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POH on Bay Area Backroads

If you’ve lived in the Bay Area for any amount of time you have probably seen Doug McConnell’s show, Bay Area Backroads. This week’s show included a segment on volunteer opportunities for Bay Area residents and Project Open Hand was one of the featured organizations! You can view the video segment, here.

The PB & J Campaign

The PB & J Campaign offers an interesting perspective on diet and environmental impact. Although it does not advocate an outright switch to vegetarianism (nor do we), it gives some insight into how our meal choices impact the world around us:

The PB & J Campaign

Marion Nestle Talks Food

Noted food expert Marion Nestle has begun a regular column for the San Francisco Chronicle and she posted her first piece today. Here’s a little taste (bad pun alert):

My advice about healthful eating is simple:

– Eat less.

– Move more.

– Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

– Don’t eat too much junk food.

Will higher food prices help you do this? Yes, if you shop more carefully and take time to cook.

It’s a fascinating column and we look forward to reading more from Marion Nestle. You can read the whole column, here.

What to eat?

What should we eat? What’s good for us? What tastes good? Can these be on in the same? We are not supporters of the magic bullet theory – no amount of anti-oxidant infused water can undo a lifetime of bad habits – but we do believe in eating fresh, whole foods. The NY Times has compiled a short list of foods you should add to your regular diet with the caveat that this list is not the final word on what to eat but rather, a short list of foods that you may have overlooked. You can read it, here.

True Crime!

Because there’s more to life then food and green technologies…

From today’s SF Chronicle, a fascinating tale of a kidnapping that no one knew about (at first):

The case was one of the most unusual in the annals of San Francisco crime. Although Mr. Moskovitz was a member of a prominent business family and rumors about his kidnapping circulated throughout the city, the news media kept the story quiet for four days until the police tracked down one of the suspects, seized him in a phone booth and forced him to lead homicide inspectors to the kidnappers’ lair, where they found Mr. Moskovitz and freed him.

Read the rest of the story, here.