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• Melvita, France's Leading Organic Beauty Brand, Debuts in U.S....

  4 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am

  What started as a beekeeper paying tribute to his beloved hillsides has grown into one of France's leading purveyors of natural skin care products : . Today, Melvita launches in the United States with a full-service e-commerce site.

• Biotechnology for Sustainability [Tomorrow's Table]

  3 Nov 2009 | 6:16 pm

  Pamela Ronald is Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis , where she studies the role that genes play in a plant's response to its environment.

• Gallagher job cuts won't affect Bay Area

  30 Oct 2009 | 2:13 pm

  Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the big insurance brokerage, will cut 400 jobs nationwide in coming months, despite a 10 percent jump in third-quarter profits.

• Procter & Gamble profit down 1%; lifts outlook

  29 Oct 2009 | 1:46 pm

  Procter & Gamble Co. reported Thursday first-quarter net income fell 1% from a year ago, but the household products giant lifted the low-end of its earnings forecast for its fiscal year and signaled sales momentum is building again after suffering market share losses.

• Organic ketchup for agave fans

  25 Oct 2009 | 5:45 am

  The Emeryville-based Organicville has released a new ketchup that is certified organic, gluten free, vegan, and contains no added sugar.

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  Topix: Organic Food News

• High School Students To Spearhead Organic Farm

  6 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm

  Community, education and healthier food choices are at the center of a new urban garden planned for Indianapolis' northeast side.

• Organic Food - Why we grow it, sell it, and eat it, and how it can help save our world...

  5 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm

  Editor's Note: We are reposting some of our favorite Green columns. What is organic food? Why eat organic food? What can organic farming do to help people and the planet? Luckily we don't have to answer the first question very often anymore.

• Inorganic foods are important to life

  3 Nov 2009 | 9:13 pm

  Everybody knows that when it comes to food, organic is better, right? Well, I wanted to play devil's advocate and looked into the popular trend of organic farming being embraced by people across the world as an alternative to modern farming techniques.

• Sisters make organic foods part of their lives and livings

  2 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am

  Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Foosie's Organic Deli owner Charity Stoltzfoos, right, with her sister Hope, who helps out at the Fairgrounds Farmers Market stand.

• Sherburne Rotarians learn about organic farming

  1 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am

  The Oct. 8 meeting of the Sherburne Rotary Club had as their speaker, Tom Pinney, a local dairy farmer who has transitioned to organic farming.

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  Google News: Organic Food

• Refusing Flu Shots? Maybe You're A 'Denialist' - NPR

  6 Nov 2009 | 4:51 pm

  SlateRefusing Flu Shots? Maybe You're A 'Denialist'NPRTake organic food. Specter considers himself a fan, but he draws the line at demonizing genetically engineered food. "In other parts of the world," he says, On - Chris Mooney and Michael Specter - Slate MagazineSlateall 9 news articles »

• SunOpta Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) - GuruFocus.com

  6 Nov 2009 | 12:26 pm

  SunOpta Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)GuruFocus.comSunOpta Inc. is an operator of high-growth ethical businesses focusing on integrated business models in the natural and organic food supplements and health

• SunOpta Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results - CNNMoney.com (press release)

  5 Nov 2009 | 2:01 pm

  SunOpta Announces Third Quarter 2009 ResultsCNNMoney.com (press release)SunOpta Inc. is an operator of high-growth ethical businesses, focusing on integrated business models in the natural and organic food and natural health SunOpta Announces Third Quarter 2009 ResultsReutersall 8 news articles »

• Iron Chef America Visits Obama Family Garden For Special Episode - Ecorazzi

  5 Nov 2009 | 10:28 am

  EcorazziIron Chef America Visits Obama Family Garden For Special EpisodeEcorazziThe popular Food Network program has taped a special episode using produce from the White House garden to help promote local and organic food. and more »

• Organic Food Sales Increasing 20% Annually Last 20 Years - Basil & Spice

  5 Nov 2009 | 4:36 am

  Organic Food Sales Increasing 20% Annually Last 20 YearsBasil & SpiceToday's organic food system includes a combination of small and large food producers, local and global distribution networks, and a wide variety of products Organic or Not, Eating More Fruit and Vegetables Can Improve HealthKFSMWhat are the Best Organic Fruits and Veggies?Eat. Drink. Better. (blog)all 5 news articles »

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  Organic Foods

• Finding Organic Foods Online And Elsewhere

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am

  It is quite possible that you have heard about how organic food is healthier than any other type of edible food. Moreover, the benefits of organic foods are uncountable. This is why so many people are attracted towards organic foods these days. Customers who consume organic food on a regular basis are satisfied with the results obtained with them. People also buy organic foods online for their convenience. Tags: Organic Foods Online

• Should You Opt For Natural Organic Foods Yet?

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am

  It is very common these days to see organic foods on display in virtually every grocery store and health food store. The demand for natural organic foods is increasing rapidly day by day. Every store has created a special section which sells organic foods. They keep the certified food as consumers are looking for the mark of certification on every organic food product. The demand of organic food is continuously increasing, which is making the shop owners to take notice in order to fulfill the demands of consumers. Tags: Natural Organic Foods

• Tips To Make Organic Blackberry Fruit Spreads At Home

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am

  A lot of people often use blackberry fruits spreads to make food more appealing to the tastebuds. While most people tend to buy readymade food spreads from the nearest grocery store, it is highly beneficial to your health to make it at home. If you have a garden in your house, you can easily grow blackberry plants naturally and make your own organic blackberry fruit spreads quite easily right at home. This activity will be full of fun and enjoyment, and will involve gardening and cooking at the same time. Tags: Organic Blackberry Fruit Spreads

• Advantages Of Eating Organic Bush Vegetables

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am

  At first, starting an organic garden may seem like a daunting task. You might want to figure out what gives you a better result over time. Tags: Organic Bush Vegetables

• Things To Keep In Mind Before Making Organic Fruit Spreads

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:37 am

  A lot of gardeners nowadays opt for organic methods when it comes to gardening. They need to maintain their garden by using eco-friendly and natural methods. Growing fruits and vegetables in an organic way is fun. It will also provide you the pleasure to enjoy organic fruit spreads made by fruits grown in your organic garden. Tags: Organic Fruit Spreads

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  Organic Nature News

• Facts about hemp - a versatile plant

  2 Nov 2009 | 7:46 pm

  Facts about hemp; its properties and many uses. It is a durable and versatile plant.

• raw milk facts

  2 Nov 2009 | 7:42 pm

  facts about raw milk; why it's good for you; where to find it.

• organic fruits and vegetables

  27 Oct 2009 | 8:02 pm

  information about organic fruits and vegetables. Why they are better for you, and where to find them.

• Candace

  15 Oct 2009 | 12:48 pm

  Why is going organic better for

• organic farming - its history and its impact today

  13 Oct 2009 | 7:32 pm

  A history of organic farming and its impact on the organics movement today. With links to IFOAM and other resources.

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  Organic Authority

• Chiles Rellenos

  Barbara Feiner

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:51 am

  Veggie burgers remain an underutilized alternative to meat. Our weekend recipe features the black bean variety, which brings some south-of-the-border flavor to your table.  Combining poblano peppers, black beans, rice, cilantro and queso fresco (a staple in many Mexican dishes), this entrée was created by Chef Alex Eusebio, a Top Chef contestant (Season 5) and former partner/executive chef at the now-defunct Restaurant 15 in Los Angeles.  All of the ingredients should be available at your local natural and organic food store. Chiles Rellenos Makes 6 servings 6 medium poblano peppers 4…

• U.S. Organic Dairy Farms Face Tough Challenges

  Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese

  5 Nov 2009 | 5:33 pm

  The number of organic dairies is on the rise, or so says a new report by the USDA entitled “Characteristics, Costs and Issues for Organic Dairy Farming.” In 2000, there was an annual average of 38,000 certified organic cows in the U.S., but by 2005 that number rose to 86,000. But having an organic dairy farm isn’t easy, and it doesn’t come cheap. Taking a regular dairy and turning it into an organic farm is a lot work, involving improved land and crop management, animal care, and lots of certification paperwork. But the biggest challenge to small organic dairies could be…

• Cilantro Delivers Health Benefits

  Barbara Feiner

  5 Nov 2009 | 7:59 am

  If you enjoy ethnic food, you’re no stranger to cilantro. From Thai (Thai Roasted Squash Soup) and Indian (Indian Chickpea Dip, Madras Curry Dip for Fish/Seafood) cuisine to Mexican (Golden Guacamole, Harvest Stuffed Squash, Granny Smith Guacamole) and Middle Eastern (Middle Eastern Meatballs) dishes, this fragrant herb is a seasoning staple. Also called Chinese or Mexican parsley, cilantro is the leafy part of the coriander plant. In folk and holistic medicine, it has been used to settle the stomach, relieve anxiety, lower cholesterol levels, help control diabetes, reduce inflammation and…

• Vermont Company Selling Organic Wool Mattress Pads

  Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese

  4 Nov 2009 | 5:32 pm

  I wonder if sheep like eating organic nom-noms. Either way, feeding sheep organic food, makes organic wool. And organic wool can be used to make many of the same things regular wool is used for, like fabrics, yarn, and mattress pads. Vermont Organic Fiber, a leading provider of organic wool, has launched a new line of mattress pads made with organic wool, or O-Wool as it’s called. So, what makes organic wool so special, and how do you make it? Believe it or not, but organic fibers, like organic wool, are a $3.2 billion global industry, up 63% from $1.9 billion in 2007 to 2008. In the…

• Welcome to My Diner!

