Back to School: Plant-Based Tips & Recipes

Check out Chef Katie’s 3 tips to get back into a healthy school routine. These easy recipes will help you start the school year off right.

Smart Parent’s Guide to Why Kids Should Not Have Dairy Products

Why are parents so set on introducing dairy to their infants? Pediatricians have been taught that dairy is essential, but is it actually harmful to children’s health?

8 Tips to Be Plant-Based When Your Spouse Is Not

Is your spouse not on board with a plant-based diet? Here are some tips for staying plant-based when your family or spouse are not willing to be.

Healthy Children Begin With Healthy Parents – Food Choices Matter

Healthy families can produce healthy children. It is important to support our children’s health, one healthy meal at a time.

Living in a “Blended” Dietary Household? 4 Solutions to Make it Work

When one (or more) of you is a whole food, plant-based eater and others in your household aren’t, how do you make it work?

Cooking at Every Age, Why Kids Should Learn To Cook

After my parents got divorced, my dad had to learn how to cook for himself, and he patiently allowed me into the kitchen with him as he figured it out.

Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik Encourages Busy Families to Thrive, Plant-Based

Mayim is a mom with two plant-based sons. At the end of the day she knows what it's like to be a busy (single) parent with little time to spend in the kitchen.

Baltimore Public School Implements Food Literacy For All Students

Food literacy education provides a positive solution to our nation’s health, education and environmental problems.

Millennials and A Plant-Based Diet. Better Food, Better Choices.

They aren’t interested in doing what their parents did just for the sake of tradition but making better choices for themselves, animals & the environment.

Breast-Feeding, What’s a Mom to Do?

Formula feeding one’s baby is an individual’s choice. Before relying on, sugary substitutes, other mammals or powdered milk, consider breast milk.

Eat Your Vegetables! Getting Young Children to Eat Healthy

Dr. Spock explains how to encourage infants, toddlers, and children on the path to good nutrition through his tips on eating a variety of vegetables.

7 Plant-Based Family Tips from Chef Mom & Dietitian Dad

Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate Instructor and RD Lewis Freedman and Priscilla Timberlake Freedman discuss their peaceful plant-based kitchen and family.

Advocating for Healthy School Food

To be compliant with the United States Department of Agriculture School Meal Program, each lunch must offer five components: vegetable, fruit, protein, grain (must be 50% whole grain – which is called 100% whole grain rich, and may contain preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup), and milk.

How To Have A Healthy Halloween

Halloween is almost here and everyone is wondering what costume to wear and what treats to give. Careful planning can make this holiday more enjoyable than you imagined.

Interview with MUSE School’s Rebecca Amis

Launched by Rebecca Amis and Suzy Amis Cameron in 2006 with just 11 students, today’s MUSE School fully embodies the founding philosophy that young people should have rights, as well as a voice and a choice in their education. With caring and compassionate teachers, playful classrooms, and opportunities for exploration and reflection at every turn, MUSE has become an educational oasis for parents who recognize the enormous value in kindling each child’s own unique spark.

From Candy To Broccoli Food Literacy as an Educational Priority

Our children are growing up in a world very different from the world that most adults experienced in their youth. In terms of food and nutrition, these differences are profound and have had and are continuing to have a major impact on our health and the health of the planet. It is important to recognize the implications of these changes from a public health, environmental, and educational perspective.

Dealing with Picky Eaters

Fact of life: Kids can be picky. But this shouldn’t deter you from making healthy diet changes for your family! Here are a few tips for dealing with your picky eaters:

Harvesting Nature’s Joy

Today was a super exciting day in the Tien family household - we harvested our first potatoes out of the garden! All of us were equally excited to push aside the mounds of straw and dirt, revealing the pale, speckled Kennebecs hiding in the soil.

What’s For Lunch?

The latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was recently published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and, except for some minor adjustments in format and design, and the addition of two new guidelines

Why Parents Should Keep Children Meat and Dairy Free

This personal account by Dr. Spock outlines how he realized that parents should steer children away from meat and dairy during early childhood.