Article first published as Where’s the Local and Seasonal in MyPlate? on Technorati. First Lady Michelle Obama made news last week when she introduced the USDA’s new nutrition representation, MyPlate. The color-coded memory devise shows a plate half full of fruits and vegetables. Grains are recommended to fill slightly larger than a quarter of the plate with small portions of protein and dairy. The visual representation has been hailed as a vast improvement to the [...]

Writing a local food and garden blog, I feel obligated to write about the White House Garden ground broken today.  It is a great hope and example to the nation.  So many others have written their kudos and I also am thrilled we have a first family that understands local foods. So rather than repeat what’s been said, here’s a new idea that struck me: Man, I am glad no one photographs me when I’m [...]