April 30, 2015
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NOFA-NJ's Food as Medicine Conference is this Saturday, May 2nd and we are exhibiting! Hope to see you there! NOFA-NJ's second conference focused on the health benefits of nourishing foods, features a full day of expert speakers across disciplines who will share their expertise, connecting the food we eat and grow to our health. The Food as Medicine Conference speakers will teach you all about reclaiming your health through traditional diets, how to shop for and prepare meals using these guidelines, and optimal nutrition for you and your family. Whether you're a foodie, gardener, farmer, or fan of a healthy lifestyle - if you love to cook, eat in, dine out, and keep your family healthy while doing so, this conference is for you!
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Chipotle to stop serving genetically altered food Starting Monday, its food will be free of genetically engineered ingredients. Whether others will follow is uncertain. In a first for a major restaurant chain, Chipotle Mexican Grill on Monday will begin serving only food that is free of genetically engineered ingredients. “This is another step toward the visions we have of changing the way people think about and eat fast food,” said Steve Ells, founder and co-chief executive of Chipotle. “Just because food is served fast doesn’t mean it has to be made with cheap raw ingredients, highly processed with preservatives and fillers and stabilizers and artificial colors and flavors.” In 2013, Chipotle was the first restaurant chain to indicate which items contained genetically modified organisms, and a small but growing number of restaurants, largely in fine dining, also now label their menus. Grocers, too, are moving to offer consumers more products free of genetically altered ingredients. The shelves and cases in Whole Foods stores are to be free of products
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