Daniel Lubetzky

Interesting… Japan : The  Ukita family of Kodaira City Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or  $317.25 Italy: The Manzo  family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or  $260.11 Germany: The  Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39  Euros or $500.07 United States:  The Revis family of North [...]

Great suggestion by FastCompany! http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/jennifer-vilaga/slipstream/how-obama-could-put-his-nobel-peace-money-where-his-mouth

Interesting article about fiber…. http://www.foodbusinessnews.net/news/newsfinder.asp? &Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=2414&docId=l:1055514154&topicId=100011229&start=16&topics=single Copyright 2009 Sentinel Communications Co. Orlando Sentinel (Florida) October 13, 2009 Tuesday FINAL HEALTH & FITNESS; FLORIDA; Pg. D1 Fiber, fiber everywhere Does fortification craze meet your nutrition needs?   Janet Helm, Special to Tribune Newspapers   Your mother called it roughage, and prunes were once the poster child. [...]

KIND was honored as a Responsibility Pioneer in the September 20, 2009 edition of TIME.  Richard Stengel, Managing Editor of TIME inc. described it as such: our first list of 25 Responsibility Pioneers, which includes a range of social innovators, from individual activists and nimble nonprofits to megacorporations [includes companies like Starbucks, Gap, General Electric [...]

David Brooks wrote an interesting column on the working values America desperately needs to regain in order to forestall a national economic decline amidst hedonistic indulgence and overspending beyond its peoples’ and its government’s means.  Immigrants with nothing to fall back on tend to work hard and build themselves.  Children of rich and successful people [...]

Big challenge – and need to address and fix it [at KIND and PeaceWorks we are working on several initiatives to make fruits & veggies more convenient without detracting from minimally processed, attractive natural wholesome essence] Kids Eat Few Fruits, Veggies WSJ Associated Press Fewer than 10% of U.S. high-school students are eating the combined [...]

I just finished watching Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh.  Initially I was jarred by the ebullience of the lead character, played with Golden-Globe-winning excellence by Sally Hawkins.  But I stuck through it and discovered a well-executed character study of a woman with an eternally sunny personality (and her impact on others, including an irascible driving [...]

Last night I listened to Anderson Cooper on CNN as he analyzed the Netanyahu speech at the UN.  He asked if Netanyahu had naively bitten Ahmadinejad’s bait, and he introduces an excerpt where Netanyahu appears to angrily overreach by attacking every member of the UN for allowing Ahmadinejad to speak, saying: I say on behalf [...]

In three paragraphs, Peter Goodman [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/business/economy/13excerpt.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=big%20spenders&st=cse] plainly describes how an administrator ended in a homeless shelter: Big Spenders? They Wish By PETER S. GOODMAN Millions of Americans have lost homes, jobs and savings to the financial crisis and recession. While greed and extravagance played roles, many lived beyond their means because their paychecks shrank. This [...]

Time Magazine wrote a very compelling piece about "The High Price of Cheap Food." It should be required reading, as should the movie Food Inc. and Michael Pollan’s books, which presumably inspired this article. TIME  Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food By Bryan Walsh Correction Appended: Aug. 20, [...]