  Barbara Feiner

  4 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am

  I’m serving a special five-course meal to the intellectually challenged members of Congress who support Big Agribusiness and predatory insurance companies over the health and safety of the American people.  Let’s review the menu:  First Course: Double Cheeseburger  Sourced from: San Diego Meat Co. On Oct. 13, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared a Class I recall on 925 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. As a refresher, dear legislators, a Class I recall is defined as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability…

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  Science Daily: Organic Farming News

• Organic Weed Control Options For Highbush Blueberry; Pine Needle Mulch Most Effective

  3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Weeds are a widespread problem for the blueberry industry, particularly in young plantings when bushes are not fully established and most susceptible to competition. Weed control is even more of a challenge for growers of organic products, including organic highbush blueberry. Researchers investigated using mulches of pine needles, manure--sawdust compost, and seafood waste compost for weed control. Results indicate pine needles were the most effective mulch in suppressing weed growth.

• Hot Microbes Cause Groundwater Cleanup Rethink

  24 Sep 2009 | 8:00 am

  Australian researchers have discovered that micro-organisms that help break down contaminants under the soil can actually get too hot for their own good.

• Golf Course Putting Greens Show Their Age: Researchers Seek To Maintain Healthy Greens, Reduce Construction Costs

  13 Sep 2009 | 11:00 pm

  Just like the rest of us, golf courses show their age -- especially on putting greens, which experience more foot traffic than anywhere else on golf courses. Putting greens, which comprise 1.6 percent of the total area on most courses, require more intensive management than any other part of the course. To keep putting greens in top form, turfgrass experts study ways to provide proper nutrients to the root zone, a critical area for maintaining healthy turf.

• Organic Apple Orchard Floor Maintenance: Mulching, Flaming And 'Swiss Sandwich' Techniques Analyzed

  3 Sep 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Organic apple farming starts from the ground up. Maintaining a healthy orchard floor is the key to preventing weeds and keeping soil healthy. Researchers compared three methods of orchard floor maintenance; alfalfa hay mulch treatment, applied by hand in the spring and fall; a flame burning technique in which a propane burner was used to heat the weeds and the Swiss sandwich system, which leaves a strip of vegetation to grow in the tree row.

• Orchids And Fungi -- Partners For Life

  22 Aug 2009 | 2:00 pm

  Three Thai orchids have been found to rely on a wide range of fungi to help them take carbon out of the soil instead of producing their own organic carbon.

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  Organic Garden

• What the? Oh, go to...

  13 Oct 2009 | 12:13 pm

  You call that a summer? I find myself talking to this place. I'm not sure it's because I'm losing it due to my disability and financial situation, or what, but when the weather does something fun up here in central New York state, I want to say, hey, wait. That doesn't count as summer. That was like spring with a few warm days. Now the leaves are falling fast, like some cruel foreshadowing to what is, I kid you not, a prediction for this Friday.Snow.This whole cold thing is new to me. Last year, we moved in too late to have a real garden. This year, I get to go out there and see pepper plants…

• A Shiny Thing from A Reader!

  17 Sep 2009 | 8:05 am

  Thanks for the shiny thing, reader, whoever you are. We just love recognition (never mind that that means to "think again"), especially when there's something ribbon-like involved. In the early days of the web, when we were some of the only people on line giving out organic gardening advice, peddling Mort Mather's Organic Gardening Essays to whomever would listen, we would get awards on a regular basis. Now? Not so much.So thanks, reader! It was almost as nice a present to wake up to as the organic Kona coffee my Hawaii coffee farming friend Michael keeps sending! If anyone else wants to do…

• It's About to Get Cold So I Think Hawaii

  9 Sep 2009 | 8:04 am

  In this summer that wasn't, we've had some 60 degree mornings. But today, with a little breeze reminding me that Canada is right over there and the first frost is right around the corner, 60 degrees seemed a little cooler than the surprise 60 in the middle of July.Yesterday I'm out there thinning collard seedlings* that are growing where I should be picking tomatoes, and bringing in handfuls of yellow squash, zucchini, green beans, carrots, radishes and whatnot, thinking, no tomatoes, but not so bad. And then, as if to remind me that the cold is on the way, I get this picture in my email from…

• Rural Blight

  24 Aug 2009 | 12:59 pm

  During the 20 odd years that I lived in Los Angeles, most of it was spent living in a pretty urban area (the Valley, Hollywood, Santa Clarita), and I experienced urban blight every day. The boarded up buildings, structures in desperate need of repair (that always reminded me of the Robyn Hitchcock song My Favorite Buildings), graffitied surfaces everywhere (and not the cool kind of graffiti, which I don't mind so much, just the gang tag kind), and general filth and grime everywhere. It's one of the things I certainly don't miss since moving to the country.So it was with great surprise that I…

• One way to beat a short summer: speed!

  20 Aug 2009 | 3:17 pm

  Clem, the chef at the not-far-from-Cooperstown restaurant The Rose and Kettle, told me a little joke the other day, when I picked some nerf-football sized zucchini off his plant (he's busy in the kitchen this time of year--Glimmerglass Opera season--and, yes, only one plant):Clem: They say you should lock your car doors up here in the summer.Me: Really? I thought no one ever locked their doors up here.Clem: Well, in the summer, if you leave it open, someone might put a zucchini in it!They got a late start this summer that almost wasn't, but boy do they make up for it in speed. I was right to…

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  Organic Foodee

• Practical Action Halloween fundraiser

  Ysanne Spevack

  25 Oct 2009 | 10:05 pm

  Give farmers in Bangladesh a thought this Halloween. Pumpkins are proving a lifeline for thousands of families as an innovative non-profit action group from the UK have decided to help out by donating pumpkins seeds so that people can grow their own. Practical Action is a non-profit that gives families in Bangladesh seeds and compost to grow pumpkins, which they eat and sell. The organization helps people all over the world to help themselves fight out of poverty. To help spread the word about this ingenious – yet simple – solution, become a Facebook Fan of Practical Action and get…

• Ysanne in Los Angeles Magazine

  Ysanne Spevack

  21 Oct 2009 | 3:22 pm

  Los Angeles magazine is a cross between Time Out and a high-end glossy magazine like Vogue. It’s a monthly guide to what’s cool in L.A., and the October 2009 edition is a special all about the Edible Garden. Here’s what they say about Ysanne Spevack, founder of OrganicFoodee.com “When the call comes from a home owner overwhelmed by the limes hanging low or the tomatoes bursting from their trellises, Ysanne Spevack gathers up her pruning shears, picking pole, gloves, and hat. The London native, now a Silver Lake resident, began offering her services as a picker and…

• Ysanne in Woman’s Day

  Ysanne Spevack

  3 Jul 2009 | 11:47 am

  Read a feature in Woman’s Day magazine about how to eat organic food on a budget, featuring more of Ysanne’s top tips. Read it here: Woman’s Day

• Inner quality returns

  Ysanne Spevack

  1 Jul 2009 | 11:04 am

  Curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots return to supermarket shelves tomorrow throughout Europe thanks to the abolition of European Union (EU) rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg. For 20 years EU-wide marketing standards have ensured that only the finest-looking produce reaches the shops. But to reduce red tape and bureaucracy – and make cheaper fruit and vegetables available as household bills rise – Eurocrats are lifting unnecessary restrictions. Lorraine Wheaton, head of category planning for produce at WalMart’s UK Asda stores, said: “At Asda we…

• US Corn lowers fertility

  Ysanne Spevack

  22 May 2009 | 10:40 am

  A long-term feeding trial commissioned by the Austrian government found mice fed on genetically modified corn had fewer offspring and lower birth rates. Corn grown and eaten in the USA is almost exclusively genetically modified. Genetically modified corn is an ingredient in most regular packaged foods in the USA, including bread, pizza, soda and snacks. Corn is listed in ingredients under many different names, including modified corn starch and high fructose corn syrup. The Austrian trial triggered a call from Greenpeace for a recall of all GM (genetically modified) food crops currently on…

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  Vegetarian Organic Blog

• Is Millennium the Best Restaurant In the World?

