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Baked Rice Balls with Salmon & Peas

August 15, 2016

Recipe courtesy of The Happy Family Organic Superfoods Cookbook for Baby and Toddler (available here), by Shazi Visram with Cricket Azima. Ms. Visram is the founder of Happy Family. Photo credit: Tara Donne for Weldon Owen/Happy Family. Cook up a fun alternative to an ordinary salmon and peas dinner! These colorful rice balls are packed with flavor...

FDA Releases Draft Guidance for NDI Notification

August 11, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

FDA Releases Draft Guidance for NDI Notification The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a long-awaited revised draft guidance on Aug. 11 seeking to clarify new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for industry. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, manufacturers and distributors must notify FDA at...

Doris Kearns Goodwin to Headline CRN’s “Breakfast With…” Session

August 10, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.–Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D., a presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will headline the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), “Breakfast with…” session at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry. The Conference, an educational and networking event, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna...

Food Shortages in Venezuela Cause Widespread Malnutrition in Children

August 10, 2016

Simi Summer and Simi Summer, Ph.D.

Critical food shortages are currently creating an unwanted situation in one of South America's largest nations, a level of malnutrition not commonly seen other than in the most poverty stricken countries in Africa. Caused by the current economic crisis in the country, extremely grave types of malnutrition in children are making headlines globally.

Brown Rice Jambalaya

August 8, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Brown Rice Jambalaya recipe courtesy of Lundberg Family Farms Ingredients: Makes 8 servings 1 ½ cups Lundberg Long Grain Brown Rice 12 oz package of your favorite spicy sausage 4 chicken breasts (about 16 oz), cut into 1-2” pieces 1 Tbsp. olive oil 2 cups yellow onion, chopped 2...

Environmental Working Group Verified Program Expands

August 8, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—As of June 2016, the Environmental Working Group EWG Verified program expanded to 252 products including lipsticks and glosses, blushes, eye makeup, skin care products, moisturizers, lotions, shampoos, soaps and more. The good news is that shoppers can now quickly and easily identify cosmetics and personal care items that meet EWG's strictest...

Researchers Link Zika Outcome to Selenium Status

August 4, 2016

Richard A. Passwater, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina Greensboro Biochemist Ethan Will Taylor, Ph.D., and High Point University Pharmacy Professor Jan Ruzicka, Pharm D, Ph.D., may have unraveled the mechanism that causes the birth defect microcephaly (i.e., being born with a small head) in children of Zika virus-infected mothers. They propose that Zika virus...

3 Shortcuts to Hire A Great Sales Team

August 4, 2016

Jonathan Whistman

It has been said that in business nothing happens until someone sells something! This is true regardless of the type of company you are building. You can have an amazing product or service but until someone sells it…nothing happens. No kids get sent to college, no vacations, no diseases cured, no company...

Twenty Years Later: A Fresh Approach to Organic Non-GMO: Dissolving Stress and Entropy in Collective Consciousness

August 4, 2016

Simi Summer and Simi Summer, Ph.D.

I first heard about genetically modified food in 1996. I was part of a very dynamic group of young people who wanted to bring the light of science into politics and promote positive social and political change. My first exposure to the topic took place at a Xerox machine where a lawyer...

EPA Draft Report on Atrazine Open for Public Comment for 60 Days

August 3, 2016

Simi Summer and Simi Summer, Ph.D.

In June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a 500-page report highlighting the environmental impacts of atrazine, which is a widely used weed killer and water pollutant with potential negative health and environmental effects. The EPA is required to review and evaluate the approval of pesticides used in the United States every...