Get Healthy Harlem

I have a small backyard patio and I want to grow something. For a birthday present, my mother gave me some boxes for container gardening.Will I produce anything? Will I remember to water them? Will I eat healthier if I have easy access to veggies and grow them myself?

The brand I got is Earth Box

www.earthbox.com/consumer/what_is.html

Before talking about the high fructose corn syrup in bread, I just wanted to say that since my trip to Fairway on 125th St was successful, I have been more interested in buying fresh fruits and veg

The NYC Department of Health has a new ad campaign out to try to get NYers to think twice about drinking sugary beverages (link to press release: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2009/pr057-09.shtml).

I like the ads the health department has put out recently because while they can be shocking and a little gross, if they get people's attention, why not?

I finally did it. I started a vegetable garden in my apartment. I have pretty good light in my living room and have been growing basil, parsley and mint there for a few months.

After going to a food conference a few months ago, I was motivated to try my hand at planting some veggies and different herbs.

One of my resolutions was to budget for healthy food.

Apparently a new salad place opened up on 125th. It's called "island salad". Here's the article I found about it, posted Dec. 14th 2024.

The New York City Council, the Borough Presidents and the City Planning Commission have come up with a program, called the FRESH program that works on giving people reason to develop grocery stores in neighborhoods that have poor access to good food, like Harlem.

Just took a walk and saw that Harlem Meats opened up. I went in and they had a lot of fruits and veggies at prices that seemed to be ok. Bunch of scallions was $0.69. They also had other groceries like eggs, milk, yogurt.  I did a little search online and found some pictures to share with you from Yelp.com.

I was just watching the Rachael Ray show and they had someone (Liz Vaccariello) on there that showed you how to make healthy choices when eating at a vending machine.  Surprisingly, if you want chips Veggie chips can be just as bad as regular chips - so can baked chips!  Apparently Soy Crisps are much healthier.

More fresh food in Harlem? Looks like it. Best Yet Market opened up recently (last week?).

It's between 119th and 118th on Frederick Douglass

I went to their website and they have a bunch on videos on the Harlem store. http://www.bestyetmarket.com/video.html