  6 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm

  On a recent visit to San Francisco, I enjoyed the best meal and dining experience I’ve had at a restaurant in a long time—it happened at Millennium. From the mouth-watering food to the impeccable service, the innovation and attention to detail at Millennium is unparalleled. I've eaten at Millennium many times over the years, and it's always great. But unlike most visionary restaurants I've enjoyed, Millennium just keeps getting better and better. Millennium used to be a tiny restaurant located in some vaguely unfashionable hotel in the not-so-fashionable part of the San Francisco Civic…

• Can't Wait to Dine at Rockin Raw

  4 Nov 2009 | 1:04 pm

  A friend of mine recently opened a new organic raw vegan restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, called Rockin Raw. It sounds very interesting. The food has a Peruvian, Creole and New Orleans twist to it. I can't wait to try it. The raw dishes are prepared below 115 °F to preserve proteins, enzymes, vitamins and phytonutrients. All menu items are prepared 100% gluten free, using local and organic ingredients with a few exceptions noted on menu (exotic ingredients imported from Peru). The menu looks great and sounds fabulous! If you visit Rockin Raw before I do, drop me a line and let me know what…

• Just say no to biotech soybeans

  19 Oct 2009 | 10:51 am

  Missouri's soybean factory farmers are about to harvest the largest soybean crop in history. The reason for the probable record high yields is, according to this article, "good weather and more farmers using genetically-modified seeds." Higher yields mean higher profits, but not without unintended consequences. These profits come at the expense of the long-term negative impact that conventional farming along with genetically modified crops have on human health, the local ecology and ultimately the planet. According to this article, more than 90 percent of soybeans are genetically-modified and…

• Why Are There Fish Guts in My Organic Wine?

  13 Oct 2009 | 12:48 pm

  Omnivores, not to mention vegans, may be shocked--even horrified--to realize that animal byproducts can be found in the most unlikely foods and beverage. Such is the case for wines. Care for some fish guts or cow connective tissue in your wine? The process of fining conventional or organic wine usually involves adding a tiny amount of animal byproducts, including sturgeon bladder, egg albumin, gelatin or casein to the wine. This method makes the remnants of the wine making process (bits of grape skin, seeds or stems) settle at the bottom of the barrel. Fining, according to wine makers, also…

• What's a food co-op?

  12 Oct 2009 | 1:30 pm

  I have a local food co-op that I don't take advantage of because it's not very close to where I live. I also have two amazing health food stores nearby and farmer's market I can go to six times a week. I also used to buy things in bulk through a local buying club, but I no longer have the room to store large quantities of anything. I downsized to a small studio to live a digital nomad lifestyle. Nonetheless, I'm determined to re-visit my local coop and explore the possibilities. Here is an interesting article that made me think about food co-ops again. For many of us, it's definitely worth a…

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• Radio Announcement: Discussing H1N1 Vaccine on The Annie Armen Show

  Dr. Group

  2 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  I am excited to let everyone know that I will be on ‘The Annie Armen Show‘ tonight to discuss the H1N1 vaccine. November 03, 2009   Tuesday 3pm PST  |  5pm CST  |  6pm EST *Click Here to Listen In* Info From Annie’s Site:Annie Armen “The Hurricane” is proud to bring back her very close friend and guest legend Dr. Edward Group III, author of The GREEN Body Cleanse who says: “It’s my passion to help heal the world and to show others the path to true happiness, passion and success in life”! What you will hear in…

• Vitamin D: The Benefits & Side Effects of the Sunshine Vitamin

  Dr. Group

  17 Oct 2009 | 2:25 pm

  source There are five different types of Vitamin D (D1, D2, D3, D4 & D5), but D2 and D3 are the only types that our bodies can use. When something just says “vitamin D” it is generally referring to D2 or D3 (or a combination of the two). Vitamin D is a prohormone, which is the precursor to a hormone. In its raw form (sun exposure, foods, supplements), Vitamin D is inert and has to go through a series of complex biochemical reactions before your body can use it. These reactions produce calcitriol, which is the form of Vitamin D that is used by your body (D2 and D3). Vitamin D…

• Is Your Shower Curtain Toxic?

  Dr. Group

  11 Oct 2009 | 10:08 am

  source Have you ever noticed how a new shower curtain smells? There is a distinctive toxic odor in shower curtains pulled fresh from the packaging. This noxious odor is plastic softener, a potently hazard chemical compound that may be doing more than softening our curtains. Today companies selling many of the products that we us on daily basis, spray these products down in a plethora of chemicals meant to soften the plastic, sterilize and keep things from going up in flames. One of the many down-sides to this practice is that we are literally coating our household items in a host of toxic…

• 10 Foods Containing Vitamin D

  Dr. Group

  5 Oct 2009 | 2:30 pm

  Although we can find many foods in the supermarket that have been fortified with a synthetic form of Vitamin D, there are only a select number of foods containing vitamin D in them naturally. Normally, our body takes in Vitamin D in the form of sun-synthesis through the skin. But in our modern times, where many of us spend countless hours inside houses, cars and shopping malls, our actual exposure to the sun is limited. This fact may be a principle cause of many ailments, including depression. For this reason, it is extremely important to have a diet high in Vitamin D or take a vitamin D…

• Pasteurized vs. Raw Milk: Which One Is Healthier for You & Your Family?

  Dr. Group

  28 Sep 2009 | 12:38 pm

  source Since the early 1930’s our government has been “protecting” us from the “dangers” of whole, raw milk. How do they do this? By actually killing the whole, raw milk by pasteurizing it! Interestingly, pasteurization also increases the shelf life of milk, making it much easier to mass-market, maximizing profits for the dairy industry. Real milk comes from real goats or cows that are allowed to graze in toxin free pastures. Besides tasting great, raw organic milk is a precious, life-giving food. But extreme temperatures used to pasteurize (”cook”)…

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• This year’s pumpkin haul

  Mike (tfb)

  6 Nov 2009 | 4:21 pm

  [Backpost from Oct-8-2009] This season didn’t see too much pumpkin action in the garden, with less planted than in the past (although we’ve never planted A LOT).  Mixed with winter squash in a couple of locations, the spread-out pumpkin patch added up to somewhere around 50′x50′ (15×15m), about half of the usual, enough for 3 weeks of CSA, plus some for the farmers’ market. The selection was to-the-point as well, with lots of the freakishly fast-growing Neon (60-80 days!), a few Connecticut Field, and some compact Small Sugar for pie and Snackjack for…

• First snow, 2009

  Mike (tfb)

  5 Nov 2009 | 6:04 am

  Here it is, in the dim, chilly, gray 7:30 am light: the first snow to stick this fall. Familiar—we really do have such a short growing season, time flies—and of course not welcome, because there’s still fieldwork to do. And I’ll take warmth and greenery any day. But this first round will be gone by mid-morning, and if the 15-day forecast holds anywhere near mildly accurate, we won’t be in for snow that stays for at least another couple of weeks. The last two years in this region, winter came kinda early, freezing weather and long-term snow arrived by the end of November.

• Harvesting Jerusalem artichoke

  Mike (tfb)

  15 Oct 2009 | 8:02 am

  [Backpost from Oct-2-2009] For tomorrow’s farmers’ market, Lynn, Andie and Jordan harvested more of this year’s Jerusalem artichoke. The tubers have gotten noticeably bigger since pulling some just a couple of weeks ago… Chokes are a really simple, satisfying harvest, at least, when you pull up the plants in their first year. These guys are spaced at 12″ (30cm), so we just grab the usually multiple stems at each spot and tug. The main root ball is shallow and contains most of the tubers: pull ‘em off, and bang the root clump a bit to get at the ones in the…

• Fresh new garlic ARRIVES!

  Mike (tfb)

  24 Sep 2009 | 12:53 pm

  There’s almost no describing how pleased this morning’s delivery made me. Pretty happy! In two sturdy cartons, by FedEx Ground, 80 lbs of certified organic Music garlic, looking so fine! :) This shipment comes from a farmer named Warren, who grows a huge amount of garlic about 200 miles (320 km) from here—I’ve chatted with him about garlic, read his garlic literature, bought garlic from him before, a quirky and fun garlic grower indeed! And you certainly can’t have enough garlic… Possibly the WORST part of this mildly crazy tiny farm transition (moving farms…

• Eggs from the wild

  Mike (tfb)

  18 Sep 2009 | 6:09 am

  [Backpost: Aug-2-2009] Four or five of the girls have been escaping every day, creating their own day pass, and doing a fair imitation of flying while they’re at it. In the morning, I open the chickenhouse door and barricade it with a strip of plastic fencing that leaves a 2′ gap at the top. After I leave, they hop up on the roost, propel themselves, furiously flapping, to the top of the fencing, perch there for a moment, and then head out. I’m not sure if it’s always the same ones. There are 25 Shaver Red layers, and I haven’t spent enough time hanging out with…

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  Garden Mandy

• Going Bald? Check Your Diet BEFORE You Reach For The Rogaine

  mandy

  15 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  In this day and age, it is common for consumers to reach for the nearest pill, product or palliative for nearly any uncomfortable condition before considering if they themselves might be causing their condition by some remediable behavior. Baldness is no different, and before one runs off to buy a box of Rogaine or other hair-growth stimulant, it would be wise to consider one’s diet and health habits first. A Healthy Diet The first ingredient necessary for healthy hair is a healthy diet. If you are consuming too much processed, chemical-laden food and not enough fresh vegetables, fruits,…

• Looking For A Youthful Glow?

