Hilltown Families 
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood writes: In 2008, many of the nation’s major food companies formed the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) in an effort to stave off government...
Share the Abundance of the Hilltowns! Introducing Hilltown Home Garden Exchange (HHuGE) Wagon opens July 20th, 2009 at the Old Creamery in Cummington, MA. BRING YE! BRING YE! Your carrots and...
Obama’s New Chef Skewers School Lunches Before he agreed to cook for the Obama family in the White House, Chicago chef Sam Kass was already talking about changing the way American...
Amy Kalafa of Two Angry Moms writes: Recently, Oprah did a couple of shows focusing on the emotional toll of childhood obesity. The shows were touching, powerful, and an important step...
Autumn Tips to Help Keep Your Kids Safe and Healthy Autumn requires us to make changes in our lifestyle due to weather, daylight changes, school activities, and upcoming holidays. Greet the...
This puts a lot of pressure of schools to serve the meat available through the School Lunch program, which is purchased from large-scale, low-cost agribusinesses. This makes school lunches especially vulnerable...
Mapping School Food: A Policy Guide A New Resource from the Public Health Advocacy Institute Improving the school food environment can be a difficult task, and understanding school food law and...
National School Lunch Week Website for this mid-October event, which recognizes the importance of school lunches in providing America’s children with access to nutritious meals. Features recipes for five suggested meals...
Be a Local Hero The 3rd Annual Free Harvest Supper of Local Food will be happening on the Greenfield Town Common/Court Square on Sunday, August 19th from 5-7pm. This open community...
Born from the American Weiner … I’m not a fan of hot dogs. Just the thought of eating one makes my throat close-up in preparation to gag. I don’t even like...
Got (breast) Milk? In 1911 the very first milk bank in the country was established in Boston. Many more were established from then, later to be closed in the 80’s due...
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Veggie Booty Snack Food – Risk of Salmonella Contamination The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat Veggie Booty snack food,...
Kellogg to Curb Marketing of Foods to Children [NY TIMES, Andrew Martin – 6/14/07] Froot Loops’ days on Saturday morning television may be numbered. The Kellogg Company announced today that it...