I actually expected to see it happen last year. With Michelle Obama’s focus on childhood obesity, I knew it we were in for a revision. Online the USDA claimed a planned update in 2010. Then I got word from a wonderful blog, The Table of Promise, the new American eating plan had been unveiled.
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Tumbling the Pyramid
Posted by Tammy on June 13, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/06/13/choose-my-plate-replaces-the-pyramid/
La Diferencia de la Comida
Just writing this post is an adventure in itself. This is my first attempt at blogging from my iPad and from Perú. I’m here with 24 others on a Journey of Discovery high in the Andes Mountains. Every direction I look is the full-color pullout of a National Geographic. And at every turn, I learn how food played a dominant role in this ancient civilization.
Posted by Tammy on May 1, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/05/01/peruvian-food-supply/
Say Cheese!
Yellow, blue, green, stinky, and with holes – while that might sound like a description of my teenager’s sock drawer, it’s much better suited to one of my greatest food weaknesses – cheese. I can honestly say that I’ve not encountered a variety that I don’t love. Eaten alone, on crackers or with fruit, cheese is something that always satisfies.
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Posted by Tammy on April 16, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/04/16/eating-localcheese/
Penne for your Thoughts
Pardon me ma’am but if you feed THAT to your child, his brain may not grow as large and it may lower his IQ. Would that get someone’s attention?
Penne and pennies
Posted by Tammy on March 16, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/03/16/good-food-infant-brain-growth/
Poop
“There is nothing so overrated as orgasm and as underrated as excrement.” I’ve heard this quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin but now I can’t seem to find a source. So what is it doing here? It began innocently. I asked my youngest son what I ought to blog about this week and with 8 year old humor he answered, “Poop.” Don’t worry, there’s no photo of the product.
An Underrated Experience
Posted by Tammy on February 9, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/02/09/more-fiber-in-our-diets/
Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Food Songs
I thought it would be hard to find ten. But the struggle came in the whittling down of a brutally long list of food songs. Who knew there were so many and that I’d have had to spend hours on youtube listening to ensure that I’ve happened upon the right selection. I don’t know that I have. I loosened my criteria. Weird Al was disqualified. I closed out anything from Sesame Street or Raffi. And while Taco Wagon by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones is right up there for great music, it had no lyrics. The good news is, that while there are oodles of old songs about savory morsels, the new genre is keeping up just fine. This however, is a sort of an oldies list.
I’d never heard this song before and thought that it was quite fitting for my own story.
Agrigirl’s List of Food Songs
1. Canned Goods by Greg Brown (more…)
Posted by Tammy on January 21, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/21/tammys-top-ten-the-t3-report-food-songs/
Road Trip
I admit to being a bit of an ostrich but there are times when I’d really prefer to turn off the bad news. And, I’d rather bring about wider acknowledgement of the good. I’m fortunate in that I’m able to travel to some remarkable places each year and now, I’m going to try to focus on the amazing individuals and projects in those places.
Posted by Tammy on January 12, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/12/road-trip-to-find-microenterpris/
Inventing a New Year
On the first Sunday of 2011, I slept until 10:10 am! Amazing. Clearly my body and perhaps my mind were in need of the rest. Ahhh. I felt refreshed and renewed and then, argghhh. The reality of the clock set in. There was no way that I could get ready and get myself to the 11:00 healing prayer service that I enjoy attending. And by missing it, I was neglecting one of my main areas of focus for the year – to cultivate greater spirituality in my life.
Posted by Tammy on January 8, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/08/invent-a-new-year/
2010 Photos – A Year in Review
Are pictures worth a thousand words? I usually only shoot for 500. And I do shoot!
Howdy Y'all and thanks for reading the Blog!
Posted by Tammy on January 4, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/04/2010-photos-a-year-in-review/
Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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