The Story of Goya Foods: Family, Fortune, and Frijoles

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 The Story of Goya Foods: Family, Fortune, and Frijoles Earlier this year, Goya Foods joined First Lady Michelle Obama in an initiative called "MiPlato" which aims to encourage healthy eating habits in Hispanic communities. "MiPlato" is the Spanish-language version of the nutritional tool, "MyPlate," which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched in June of 2011 as a simple "how-to" graph for making good food choices. It replaced the Food Guide Pyramid first introduced in the early 1990s. Mexican Author & Essayist, Carlos Fuentes Dies At Age 83 Friends & Admirers React To Carlos Fuentes' Death Female Farmworkers Commonly Suffer Sexual Assault BLOG POSTS Jose Antonio Vargas: Our Facebook: Led by Mark Zuckerberg, We Define an Era This week's scheduled IPO is merely an extension of what's been happening in the past 8 years -- ordinary people from around the world investing on Facebook with their lives. It's not only Zuckerberg's Facebook -- it's our Facebook. Laverne Cox: Lorena Escalera: A Life That Mattered I don't want to be disrespected and misgendered in my death, as all too often happens to transgender folks in news reports on our deaths. I was reminded of that this weekend when I read the unfortunate New York Times article about the death of Lorena Escalera. Jennifer S. Korn: Dream Bigger There is a bill called the "Dream Act." Unfortunately, it is cobbled together, fraught with loopholes and has never garnered enough support on either side to pass for over 12 years Jenny Block: Modern Mexican Painting From the Blaisten Collection at the Meadows European art always seems to get top billing. The good news is that a show in Dallas has the strength to change all of that.

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