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Declining Fruit and Vegetable Nutrient Composition: What Is the Evidence? By Donald R. Davis Journal of HortScience; February...
...check out the February issue of the Journal of HortScience, which contains a report on the sorry state of American fruits and veggies. Apparently produce in the U.S. not only tastes worse than it did in your grandparents' days, it also contains fewer nutrients - at least according to Donald R. Davis, a former research associate with the Biochemical Institute at the University of Texas, Austin. Davis claims the average vegetable found in today's supermarket is anywhere from 5% to 40% lower in minerals (including magnesium, iron, calcium and zinc) than those harvested just 50 years ago. (Read about Americans...
...said. Eric N. Hysen ’11, the council’s parliamentarian, proposed an amendment to strike funding the brochure. Hysen said that funding the brochure would set a precedent that the UC was willing to fund projects when The College should be paying for them. Doug R. Lloyd ’09, the UC’s secretary and the sole dissenting vote on the bill, voiced his belief that the expenditure had not been thoroughly thought out. “I’m concerned we’ve moved through this process way too quickly...
...many of which occur in the second semester, according to Iyer—are eligible for funding. “We’re responding to the fact that our caps were too low and making sure that our policies are helpful,” said UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10. “This semester was a trial period.” And with raised caps and potentially more events needing support, Flores said the UC is anticipating more applications in the spring. The Harvard College Democrats were one of seven student groups to receive...
...dodged the effects of a declining economy, as diners have cut back on discretionary spending. One such casualty was café Z Square on JFK Street, which closed its doors in January after management complaints and flagging profits. At Small Plates, which opened in late 2007, co-owner Jerome R. Picca said that all the tables had been booked a week and a half in advance of the holiday. “You would never have guessed there was some kind of economic problem in the country based on what the sales and tipping were on Valentine?...