  mandy

  14 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  Taking care of one’s skin should be one of the most important things we do every day. Let’s face it, without healthy skin everything else pretty much falls apart, doesn’t it? Treating our skin well will prevent damage that can cause problems later as mild as more wrinkles than we would like, or as severe as deadly skin cancer. Caring for our skin now will definitely have a high payoff later. Treat Your Skin Gently First, remember to treat your skin gently. Harsh chemicals and painful scrubbing just aren’t necessary to cleanse the skin, especially the sensitive skin of your face. A…

• Listen Up Ladies- Foods To Help With Natural Beauty

  mandy

  13 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  Women love to be beautiful…it’s just a fact of nature. The truth is, women through the centuries have passed down their beauty secrets to younger generations often believing that their methods were the best, the purest, or the most effective means to procuring beauty. Some of these secrets are far-fetched, bordering on ridiculous, but others are worth their weight in gold in our modern world where so many beauty products are laden with chemicals, toxic substances, or at best worthless snake oil. Here are a few time-honored words of wisdom for women seeking natural beauty. Well Balanced…

• Giant Panda On The Verge Of Extinction

  mandy

  12 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  The Giant Panda has been in trouble for decades, but the problems seem to only be getting worse for this endangered creature. As China develops its vast amounts of land, crisscrossing the terrain with highways and roads, the habitat of the giant Panda is being divided into smaller and smaller sections. The Pandas usually will not cross highways where traffic and noise are foreign to them, so they stay in their area and suffer from the reduction of socializing with other Pandas. This has lead to a persistent reduction in their ability to find a mate and produce offspring, while increasing the…

• Where Are The Salmon Going?

  mandy

  11 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  Every year, the sockeye salmon return to spawn in the Fraser River in western Canada. Over ten million salmon are expected each year to enter the river from the ocean, swim upstream, and spawn. However, this year fewer than one million sockeye arrived at the appointed destination for laying their eggs, leaving scientists to wonder with great concern about the possible cause of the sudden and drastic drop in numbers. The Fraser River has been closed to both recreational and commercial fishing for the past three years, so it should be expected that the salmon population would have increased…

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  Fig + Sage

• Must Have :: Raw Earth & Wild Sky 100% Organic Horizon Jacket Made In Los Angeles, California

  Fig+Sage

  30 Oct 2009 | 3:35 pm

  I seriously love this coat.  It was love at first sight.  We are destined to be together.  No, really - this is serious.  A crush?  I think not.  I've fallen head over... {This is a content summary. For full post, images, links and more visit www.figandsage.com.}

• Fake Pumpkin Smell Is Scary :: Introducing Woodsprite Organic NEW Pumpkin Chai Body Care - Review

  Fig+Sage

  30 Oct 2009 | 9:47 am

  Its raining here today and what used to be my lawn is a thick blanket of gold leaves as trees quickly turn to sticks.  Temps are dropping and the smell of fireplace smoke often fills the... {This is a content summary. For full post, images, links and more visit www.figandsage.com.}

• VOGUE Features Lovely Michelle Williams In Stewart+Brown Ethically-Sourced Mongolian Cashmere

  Fig+Sage

  27 Oct 2009 | 6:15 pm

  I have a soft spot for Michelle Williams.  She has a soft spot for organic fashion pioneers, Stewart+Brown.  S+B was surprised to learn that the Academy Award nominee picked their sweater... {This is a content summary. For full post, images, links and more visit www.figandsage.com.}

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  Organic on the Green

• A Higher Education: Learning to Cook

  verarae

  1 Nov 2009 | 7:27 pm

  a pot of beans by Vera Fabian I recently finished my 2nd year as a Garden Teacher at The Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, CA.  I was preparing for a big move across country and a big goodbye to hundreds of students I had come to know and love while working alongside them in the garden and the kitchen classroom.  Many of them were preparing themselves for the move to high school and the goodbye to 3 years at King Middle School.  During our last class with the graduating 8th graders, we asked them to share one thing they had learned in their time at The Edible Schoolyard that they would…

• The Gill Tract – Urban farm sanctuary, or just another lot slated for development?

  legoushka

  27 Oct 2009 | 2:02 pm

  by Anya Kamenskaya It is undeniable that in the last year or so, the media’s discourse surrounding Food has escalated into one that titillates, frustrates, and invigorates people of many professions and inclinations. The very word has taken on many meanings and subtexts: everything from farmworker’s rights to international trade relations to the growing population of young farmers. Popular newspapers and magazines have circulated the words “locavore,” “sustainable,” and “green” to the point where you can’t read a foodsystems-related article without tripping over one of…

• Doom is Done

  nm8387

  21 Oct 2009 | 8:51 pm

  “The shorthand ‘ag’ is taking over the agricultural lexicon. The press and the experts love to write and talk about ‘ag industries’, ‘ag products’, ‘ag exports’, ‘ag markets’, ‘ag statistics’ ‘ag engineers’, ‘ag equipment’, or to use parallel locutions like ‘agribusiness’, ‘agri-economics’, and Conagra, the name of an ‘ag’ corporate giant. Lasley’s point is that this shortening of the word is an unfortunately apt reflection of the state of agricultural affairs. The culture part of agriculture is going, going, and, say many, perhaps soon gone…

• Bon Appétit Management Company Supports Student Gardens

  nm8387

  11 Oct 2009 | 10:46 pm

  By Nina Merrill This summer, I had the privilege of interning at Bon Appétit Management Company, a sustainable food service company that I’m sure many of you have heard about because of its innovative programs and sustainable purchasing policies. On the first day of my internship, I went out to lunch with Katherine Kwon, Bon Appétit’s Communications Project Manager to discuss the projects I would be taking on over the summer. While we were chowing down on salads at a local restaurant in Palo Alto, CA, she explained a recent trend Bon Appétit has been seeing a lot of: students…

• School Food Project

  nm8387

  29 Sep 2009 | 6:27 pm

  By Nicole Wires Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) is in the process of becoming the second school district in the nation to fully revamp its school food program. No longer will the food served in Boulder Valley school cafeterias acquire intimidating nicknames like “Mystery Meatloaf.” The mission of the new School Food Project, where I interned this summer, is to source all food locally and regionally when possible, and to prepare all food fresh every day. In the long term, Boulder Valley schools hope to build school gardens and incorporate garden curriculum into science and health…

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  OrganicToBe.org

• **ANNOUNCEMENT**OrganicToBe Shutting Down

  Dave Smith

  25 Oct 2009 | 1:12 pm

  From Dave Smith October 25, 2009 There will be no new postings or comments to this blog. We are transitioning Gene Logsdon to his own blog. All of his OrganicToBe posts are now there: The Contrary Farmer→ Lisa Barnes also has her own blog with her OrganicToBe posts: petitappetit→ For links to the other authors, please click on their photos. We’ll see you in the blogosphere. Thanks for your visits and participation! Dave→

• The Race Goes Not Always To The Fastest

  Gene Logsdon

  22 Oct 2009 | 7:41 am

  From GENE LOGSDON Garden Farm Skills I am not a real farmer, my neighbors say, because I don’t do it for money. That’s almost funny because the economists are saying that nobody’s farming for money this year. Although the corn crop is good in most of the midwest, there’s not much profit in it. Some go as far as projecting that on average, corn farmers will lose $8 per acre over the whole midwest. If that is the case, I’m not a real farmer for sure because I figure on netting $550 an acre on my corn. The price of corn as I write is $3.90 a bushel. Some farmers I…

• “No One With Land Should Be Without A Job”

  Gene Logsdon

  14 Oct 2009 | 9:33 pm

  From GENE LOGSDON Garden Farm Skills The sentence nearly leaped off the page and knocked me down: “No one with land should be without a job.” Jennifer McMullen, writing in Farming magazine in the current Fall, 2009 issue (“Good Food Depends On Local Roots”) was quoting Jessica Barkheimer, who, like Jennifer, is deeply involved in developing farmer’s markets in Ohio. I was at the time wrestling with a closely related concept but had not thought to put it in those words. I might have said it a bit differently— “no one with land is without a job” but the meaning would be…

• Harvest Art

  Gene Logsdon

  4 Oct 2009 | 7:21 am

  From Gene Logsdon Garden Farm Skills My wife, Carol, doesn’t normally call herself an artist, but the images accompanying this post could be called some kind of still life art, even though rendered with her own hands using real objects, not with brush and paint. The multicolored shapes in the basket are an assortment of peppers she just harvested before the first frost, and the red shapes on white background are tomato slices in the electric drier. Our son-in-law loves peppers, the hotter the better, and so he and our daughter have supplied us with pepper plants of varieties I never…

• Kill People But Not Dogs and Cats

  Gene Logsdon

  23 Sep 2009 | 7:42 am

  From GENE LOGSDON Garden Farm Skills I see [in recent Ohio news] that people are getting arrested for murdering dogs and cats. We deliberately murder  thousands upon thousands of cows and pigs every day so that we can eat meat but oh my, not cats and dogs. We kill people in war every day too, but oh my again, not cats and dogs. Has it been determined by theologians that dogs and cats are suddenly included in the Thou Shall Not Kill commandment? Did the writers of the American Constitution have in mind covering pets too? Next thing you know, someone will get arrested for killing a mouse. Why…

