Food
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Cheers to National Drink a Beer Day
Cheers! Once a year.. you have an excuse to drink up, but know your limits.
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Hunger Action Month Brings Awareness to Hunger in Community
https://youtu.be/CYZ-Zen1qEs Twelve million pounds, that sounds like a lot of food, but the Food Bank of North East Georgia says, that still is not enough. In the North-East Georgia area, one in four people struggle with hunger, compared to one-in-five in the entire state. The food bank of North-East Georgia,…
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#RealFood4Dawgs – Farmer’s Market Pushes ‘Real Food’ in Dining Halls
A “pop-up” farmer’s market is being held today from 12 – 3. The market is on Herty field at the University of Georgia. The group Real Food UGA is hosting the event to raise awareness and acknowledgment for the farmers who grow our food, and also to increase support for their…
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Local Food, Local Places in Winder
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGz1TAW0ysc] WINDER, GA — The Winder Housing Authority is one of 27 communities chosen to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative encouraging communities to create sustainable, healthy neighborhoods through local agricultural markets. Local Foods, Local Places assigns a team of experts to assist communities in…
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Local Restaurants Cook with Insects
By: Jordan Mecca Entomophagy is the human consumption of insects and arachnids as food. A common practice across the globe, it has yet to become popular in the Western world – until now. One U.S. trend of 2015 is the use of cricket flour as a food supplement. Cricket flour as well as…
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Athens Farmers Market Fresh Food Bus Will Not Run on Game Days
By: Kristin Miller Approximately 45-60 students use the Athens Farmers Market fresh food bus every Saturday – excluding game days – according to UGA Campus Transit manager Ron Hamlin. Market manager Jan Kozak thinks the number of riders would increase if the bus ran on game days. “That’s been a situation where you…
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Athens Farmers Market Vendors Embrace Fresh Food Bus
By: Kristin Miller The Athens Farmers Market fresh food bus runs every Saturday–excluding game days–from UGA’s campus to the market. The bus makes stops at the Tate Student Center, the Athens Multimodal Center, and Health Sciences campus before arriving at the market. Reporter Kristin Miller spoke with vendors who say…
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Chefs Compete for Spot on School Menu
Local chefs in the Athens-Clarke County area will participate in a cook-off competition this weekend. Chefs from restaurants like The National, Heirloom Café, and Goodie Two Shoes will compete. Each restaurant will be paired with an Athens-Clarke County school. Competitors will create dishes that not only taste delicious, but also conform…
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Popular Restaurateurs Begin New Endeavor in Five Points
ATHENS, GA- From the same team that has brought Athens, Georgia popular eateries such as Last Resort Grill and Five & Ten comes Cinco y Diez, a new restaurant with a unique combination of flavors.
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Cattle In Demand Connects Buyers with Live Stock Industry
Before technology if farmers needed farm equipment they would look in the classified section of the newspaper. That is all about to change. A new website called Cattle In Demand is making the process easier. Jake Alford, co-founder of Cattle In Demand, says, “With everything going so heavily towards the…