The USDA released a new food \u201cpyramid\u201d, which isn\u2019t a pyramid, but a plate. As you\u2019d expect, there was tons and tons of press about it. Marion Nestle\u2019s Food Politics blog has a excellent compilation of reactions to it<\/a>. <\/p>\n Over on The Chic Life, Diana has started the Project Veg Up Challenge<\/a>. I haven\u2019t written about it here, but I am sort of doing it, to the extent that I\u2019m monitoring how many fruits and vegetables I\u2019m consuming. It\u2019s depressingly low, despite all the green stuff we take away from our CSA every week. Anyway, you should join in-the calendar she made for tracking servings is so handy!<\/p>\n There was also a lot of press about how much food is wasted globally as found by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations<\/a>. I know I\u2019m pretty guilty of this and saying that we don\u2019t have anywhere to put compost in our current living situation is a pretty lame excuse. Chow highlighted the 7 most shocking food waste statistics<\/a> from the study and Grist has an interesting related piece on why wasting food wastes nature too<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, there is a minor obsession with John and Hank Green (aka The Vlog Brothers<\/a>) in our home. Frankly, I\u2019ve loved John Green since I read all of his young adult books when I was working in a high school library 2 years ago, but we only got into their videos recently. They post regular videos which are increasingly enjoyable the more you watch, given that you understand more of the recurring jokes. Anyway, the most recent video from Hank was particularly excellent:<\/p>\n![\"myplate_green\"](\"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/myplate_green_thumb.jpg\" "\\"myplate_green\\"")
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<\/a> Healthy Living Blogs has started a referral program<\/a>. I joined HLB last fall and it pretty well changed my life, introducing me to local blogger and now good friend of mine, Cynthia, who in turn got me involved with the CDNY Eat Drink Blog ladies. If you\u2019re a healthy living blogger and you haven\u2019t joined HLB yet, sign up to be a member<\/a> and tell them that I sent you. Then we\u2019ll both get great things out of it. <\/p>\n