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  The Organic Beauty Expert

• Wake up & win with Origins

  Andrea Kane

  2 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am

  Wake Up & Win Sweepstakes with Origins from November 2nd until November 30th. Fabulous prizes will be awarded to one Grand Prize winner and nine additional winners!Stop by the below Origins retail stores, and receive FREE illy espresso, a FREE sample of Origins GinZing™ Refreshing eye cream, a FREE “Eye-Opening” Mini-Facial, a FREE Makeup Application and a FREE Origins and illy gift bag!To keep you bright-eyed and energized for weeks to come, Origins is giving away gift bags containing a three week supply of GinZing™ Refreshing eye cream and illy espresso, while supplies…

• Organic facial cleansers from HollyBeth's Natural

  Andrea Kane

  29 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am

  from press releaseHollyBeth’s Natural Luxury recently added two organic cleansers to their natural product range - Chamomile, Rosemary & Primrose Cleanser  for normal to dry skin and Marigold, Sandalwood & Grapefruit Cleanser for normal to oily skin. Both cleansers are a fragrant blend of certified organic essential oils and organic castile soap, which gently cleanse the face, leaving skin refreshed and renewed.CHAMOMILE, ROSEMARY & PRIMROSE CLEANSER – suitable for normal to dry skinChamomile essential oil is good for sensitive and dry complexions. It soothes irritated skin…

• White Sands hydrating shampoo & conditioner Review

  Andrea Kane

  29 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am

  by Gina RafkindOBE NOTE : This product was presented to us as "a 100% Vegan... all natural, sulfate, silicone and cruelty free cleansing duo powered by Wheat and Silk Amino Acids. The line excels at moisturizing dry, damaged hair from the inside out, while providing superior hair color protection with each use." Not so much, yet Gina used it and her review follows.White Sands Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner is for color treated hair and is meant to clean the hair gently and also to condition without weighing the hair down. Both products do not contain organic ingredients. The…

• Dry hands like Weleda Sea Buckthorn Hand Cream; you might, too

  Andrea Kane

  29 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am

  As a massage therapist, I spend half my day with lotion on my hands and the the other half washing it off. So as you can imagine, at the end of the day, my hands can feel just a little bit dry.I never believed that one needed a hand cream; that a lotion would suffice. Lately, I've changed my mind. Lotions quench the whole body and can leave a dew behind. Hand creams, for me, are best left to simply moisturize not slick.Therefore, if you have dry hands and are looking for a nice, reasonably-priced hand cream (about $10 bucks), take a trip to your local Target and try the tester of Weleda's Sea…

• A classic example of the non-natural, natural:: Boscia

  Andrea Kane

  29 Oct 2009 | 6:30 am

  So, if you haven't noticed, this week I'm a little emotionally on edge. I'm sure it's TMI but I'm waiting to get confirmation on my thoughts that I'm pregnant. If I'm not, then this is an uber serious case of PMS!But I digress...So here's a classic example of "natural" pitches that irritate. Though I will say that at least they posted their ingredients so I didn't have to bother to reply to the email.But here's the pitch that almost sold me::"boscia, the well-known, preservative-free and botanical-based skincare collection entered the cosmetic arena for the FIRST time on October 23rd at…

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  The Manic Gardner

• Product give-away standards--help!

  themanicgardner

  5 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm

  To start at the end... There's actually more to this story, but I'm saving some back until I get responses to this piece. So tell me what you think. Background (Personal Position Statement)Though I’m sure some of you will choke...

• Holy smokes!

  themanicgardner

  27 Oct 2009 | 4:39 pm

  Actually, it's steam, and what's steaming is the compost pile I wrote about yesterday. Now, I've often seen steam when I've dug into a compost heap, but I've never seen an undisturbed pile steaming away like a small volcano. Having...

• Hot compost, anyone?

  themanicgardner

  26 Oct 2009 | 2:54 pm

  Should you drop by to visit, some bitterly cold night, and find my house locked, and should you be so lacking in good sense or hard cash that you don’t just head for a hotel on Main Street a mile...

• Table scraps to the rescue! SF leads the way

  themanicgardner

  21 Oct 2009 | 11:50 am

  source: Jepson Prairie Organics Callooh callay, oh frabjous day! San Francisco has just become the first American municipality to institute city-wide compulsory collection of food scraps, which get composted. Nationwide, the EPA reports that food scraps make up an appalling...

• Whatever happened to autumn?

  themanicgardner

  14 Oct 2009 | 9:32 pm

  Having more or less skipped spring this year, the weather decided to go for a double and skip autumn as well. This it accomplished by delivering the hottest September on record—on a par with a normal July—and then plunging straight...

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  Down--to--Earth

• It's a jungle out there

  Rhonda Jean

  5 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am

  Two girls fighting over one baby, an enemy is identified and killed on sight, a mutant lurking in the shadows! Am I on the set of a Hollywood movie? No, it's more exciting than that - it's my backyard where life and death meet on a daily basis and all the strangeness is real. Come with me, I'll show you ...Click on each photo to enlarge.I've been spending some time in the garden in the early

• Homemaker speaks, the nation listens

  Rhonda Jean

  3 Nov 2009 | 10:44 am

  After two hectic days of work at the Centre, I'm working at home today. Gone are the days when I would have looked forward to relaxing, shopping and going out to visit friends. Now, settling back into the routine of washing up, sweeping, making beds and baking brings me back to myself and reminds me that my home is the place where I am put right again.I work in the welfare sector and it's a very

• Ridged Ribbon Dishcloth and Biscuit Recipe

  Rhonda Jean

  2 Nov 2009 | 10:23 am

  I'm sure you all know by now that I love knitting - dishcloths being a favourite subject of my affection. Well, I was reading a knitting book last week and came across a new (to me) pattern that I thought would make up a very nice dishcloth. I worked it over the weekend and have just taken a photo for you.It has got a fair bit of texture so it will scrub well but the holes make it lighter than

• Cheap and easy biscuits

  Rhonda Jean

  1 Nov 2009 | 10:28 am

  I love finding a recipe that I know I'll use in the years to come. I found such a recipe a couple of weeks ago and was delighted with the results. It came from the Down to Earth forum, submitted by Paula Hewitt and she calls them Easy and Cheap Biscuits (cookies).The great thing abut this recipe is that it uses only four ingredients. Paula says the recipe makes 70 - 80 biscuits. I made up one

• Not every day will be perfect

  Rhonda Jean

  29 Oct 2009 | 11:50 am

  I'm happy to report that it all went very well with Hanno's surgery yesterday. He went in at 1pm, I popped down to Spotlight to check out a sale then spent a couple of hours in the waiting room, knitting, and he hobbled out at 5.30pm. We got home around 6pm. He had no pain, didn't need crutches and he slept fairly well last night. Today and tomorrow will be the test, the doctor said he must

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  Chews Wise

• The Mess in the Corn Belt or "Turkey on the Combine"

  Samuel Fromartz

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:55 am

  By Lisa M. Hamilton This fall has been a mess for farmers in the Corn Belt. Rain this spring meant planting dangerously late, then cool weather delayed crops’ development. By September there was fear that corn across the Midwest wouldn’t finish the growing cycle before the first killing freeze. Most corn and soybeans are now safely mature, but seemingly endless rain has made that almost irrelevant. For most of the fall it has been too wet and muddy to get into the fields; when the combines do make it out, often the crop is too wet to harvest. On the chat group Crop Talk, farmers who were…

• Fresh and Organic But Are They Local?

  Samuel Fromartz

  4 Nov 2009 | 6:23 am

• One Farmer Parses Organic vs. Local Costs

  Samuel Fromartz

  3 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am

  At a panel I moderated yesterday for Woman Chefs and Restaurateurs, Jim Crawford, an organic vegetable farmer in south-central Pennsylvania, made an interesting point.He said growing crops organically did not add to cost on the farm -- what added to cost was location, since smaller eastern farmers have four disadvantages compared with produce farmers on the West Coast.  First, economies of scale. Since eastern farmers operate on a smaller scale they cannot match the cost advantages of larger operations. Secondly, labor costs. His costs are higher than on the West Coast, where labor is…

• Whole Wheat Sourdough with Orange, Fennel and Raisin

  Samuel Fromartz

  19 Oct 2009 | 8:07 am

    Last week, the NYT magazine had an article about Jeff Ford, a well-regarded artisan baker in Madison, Wisconsin, rhapsodizing about the benefits of sourdough bread. But the companion recipe amazingly featured a loaf made with yeast.  Now I've got nothing against commercial yeast -- I use it -- but to write a whole article on the glories of sourdough and then ignore it in the recipe makes as much sense as talking about the extraordinary qualities of wild salmon and then providing a recipe for tilapia.  I know why the editors did it -- sourdough isn't instant or…

• Is Locavorism Really Elitist?

  Samuel Fromartz

  16 Oct 2009 | 8:17 am

  By Samuel Fromartz It's fashionable, or maybe just attention-grabbing, to argue that local and organic foods are elitist, the preserve of wealthy shoppers who are willing to dole out wads of bills for a weekly fix of local, sustainable food at the farmers' market. Perhaps if it's repeated enough, we'll actually believe it, and then begin to spin yarns about the vast implications of this highly disturbing trend. James McWilliams takes this simplistic view over at the Times' Freakonomics blog. If good, clean, food is elitist, he argues, then it leaves out the vast majority…

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  Culinate

• Cookbook Fridays — T.G.I.F. for cooks: book giveaways

  Culinate

  6 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am

  Book giveaways on Fridays.

• Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking

  Culinate staff

  6 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am

  Enter to win a copy of this book; see below. Paula Wolfert is the premier expert on Mediterranean cuisines. In Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking, the self-confessed clay-pot “junkie” — having collected in her travels ceramic pots of all sorts, including cazuelas, tagines, baking dishes, bean pots, Romertopf baking dishes, French diablos, ordinary casseroles, and even Crock-Pots, which have a ceramic liner — shares recipes as vibrant as the Mediterranean itself, along with the delightful stories behind the earthy pots, irresistible dishes, and outstanding cooks she has met along the way.

• Chow's cool list — Thirteen trendsetters

  Culinate staff

  6 Nov 2009 | 10:18 am

  Want to know who’s really cool in food? Earlier this week, in its first annual roundup of the trendiest, the website Chow anointed 13 influencers for the work they do spreading ideas about food. Or, as Chow put it, “people who have changed the way we eat and drink, and talk and think about food.” On the list: Bryant Terry, Sandor Katz, Novella Carpenter, and Culinate’s own Deborah Madison, among others. Coolest? The cartoon caricatures of each award-winner. from Sift

• The rooster's last crow — Real farm-to-table cooking

  Shelly Peppel

  5 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am

  More than the desire for a good meal, it was the need for sleep that made me decide to kill the roosters. more… from First Person

• New study links processed food, risk for depression — Which brings us around to Michael Pollan

  Culinate staff

  5 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am

  Earlier this week, the BBC reported on a new study that showed a correlation between depression and processed foods:Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.Apparently, the study accounts for the fact that if you’re depressed and lacking energy, you may not feel like cooking and instead go straight for the Cheetos:Although the researchers cannot totally rule out the possibility that people with…

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  Eat Local Challenge

• Why I Am Changing CSAs

  Elizabeth Bader

  28 Oct 2009 | 8:36 am

  Let me start off with the advice that CSAs are a fantastic thing. And, that I am searching for our next CSA. But just like the proverbial barrel of apples, one bad experience can detract from the others — if you let it. It is rare that a CSA does NOT work out, but as more and more people embrace eating local, it can happen. Here's the story and how to make sure your CSA experience is positive.We've had the same CSA for five years. In the beginning, it was like Christmas each week. Especially in July and August when a huge box filled with heirloom tomatoes was a weekly gift. We were…

• Thinking Outside the Can: Pumpkin Shortage

  Elizabeth Bader

  14 Oct 2009 | 8:59 pm

  posted by Expat ChefI keep hearing reports about a pumpkin shortage. Folks at the grocery store, searching the shelved for a can of pumpkin and not finding any.Maybe they are just looking in the wrong place.No denying the reality, last year's pumpkin crop was less than previous year's, which explains why there are just not enough cans of processed pumpkin to last until this year's harvest. That, and this year is not looking any better with several states' pumpkin crop down by up to 80 percent.Here's a tip, while you don't eat the jack-o-lantern variety, the best…

• Announcing the October 2009 Eat Local Challenge

  jen maiser

  1 Oct 2009 | 11:01 pm

  Is it October already? This is an announcement for the 5th Annual Eat Local Challenge which takes place this month. It's hard to believe that such a simple concept -- eating as much food as possible from local sources -- has taken hold to such and extreme level and has been celebrated by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. I've seen it, and I know that you have too -- these days, everyone is talking about eating local. Many people are starting to see the wisdom in what we at the Eat Local Challenge have been discussing for a while, and it's an exciting thing to watch. Why…

• No Impact Man: The Movie

  jen maiser

  11 Sep 2009 | 6:43 pm

  by Jennifer Maiser for Serious EatsNearly two years ago, I logged into the Eat Local Challenge website to find a large spike in hits. An article had been published in the New York Times about Colin Beavan, aka "No Impact Man," and his New York-dwelling family. Beavan had embarked on a year-long journey to make no net impact on the earth. The family didn't use electricity, bought nothing new, and famously stopped using toilet paper. So why the spike on Eat Local Challenge? Beavan's blog had linked to mine in reference to his family's no-impact efforts to eat food from…

• Save the Date: October Eat Local Challenge

  jen maiser

  9 Sep 2009 | 6:57 pm

  In October, for the fifth year in a row, this site will be hosting a Nationwide Eat Local Challenge to encourage folks from all corners of our country to consider eating local food.  We're putting the final touches on the details, and they will be coming shortly.  So for the time being, please mark your calendar and start to consider ways -- large and small -- that your family can participate.Past challenges have reached thousands and have included:October 2008 ChallengeSeptember 2007 Challenge April 2007 Pennywise Challenge May 2006 Challenge August 2005 ChallengeSo, stay…

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  Science Daily: Organic Chemistry News

• Chemists Describe Solar Energy Progress And Challenges, Including The 'Artificial Leaf'

  6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am

  Scientists are making progress toward development of an "artificial leaf" that mimics a real leaf's chemical magic with photosynthesis -- but instead converts sunlight and water into a liquid fuel such as methanol for cars and trucks.

• New Technique For Specifying Location Of Sugars On Proteins Paves Way For Medical Discoveries

  6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am

  Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are positioned.

• Computer Predicts Reactions Between Molecules And Surfaces, With 'Chemical Precision'

  5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  An international team of scientists has shown how the chemistry of surface reactions underpinning catalysis can be modeled accurately with computers.

• Mimicking Nature, Scientists Can Now Extend Redox Potentials

  5 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm

  New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion.

• Low Levels Of 'Heart Attack Risk' Protein Quantified

  4 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm

  Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person prone to a heart attack. Researchers have taken the first steps toward standardizing the measurement of a blood protein whose presence in higher-than-normal levels may predict an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.

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  We Like It Raw

• Dr. Doris Taylor: Meditation yields largest increase in stem cell creation she's ever seen

  Dhrumil

  2 Nov 2009 | 11:55 am

  Speaking of Faith's host, Krista Tippett, interviewed leading stem cell researcher Dr. Doris Taylor about role of stem cells in healing the body. The following is an exchange that blew my mind:Stem Cells, Untold StoriesMs. Tippett: Talk to me about the experiment you did with Matthieu Ricard, who is a famous French philosopher Buddhist who's worked with the Dalai Lama.Dr. Taylor: Right. And …Ms. Tippett: Oh, and he's said to be the happiest man alive, I think.Dr. Taylor: Yes. He's written a book called Happiness.Ms. Tippett: Right.Dr. Taylor: He's doing some studies with some people at the…

• Spirulina Salad with Courtney Pool

  Dhrumil

  31 Oct 2009 | 4:31 pm

  Two of my favorite peeps! Tim Van Orden and Courtney Pool.

• Crazy Sexy Love

  Dhrumil

  23 Oct 2009 | 5:15 am

  I want to give some major love to Crazy Sexy Life and Kris Carr. They are really killin it over there with some of the most fantastic holistic health content I've ever seen.If you haven't been there recently, def check it out sometime.crazysexylife.com

• Philip McCluskey's Rockstar Birthday Party in NYC

  Dhrumil

  22 Oct 2009 | 9:08 am

  Hey NYC Tribe!It's time to do things BIG again in NYC. I'm taking nice venue, dope music, tons of hotties, lots of amazing food... You know, NYC RawkStar Style!This time we're celebrating Philip McCluskey's birthday and how far our little NYC Tribe has come in the last 2 years.Yes... I know Philip McCluskey is a Scorpio who loves to be showered with attention and love, but shit, I say let's use that as an excuse to get together anyway!Full details listed below, hope you can make it out.Philip's Rockstar Birthday PartySo you want to party like a rockstar? Join us on Nov 7th and part it up in…

• Alicia Silverstone pimps her new book, raw foods and Café Gratitude

  Dhrumil

  22 Oct 2009 | 6:07 am

  How awesome is it that the host has been to Café Gratitude?Maybe next time the crew rolls through we'll run into to Ms. Silverstone!p.s. The whole segment is vegan, but not raw but now raw, but who cares!

