Last year, I was asked to give a presentation. I was totally intimidated before I took the stage, and the week prior I had wanted to call the group organizing the event and cancel, telling them that my kids needed me, my husband needed me, anything to get me out of having to head out of…
Over the last several years, people have shared inspiring quotes in an effort to lend their support and share their enthusiasm for the work being done to clean up our food supply. From Michael Jordan to Winston Churchill, the quotes have poured in. And like countless others before me, I have found incredible inspiration in…
Sometimes, you just have to put it out there. Lay it all on the table and boldly see what happens. That’s a bit how I feel today, heading into a panel on Role Models for Social Media Week in NYC. We are going to be talking about food trends, the role that the media,…
Sometimes it feels as if the world we grew up knowing has been thrown into a cuisinart and spun into something new. And in some ways, it has. With innovation and technology providing all kinds of never-before-seen solutions, this progress has been both awe-inducing and stomach-churning. Pick your headline and decide for yourself which…
Today, so many of us are looking for insight into ways that we can protect the health of our children. Thankfully, Dr. Oz recently brought a much-needed awareness to what exactly is in the juices that we are giving our kids. As he did so, I turned my attention to the sweet stuff and came…
Intense. It’s the only word to describe today. The weekend had been full of revelations about funding ties between non-profits and industry, an issue close to my heart given what I’d learned in the food allergy world back in 2006. And quite honestly, I began to wonder, given the enormous wealth, vested interests and…
