A Locavore's Fourth: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Really Fresh Produce
By Jennifer LaRue Huget
(Washington Post)

Is eating locally produced food a civic duty?

The folks at Kitchen Gardeners International might not call it a duty, exactly. But the group -- one of the organizations whose efforts led to the planting of a kitchen garden at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. this spring -- argues that buying and eating locally bolsters American communities and economies even as it makes for a more healthful diet, all of which might strengthen the nation as a whole.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901539.html?wpisrc=newsletter

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.  ~Christopher Morley

Screen on the Green
Thursday, June 25 6:00p
at Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA
June 25 "Ghostbusters." Live entertainment begins at 6 p.m. Movie starts at sunset.
http://www.centennialpark.com/events/calendar.html

Movies & The Market
Thursday, June 25 5:00p
at Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA
Atlantic Station’s FREE outdoor movie series, Movies & The Market, will air family-friendly blockbuster favorites each Thursday night at dusk in Central Park.
http://www.atlanticstation.com/home.php

CORNDOGORAMA Music Festival 2009: An Indie-Rock Extravaganza in East Atlanta Village!
DATE: Saturday & Sunday, June 27-28, 2009
TIMES: 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
LOCATION: 470 Flat Shoals Avenue in the heart of the East Atlanta Village
TICKETS: $15: per day (advance or day of show) -or- $20: 2 day weekend pass via advance sales only; weekend pass must be purchased by Sunday, June 21 12pm midnight http://www.corndogorama.com/

2009 Butterfly Festival
Saturday, June 27 10:30a to 2:00p
at Dunwoody Nature Center, Atlanta, GA
Everyone's favorite day at Dunwoody Nature Center! Get an up-close look at the colorful world of over 500 butterflies at DNC. This annual event features discovery stations, games, crafts, food, gifts, and a butterflyGIANT Greathouse Butterfly Farm tent filled with lively butterflies and beautiful flowers
http://www.dunwoodynature.org/

June is Men's Health Month!

How do guys' diets stack up?
POSTED BY: Monica Reinagel, M.S., LD/N
National Men's Health Week begins today and wraps up on Father's Day.  Ladies, here's your opportunity to urge the men you love to schedule a physical, cholesterol test, or any other screening exams they may be overdue for, such as a colonoscopy or prostate exam. Although unpleasant, these relatively painless procedures save lives.

Guys, it's also a great chance to take a good look at your lifestyle and nutrition habits and make sure the choices you are making every day are setting you up for a long, healthy, active life.

Here's what guys get right
Although women have a reputation for being more health and diet conscious, men actually do a slightly better job meeting their nutritional needs--statistically speaking, anyway. Of course, men tend to eat a bit more--but they are also more likely to eat actual foods as opposed to the diet sodas and 100-calorie packs of crackers and other highly-processed, nutrient-poor snacks that many women graze on in an effort to control calories.

Men are more likely than women get enough protein, iron, and B12--most likely reflecting greater meat intake. Guys are also doing a better job meeting getting calcium and folic acid in their diet.   This is especially important because men are significantly less likely to take nutritional supplements to fill in the gaps.

Room for improvement
But all is not well in the land of meat and potates.   Men's diets tend to be woefully inadequate in fiber and antioxidant vitamins C and E.  Also, more than 97% of men (and women!) exceed the recommended upper limit for sodium.
Guys, there's another thiing that you seem to be getting too much of: Calories.  Men are about 33% more likely to be overweight or obese, compared with women.

http://blog.nutritiondata.com/ndblog/2009/06/mens-health-week-begins-today-how-do-guys-diets-stack-up.html

Men's Health Zone - how do you measure up?
http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/healthzone/

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. - O. Wilde