Thinking Outside the Lunchbox

(from the Center for Ecoliteracy)

"But I Am a Child Who Does" (like Spinach). Sandra Steingraber muses on her kids' eating preferences without a television, and with the help of an organic farm and a grocery co-op.

Deirdre and I have been talking about the amount of refined sugar in the snacks we give the kids, and ourselves. The other day, when I ran out of cookies to bring to work, I brought grapes and mini-carrots. My sweet tooth didn't notice a difference.

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