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First Lady Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin today unveiled the federal government's new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the intent to prompt consumers to think about building a healthy plate at meal times and to seek more information to help them do that by going to www.ChooseMyPlate.gov . The new MyPlate icon emphasizes the fruit, vegetable, grains, protein and dairy food groups.

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When Ellen E. Grant was asked to contribute to a treasury of letters written by African-American women to first lady Michelle Obama, she didn’t have to think twice. “Absolutely,” she proudly stated. “Sign me up.” That treasury of letters was published last month by SUNY Press under the title of “Go, Tell Michelle: African-American Women Write to the New First Lady.” Compiled and edited by Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Ph.D., and Peggy Brooks-Bertram, Ph.D., the book was an experience and opportunity for African-American women from around the world to write to the new first lady. “Go, Tell Michelle” stemmed from the editors’ work with the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc., which Nevergold and Brooks-Bertram founded in 1999 as a way to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of African American women. “Our first lady is truly an uncrowned queen,” said Grant, a trustee at St. Bonaventure. “This is an exciting time in history and I wan...