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  FocusOrganic.com

• Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Seventy One

  Stefanie

  6 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  This entry is part 71 of 71 in the series Eco-Friendly Friday November 5th's Tip Halloween Pumpkins: Most people are just going to take their pumpkins and toss them in the trash. Instead of all that waste, why not recycle your pumpkin? You can compost it, along with fall leaves and other items you would normally compost. If you already baked the seeds, this tip is probably old news to you. If you have more pumpkins to decorate for the rest of the season, you can gut them and bake a yummy pumpkin dessert. Also remember to keep your Halloween decorations/costumes for next year. You'll save…

• Cuisinart CleanWater Filtration System

  Andrew

  5 Nov 2009 | 7:17 am

  The Container Recycling Institute reports that Americans will buy an estimated 34.6 billion single-serve (1 liter or less) plastic water bottles in 2009. More than 75 percent of those bottles will end up in landfills or incinerators, rather than being recycled. That’s 877 bottles wasted every second, according to the Institute. ??The production of plastic water bottles also depletes America’s natural resources. The Institute reports that it takes more than 15 million barrels of oil annually to produce the water bottles consumed in the U.S. in one year. That’s enough oil to fuel…

• Homegrown Organic Eggs

  Stefanie

  4 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  The following is a guest post from Marguerite Inscoe For those of us who live an organic lifestyle (or try really hard to), it’s knowing where our food comes from that matters to us most. What confirmed my conversion was learning my son’s developmental delays were due to a dysfunctional digestive system and vitamin deficiency. Since his system can’t efficiently remove toxins, I have to minimize his exposure. My sister’s organic choices are based on healthy eating and being environmentally conscious. Both of us have chicken coops in the backyard because homegrown organic eggs are an…

• All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Seventy Four

  Stefanie

  2 Nov 2009 | 3:44 pm

  This entry is part 74 of 74 in the series all things ecoWelcome to the November 2nd, 2009 edition of All Things Eco. Be sure to Stumble the posts you like, or submit them to other social bookmarking services. Let's promote each other, as well as this blog carnival. Activism Ann Margrain presents The Green Revolution: One of the most ecologically devastating technologies of modern times posted at Heroin and Cornflakes. Ann says, "It would appear Borlaug’s work, which expanded agriculture at just the moment when such an increase in production was most needed, was of value. Indeed, he was…

• Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Seventy

  Stefanie

  30 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  This entry is part 70 of 71 in the series Eco-Friendly Friday October 30th's Tip Last minute costumes: Halloween is tomorrow, and you don't have a costume ready? Save money and sanity and reuse stuff in your home to create a costume. Laundry Take an old laundry basket and cut out the bottom so you put it over your head. Attach socks and/or random pieces of laundry to your shirt. Washing Machine I actually saw this one at a costume contest last weekend - it won a second place prize of $1000! Paint a large cardboard box white. Cut holes in the top and bottom so you can put it over your head.

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  Focus Organic.com

• Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Seventy One

  Stefanie

  6 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  This entry is part 71 of 71 in the series Eco-Friendly Friday November 5th's Tip Halloween Pumpkins: Most people are just going to take their pumpkins and toss them in the trash. Instead of all that waste, why not recycle your pumpkin? You can compost it, along with fall leaves and other items you would normally compost. If you already baked the seeds, this tip is probably old news to you. If you have more pumpkins to decorate for the rest of the season, you can gut them and bake a yummy pumpkin dessert. Also remember to keep your Halloween decorations/costumes for next year. You'll save…

• Cuisinart CleanWater Filtration System

  Andrew

  5 Nov 2009 | 7:17 am

  The Container Recycling Institute reports that Americans will buy an estimated 34.6 billion single-serve (1 liter or less) plastic water bottles in 2009. More than 75 percent of those bottles will end up in landfills or incinerators, rather than being recycled. That’s 877 bottles wasted every second, according to the Institute. ??The production of plastic water bottles also depletes America’s natural resources. The Institute reports that it takes more than 15 million barrels of oil annually to produce the water bottles consumed in the U.S. in one year. That’s enough oil to fuel…

• Homegrown Organic Eggs

  Stefanie

  4 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am

  The following is a guest post from Marguerite Inscoe For those of us who live an organic lifestyle (or try really hard to), it’s knowing where our food comes from that matters to us most. What confirmed my conversion was learning my son’s developmental delays were due to a dysfunctional digestive system and vitamin deficiency. Since his system can’t efficiently remove toxins, I have to minimize his exposure. My sister’s organic choices are based on healthy eating and being environmentally conscious. Both of us have chicken coops in the backyard because homegrown organic eggs are an…

• All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Seventy Four

  Stefanie

  2 Nov 2009 | 3:44 pm

  This entry is part 74 of 74 in the series all things ecoWelcome to the November 2nd, 2009 edition of All Things Eco. Be sure to Stumble the posts you like, or submit them to other social bookmarking services. Let's promote each other, as well as this blog carnival. Activism Ann Margrain presents The Green Revolution: One of the most ecologically devastating technologies of modern times posted at Heroin and Cornflakes. Ann says, "It would appear Borlaug’s work, which expanded agriculture at just the moment when such an increase in production was most needed, was of value. Indeed, he was…

• Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Seventy

  Stefanie

  30 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am

  This entry is part 70 of 71 in the series Eco-Friendly Friday October 30th's Tip Last minute costumes: Halloween is tomorrow, and you don't have a costume ready? Save money and sanity and reuse stuff in your home to create a costume. Laundry Take an old laundry basket and cut out the bottom so you put it over your head. Attach socks and/or random pieces of laundry to your shirt. Washing Machine I actually saw this one at a costume contest last weekend - it won a second place prize of $1000! Paint a large cardboard box white. Cut holes in the top and bottom so you can put it over your head.

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  Grandstand Organics

• What it Means to Buy Organic Products

  grandstrandorganics

  14 Oct 2009 | 6:26 am

  Organic products may not be a priority to some people, but there is one thing that cannot be disagreed upon. Fertilizers are not used with these products which is always a benefit when it comes to pollutants that enter our rivers, lakes and streams. I came across this article today and wanted to share it with [...]

• Reduce Catalog Mailings to Save Trees and More

  grandstrandorganics

  11 Oct 2009 | 2:32 pm

  Use Catalog Choice to opt-out of over 1,000 catalogs to help reduce mail pollution to your home. http://www.catalogchoice.org

• Purchase Organic for Health

  grandstrandorganics

  28 Sep 2009 | 9:37 am

  Shop for MiEssence, MiEnviron, and MiVitality USDA Certified Organic products at http://GrandStrandOrganics.com and follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook. Posted in Green Living Tips, Organic Products Tagged: certified organic, health, MiEnviron, MiEssence, MiVitality, ONEgroup, Organic Products

• MiEssence Baby Pack Special

  grandstrandorganics

  24 Sep 2009 | 9:17 am

  Current ONEgroup Special Offer is a MiEssence Baby Pack with a free item with purchase.

• Safe Cosmetics Video

  grandstrandorganics

  10 Sep 2009 | 10:31 am

  New Video from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

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• Countdown to Thanksgiving: Order Your Local Turkey Today!

  foodietots

  4 Nov 2009 | 7:17 pm

  @ South Mountain Creamery If you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year, it’s time to pre-order your local turkey! If you read a lot of food magazines (or blogs) to prepare for your Thanksgiving feast, you’ve probably seen a lot of talk about brining the turkey in recent years. Soaking the bird in a saltwater is supposed to add succulence to the meat. But here’s a secret: turkeys are naturally juicy. Conventional turkeys, like conventional chickens and other animals, are raised in confined quarters where they are stuffed full of grain (often genetically-modified, aka…

• Meatless Monday: Creamy Lima Beans

  foodietots

  2 Nov 2009 | 12:53 pm

  I can’t say I have a particular affinity for lima beans, but I’ve never feared them the way so many people (my mother included) do. Call it more a casual indifference. But when I saw the pretty little pale-green beans, pre-shelled, in a basket at Alexandria’s West End market recently, I couldn’t resist. This simple preparation brought out the beans’ natural creaminess without obscuring their mild flavor. Next time, I might use more garlic instead of onion, but otherwise it was pretty good. And, the husband didn’t hate them, so I’ll count that in the…

• Happy Halloween!

  foodietots

  31 Oct 2009 | 8:48 am

  Happy Halloween!, originally uploaded by foodietots. – white chocolate pear ghosts

• Nature and Nurture

  foodietots

  30 Oct 2009 | 12:15 pm

  Earlier this year, we took a family vacation to Florida. The boy and I went down a few days ahead of the husband and spent some quality time touristing with my mom. At the time, all of my grandparents lived in the Tampa Bay area so we’ve visited quite a few times over the years. One of our favorite outings is to the kitschy Greek village of Tarpon Springs, and this year my mom and I took the boy on a tour boat ride that stopped at a little barrier island in the Gulf. We had twenty minutes to walk and wade around the island, and while we began looking for shells my mom soon wandered off…

• Kids Cook Book Soup: Apples!

  foodietots

  27 Oct 2009 | 7:34 pm

  I hope you haven’t had your fill of apple recipes just yet, because we have several more to share for the very first round-up of Kids Cook Book Soup. Thanks to all for sharing your apple inspiration, and please read to the end for the November theme announcement! With no further ado… From Jen at The Gould House, “Eldress Bertha’s Applesauce” Jen and her 2-year-old daughter, Ella, used apples from their farmers market to make this applesauce. Jen writes, “Ella enjoyed counting the apples, catching the apple peels as they fell into the bowl, and mashing the…

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  Simple, Good, and Tasty

• 6 Reasons Why It’s Fun to Eat Local

  Amy Boland

  6 Nov 2009 | 4:56 am

  The only reasons why I do anything are because it is fun now, it allows things to be fun later, or it ensures that things will continue being fun. Eating? Fun now. Working? Fun later when I eat what I bought with my paycheck. Shoveling the walk? Ensures that when I haul my groceries into the house, I don’t slip, fall, and ruin the fun of eating them. So, obviously, the main reason why I’d buy local food is because it’s fun in so many ways: 1. It’s fun to know your farmer. If you buy food directly from a local farmer, you can strike up a little business friendship with him or her. Then…

