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Where Can You Get Healthy Food?

First Stop – Local Harvest:  http://www.localharvest.org/

Check Out Local Harvest for markets and restaurants that support local farmers

Natural Fast Food Alternatives:
Noodles - Souper Salad - Sweet Tomatoes - Subway
Panda Express - Papa Murphy's - Einstein Brothers
What's in the food? Compare restaurants at:
http://www.fastfoodbook.com/ffg_pdf/FFG_Web.pdf

Better Food

Eat Well Guide

National online resource that lists sustainable farmers, restaurants and stores in the United States.

www.eatwellguide.org

Food First
398 60th St.
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 654-4400
foodfirst@igc.apc.org

http://www.foodfirst.org/

Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust

A non-profit organization that promotes sound nutrition and translates complex food science into a consumer-friendly tool for consumers, health professionals, chefs, farmers, journalists, and the food industry

www.oldwayspt.org

Organic Consumers Association

6771 South Silver Hill Drive

Finland MN 55603
Activist or Media Inquiries: 218-226-4164

Fax: 218-353-7652

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

SAF Baby

http://www.safbaby.com

Slow Food

A worldwide movement for the protection of the “right to taste” that organizes food and wine events and initiatives, raises the profile of products, and promotes local artisans and wine cellars

www.slowfood.com

Childhood Obesity

Article on Childhood Obesity

http://www.rwjf.org/about/product.jsp?id=40149

Childhood overweight and obesity - Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/index.htm

Fast food for Kids, Obesity on the Menu

http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/kids_meal_report_final.pdf 

Exercise

Children and Adults:  Calculate how many calories you are burning

http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/blcalorieburn.htm

Fast Food

Article on How much does a fast food hamburger really cost?

http://www.vofa.ca/node/70

Article on Pet Food Healthier than Fast Food

http://www.petfoodindustry.com/ViewContent.aspx?id=19000 

Article on Fast Food Secrets

http://www.qualityhealth.com/eating-nutrition-articles/6-shocking-fast-food-secrets

Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin: 2001), provides a fascinating—and alarming—glimpse into the fast food culture in the United States.

McDonalds

U.S. McLibel Support Campaign
Box 62
Craftsbury, VT 05826-0062
(802) 586-9628
dbriars@world.std.com

http://www.mcspotlight.org/

fact sheets:   http://www.mcspotlight.org/campaigns/countries/usa/beyond_beef.html

PETA Campaign:  www.McCruelty.com

Video Game

http://www.mcvideogame.com/why-eng.html (Ask your parents first. There is one bad word used).

Video - How many cows are in a McDonald's burger?  http://vodpod.com/watch/1292346-mcdonalds-how-many-cows-are-in-your-hamburger