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13 07, 2017

This Little Piggy Went to Market

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:42:42-04:00July 13th, 2017|Uncategorized|1 Comment

I had the opportunity to visit the lovely city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and local area farms recently for a farm immersion trip sponsored by the National Pork Council. While my travel expenses were paid, I was not paid to write this post, but wanted to share [...]

15 05, 2017

Why I Don’t Eat “Clean”

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:42:42-04:00May 15th, 2017|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts, Uncategorized|2 Comments

I will be blogging about food facts and sharing information about modern agricultural practices over the next several months. These posts will be notes as sponsored by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, but are expressions of my own. Clean eating. I get it. Eating more whole foods [...]

11 10, 2016

Love-fest in Boston

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:41:51-04:00October 11th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Just for Fun, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Love-fest in Boston

 Look out Boston, you are about to be bombarded with about 10,000 Foodies and Nutrition Nerds. Every October the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics holds their annual Food and Nutrition conference and expo: FNCE® for short. For many dietitians like myself, who telecommute, it's an opportunity to meet [...]

7 04, 2016

Rainy Day on the Farm

By Rosanne Rust|2019-06-26T13:54:46-04:00April 7th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rainy Day on the Farm

I'm in western Pennsylvania this week at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics conference and expo, which offered a pre-conference tour of Soergel's Beef Farm, a local area farm. It was a rainy day, and quite chilly, which prevented us from really touring the [...]

30 12, 2015

2016 Resolution: Fact Check Your Source, Leave out the Politics

By Rosanne Rust|2024-03-27T13:01:48-04:00December 30th, 2015|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts|Comments Off on 2016 Resolution: Fact Check Your Source, Leave out the Politics

When I starting writing this blog four years ago my goal was to shed some light on the many misconceived views about food and nutrition. The new media has delivered. There continue to be so many conflicting messages, in some cases completely false, that get repeated by journalists and consumers until people [...]

12 09, 2014

Cattle Farm Q & A

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:39:37-04:00September 12th, 2014|Food Facts, Uncategorized|2 Comments

My previous post gave you a glimpse of my recent cattle farm tour. This post will offer you some facts about cattle farming. I was aware, prior to my tour to the cattle farm, that there is a lot of misconception about cattle farming; particularly feedlot versus grass-fed. [...]