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Want to be happier? Eat your vegetables! – from the Silver Lining Psychology blog

May 27, 2014   Office of Public Affairs

By Patricia Thompson When you were a kid, did your mother urge you to eat your vegetables?  If your home-life was anything like mine, you were presented with a constant array of veggies at dinner time.   Some, like corn and carrots, I wolfed down enthusiastically, while others were consumed under duress (beets, turnips, and brussel sprouts come to mind). …

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Farm to School Programs Teach, Nourish

September 11, 2012   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

I love visiting schools. When I see all those young faces I see the future – bright-eyed children who will be leading us in 20, 30 or 40 years. Those of us in positions of responsibility have an obligation to provide our children with every opportunity to succeed in school and in life. We know a big part of that …

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