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National Press
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The Dr. Oz Show |
March 2013: “Food-Safety Alert!“ |
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Good Morning America |
March 2013: “Kraft Mac and Cheese: Bloggers Want Food Dye Removed“ |
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CNN |
March 2013: “Food Bloggers Take on Kraft Mac and Cheese“ |
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Today.com |
January 2013: “How to get started cutting out all processed food“ |
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Yahoo Homepage |
August 2011: “How one family broke its junk food addiction“ |
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New York Times |
May 2012: “What We’re Reading“ |
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Food Network Blog |
July 2012: “Blogger Spotlight: Lisa Leake from 100 Days of Real Food“ |
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Rachael Ray’s Website |
May 2011: “100 Days of Real Food – could your family do it?“ |
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“100 Days of Real Food” weekly syndicated newspaper column that’s picked up by dozens of papers across the country |
2011 – 2012 |
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Prevention Magazine |
September 2011: “Mothers Against Junk Dining“ |
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Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine |
May 2011: “Now I Get It!“ |
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Website |
July 2012: “How Real Food Changed One Family“ |
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Eating Well Magazine |
Jan/Feb 2011: “100 Days” (bottom right-hand side of page) |
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Take Part / Food, Inc. Blog |
July 2010: “100 Days of Eating ‘Real Food’: One Family’s Story“ December 2010: “Our Top 10 Food Stories of 2010“ |
Blog Awards
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June 2011: “Blog of the Month“ |
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SHAPE Magazine Best Blogger Award |
2011: SHAPE – 20 Healthy Eating Blogs That Make Us Go Mmmmm… |
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Healthy Recipe Award from VegOnline.org |
2012: Healthy Recipe Award |
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Babble Blog Award |
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Fitness Magazine Blog Nominee |
Regional / Local Press
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Ballantyne Magazine |
Winter 2012: Cover Story “100 Days of Real Food“ |
| The Charlotte Observer Newspaper | July 2010: “100 days of eating right“October 2010: “Did the ’100 Days’ family make it?”July 2011: “Parents turn to real food“ | |
| The “Charlotte Today” Show on NBC/WCNC | September 2010: “100 day whole food pledge“October 2010: Cooking Segment: Homemade Granola January 2013: “How to get started cutting out all processed food“ | |
| Raleigh’s News & Observer Paper | July 2010: “100 days of eating right“ | |
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WHYY-FM 90.9 – Philadelphia’s NPR Station | October 2011: “Trick or Treat?“ |
| Clemson University’s World Magazine | Winter 2011: “CW Classmates – 1999“ |
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The Chapel Hill News |
July 2011: “Real food revelation“ |
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WFAE (Charlotte’s NPR Station) | March 2011: “100 Days of Real Food with Lisa Leake“ |
| Macaroni Kid South Charlotte | December 2010: “100 Days of Real Food“February 2011: “School Lunches“ | |
| Charlotte Smarty Pants Blog | July 2010: “Could you go 10 days without processed food?” part 1, part 2, part 3 | |
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The Charlotte Observer’s Moms Website |
Ongoing Guest Blogger: 100 Days of Real Food Blog
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| Little Ones Magazine |
August 2010: “100 Days”
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