WP: Future of Food series in Denver

Washington Post Live’s “Future of Food” Breakfast Series Kicks Off in Denver Local Political, Agricultural and Education Leaders Discuss How to Make Healthy Food More Accessible to Children Washington, D.C.—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Washington Post Live, the live journalism division of The Washington Post, will host a series of breakfast discussions across the country that will focus on how to make produce and healthy food more accessible to Americans. The “Future of Food” breakfast series kicks off June 28 in the History Colorado Building in Denver, where local leaders will come together to talk about bringing food from the farm to the classroom and making it healthy and affordable for American kids. “We recently convened leading experts to talk about problems with our food supply during a day-long forum in Washington. By taking these discussions across the country, we will be able to dive deeper into how communities can provide better access to healthy food and prevent obesity and malnourishment,” said Mary Jordan, Editor of Washington Post Live. The upcoming breakfast discussion will be streamed live at washingtonpostlive.com beginning at 8:30 am MDT / 10:30 am EDT . Speakers and panels* : 8:30 am MDT: Bringing food from the farm to the classroom • Robert Hammond - Colorado Commissioner of Education • Dr. Anthony Frank – Colorado State University, President • Chris Kraft – Owner of Badger Creek Farms and Quail Ridge Dairy 9:15 am MDT: Healthy, affordable food for American kids • Kelly Brough - Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, President & CEO • Dr. Helayne Jones – Colorado Legacy Foundation, President & CEO • Anne Warhover – Colorado Health Foundation, President and CEO • Dayle Hayes, MS, RD - Nutrition for the Future, Inc., President The Future of Food breakfast series will continue in Litchfield, Arizona on July 16 and in Burlington, Vermont on July 28. A date will also be announced soon for a breakfast taking place in Chicago, Illinois. Washington Post Live’s Future of Food Breakfast Series in Denver is sponsored by Western Dairy Association (WDA), Colorado State University, Hunger Free Colorado, and the Innovation Center for US Dairy.

FAMILY CIRCLE’S 2012 PRESIDENTIAL COOKIE BAKE-OFF:

FAMILY CIRCLE’S 2012 PRESIDENTIAL COOKIE BAKE-OFF: VOTE FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT WITH YOUR TASTE BUDS First Lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney Compete for Best Cookie - Readers Cast Their Votes - Winners Have Predicted Election Results New York, NY (June 27, 2012) – For the past five presidential elections, Family Circle magazine has asked the spouses of the presidential candidates to share their favorite cookie recipe. She who claimed victory went on to live in the White House every time but one. Today Family Circle launches the 2012 Presidential Cookie Bake-Off and asks readers to do their patriotic duty: Bake, taste, vote. The contest, which goes live today on www.familycircle.com, is featured in the August issue of the magazine, which hits newsstands July 3, 2012. Family Circle’s first bipartisan quadrennial cookie bake-off took place in 1992, when Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush bumped spatulas over the importance of baking. Almost 20 years and five presidential election cycles later, the Family Circle Presidential Cookie Bake-Off has become a fun political tradition—and a political pacesetter. Whether it was Bill Clinton’s Oatmeal Cookies or Laura Bush’s Texas Governor’s Mansion Cowboy Cookies, more than 19 million Family Circle readers have participated in baking, taste testing and voting on recipes submitted by the spouses of the presidential candidates. During the 2008 election, Cindy McCain’s Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookie recipe generated some heat with accusations that the recipe was possibly copied. Controversy aside, readers’ taste buds spoke and Mrs. McCain’s cookies received 54% of the vote. And breaking with tradition, she is the only winner of the Family Circle contest not to become First Lady of the United States. Now First Lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney face off in the sixth quadrennial cookie contest. Family Circle readers can find the culinary candidates’ recipes in Family Circle’s August issue, then vote online for their favorite treats at www.familycircle.com/cookievote or on Family Circle’s Facebook page. Polls will remain open until noon on August 15, 2012. Readers can vote once per day. Cast Your Vote: **First Lady Michelle Obama’s Mama Kaye’s White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies** Every evening the President, the First Lady and their daughters sit down for a family dinner with good conversation and healthy food. If they want to splurge, they enjoy these White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies created by the girls’ godmother. It’s the Obamas’ idea of the perfect treat. **Ann Romney’s M&M’s Cookies** The Romneys love spending time with their children and grandchildren. Whenever they’re together, they mix up a batch of their favorite M&M’s Cookies. “They smell delicious coming out of the oven—our grandkids can’t resist them!” says Ann Romney.

Carol Browner on climate change decision

STATEMENT: CAP’s Carol M. Browner on U.S. Court of Appeals Climate Change Decision Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today unanimously ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency’s legal authority to limit industrial carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act to protect Americans’ health. In response to this ruling, Carol M. Browner, former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: The Court’s decision should put an end, once and for all, to any questions about the EPA’s legal authority to protect us from dangerous industrial carbon pollution through the Clean Air Act, including vehicle emissions. This decision is a devastating blow to those who challenge the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change and deny its impact on public health and welfare. Coming on the heels of last week’s Senate defeat of a measure to block life-saving mercury air pollution protections, this historic decision is a win for every American and a win for clean air. Hopefully we can move forward in a bipartisan way to push for more solutions that protect public health and spur innovation and job creation.