
With 15 percent of Texans residing in "food deserts," new approaches are in effect, and without help from the state.
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Honeybee depletion nearing a ‘critical point’
Pesticides the likely culprit
Commercial beekeepers have seen average population losses of about 30 percent each year since 2006, and are putting the food system in peril.
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Houston independent bars & restaurants form cooperative: OKRA
Will open charitable bar
Houston independent bar and restaurant owners have banded together to form the "Organized Kooperative on Restaurant Affairs" following parking arguments.
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City of Morgan Hill exploring mitigation for developers to pay for loss of farmland
Acre for acre replacement
Trying to preserve the city's agricultural potential, the City is exploring requiring developers of new developments to mitigate loss of farmland.
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