• Sneakers Not Required: Good, Local Food Provides Inspiration in a Suburban Health Club

  Shari Danielson

  4 Nov 2009 | 8:12 pm

  Try to guess what suburban restaurant serves locally-raised, grass-fed, beef short ribs with caramelized-onion potato puree, and horseradish gremolata;  baked, free-range, Larry Schultz chicken with herb filling, wilted spinach, and caramelized-shallot, marsala, pan sauce; pastured pork, braised in apple cider and served with red cabbage, local apples, and ginger yams -- plus three kinds of burgers: bison, yellow-fin tuna, and walnut wild-rice.Marsh Restaurant executive chef David Owen-Jones.Would you have an easier time guessing if I told you this restaurant is located inside a health…

• Consider Banning the (Water) Bottle

  lee

  4 Nov 2009 | 4:58 am

  Bottled water ain't all it's cracked up to be. Sure, it's better than the alternatives you'll find in a Coke machine, but filling your own bottle with tap water is even better. An excellent, recent Lighter Footstep article gives us Five Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water. Here's an excerpt: Bottled water isn't a good valueTake, for instance, Pepsi’s Aquafina or Coca-Cola’s Dasani bottled water. Both are sold in 20 ounce sizes and can be purchased from vending machines alongside soft drinks — and at the same price. Assuming you can find a $1 machine, that works out to 5 cents an…

• Where to (Respectfully) Hunt for Your Local, Pastured, Thanksgiving Turkey

  Shari Danielson

  2 Nov 2009 | 7:50 pm

  I feel sorry for turkeys. They get no respect. For instance, the word “turkey” has become a commonly used derogatory term, as in, “You turkey!” And, whether or not it’s true, turkeys have a reputation for being so, shall we say, “intellectually challenged,” that they can drown looking up in a rain storm.  Even our esteemed founding fathers thumbed their noses at the turkey, choosing the bald eagle, instead, as the national bird. (Supposedly, the quirky Ben Franklin was the gobbler’s only advocate.)Heritage "Bourbon Red," available at Callister's Farm in New Concord, MNBut…

• Superfun Local Food Event at Spoonriver Last Night

  lee

  2 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am

  Thanks so much to the nearly 50 people who came to last night's local food event at Spoonriver last night. It was terrific to have you there! Here are some photos from the event, taken by Kate Sommers of Les Petites Images. Here's a picture of Spoonriver Owner Brenda Langton, thanking guests for coming. Jennifer Patterson from Unplanned Cooking, Molly Herrmann from Tastebud Catering, and Michelle Gayer from The Salty Tart are looking on (among others). One of the unique things about the meal was the wine selection, composed entirely of Minnesota wines from Alexis Bailly Vineyards. Owner Nan…

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  Cooking Up A Story

• Genesis of the USDA’s National Organic Program

  Cooking Up A Story

  4 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am

  How the Federal Government came to regulate the organic industry My previous column on the history of organic agriculture wrapped up with a look at the burgeoning national market that emerged during the 1980’s. Counterculture back-to-the-landers and die-hard traditionalist farmers were raising crops and livestock without agro-chemicals and growing numbers of consumers were eager to buy, even when the produce had a few spots. Organic agriculture was becoming pretty big business, considering that the people making it happen had started out with little more than determination. The organic…

• Novella Carpenter e Interview

  Cooking Up A Story

  3 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am

  Fall is in full swing and Winter isn’t far beyond, I’ve been enjoying local apples, squash and weekly pots of soup. While this time of year usually encourages folks to slow down a bit I hardly have a moment to myself but was thrilled when I was able to recently carve out a little time to read the book Farm City by Urban Farmer Novella Carpenter. And even more excited when Ms. Carpenter agreed to do a little e-interview for us here at Cooking Up a Story. Farm City tells the story of how Novella, a child of Hippie parents discovered her own inner hippie by becoming an Urban Homesteader in…

• The Awesome Whisk

  Cooking Up A Story

  2 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am

  Cooking Up a Story: Stories They are found in almost every kitchen, but surprisingly there’s only one U.S. manufacturer. Follow us inside the Best Manufacturers plant for a rare visit to see how a whisk is made. A factory of whisks. Wire, wire everywhere. How do they get those wires to stay in place and not come popping out. I was curious. I love to see how things are made. Best Manufacturing Plant, Portland OregonTwo brothers, John and Jeff Merrifield, run the place. John gave me a quick tour and explained each station. He then left me on my own as I roamed around and got, what I call,…

• Manual Fruit Tree Pollination In Japan

  Cooking Up A Story

  28 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am

  My wife and I have traveled around the globe for the last 5 months and filmed our experiences within the WWOOF! organizations of France, Japan, Italy, and India, and are working on a feature film documenting this journey. “WWOOF! The Movie” is about a collective of organizations that go by the acronym WWOOF: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. This clip is the first of a three-part segment about manual pollination in Japan. I’m editing this series specifically for web release, but it will also appear in “WWOOF! The Movie” in the full context of our 10-day stay with…

• A New Family Farmer

  Cooking Up A Story

  26 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am

  Cooking Up a Story: Stories *Five million family farms have been lost since the 1930’s. As the population of family farmers continues to age, there is also a critical shortage of young farmers to take their place. Michael Paine is a rare breed; he doesn’t come from a farming family, and he’s relatively young. His story is a good example of the unique challenges facing those who wish to take up farming. I read this in my local paper awhile back: “Oregon is one of the only bright spots in the country where we’ve got young farmers coming into the business…”. Hmmm, I…

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  Lovely Safe Mama

• Jurlique Rose Hand Cream

  Kathy

  15 Oct 2009 | 7:30 pm

  It’s been quiet here… I’ve been on a maternity leave.  But in my absence I had time to fall in love with a new product.  With all the talk of flu season and H1N1 this fall I’ve opted to start washing my hands neurotically.  I have a kid in preschool and a 3 month old at [...] Related posts:Jurlique Balancing Day Care CreamDr. Hauschka Regenerating creamRevolution Organics All-Over Body Balm

• New Scent from Bubble & Bee: Coconut Lime!

  Kathy

  19 Aug 2009 | 11:25 am

  As you all know we just loooooooooooove Bubble & Bee products.  We’re their #1 fan. Stephanie of Bubble & Bee is so increditbly knowledgeable about chemicals and ingredients that we go right to her first if we ever need an ingredient scrutinized.  Her products, as a result of her knowledge, are so pure and safe [...] Related posts:Bubble and Bee’s New Body ButtaBubble and Bee Lotion StickSoftlips Now Certified Organic!

• Weleda Birch Body Scrub

  Kathy

  7 Aug 2009 | 8:00 am

  I was gifted a very generous gift certificate to SaffronRouge.com for my birthday this year.  So I went on a spree and got a bunch of products I havent tried before.  One of those was Weleda’s Birch Body Scrub.  With descriptive words like “exfoliation” and “regeneration” I decided to give it a go on my [...] Related posts:Dear LovelyMama: Anti-aging adviceDear LovelyMama: Men’s deodorantRevolution Organics All-Over Body Balm

• Badger Organic Lip Balms

  Kathy

  15 Jun 2009 | 6:19 am

  Hello, your friendly neighborhood lip balm addict here.  I’ve come to a very important conclusion lately about lip balms and I need to share it with you.  Lately, I’ve been lamenting about how many of my natural lip balms start out great, and then turn into lumpy bumpy sticks that aren’t that pleasing to apply.  [...] Related posts:Softlips Now Certified Organic!Revolution Organics All-Over Body BalmTilvee Shea Butter Facial Cleansing Bar

• Dear LovelyMama: Jane Iredale Products

  Kathy

  28 May 2009 | 7:20 am

  Q: Have you tried Jane Iredale products?  Any thoughts on the products? So far neither of us have tried any of these products but in the interest of hopefully finding something new I went investigating.   I went hunting around on SkinBotanica.com to see what kind of ingredients we were dealing with.  So far, from what we [...] Related posts:Dear LovelyMama: Daily Moisturizer with SPFDear LovelyMama: Men’s deodorantNew! Dear LovelyMama

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  Natural Health Ezine

• Health benefits of Iodine and 4 reasons why you need it

  Admin

  21 Oct 2009 | 10:20 am

  This article was written by Sheila Newth and she has recently written an e-book on how to cure lice naturally called “Lice-nse To Kill Naturally”. It kills the lice, the lice eggs, gets the eggs out easily, and prevents lice for GOOD! Visit LiceToKill.com for more info! 4 Top Reasons Why You Need Iodine! Ok, so you’ve generally heard about Iodine…I mean your mom used to pour it on your cuts and scrapes when you were a kid, right? Ouch, you still remember that, don’t you? But did you also realize that Iodine plays a GIGANTIC role in your body’s over-all health…and I mean it…

• 4 natural remedies to control anxiety and depression

  Guest Author

  15 Oct 2009 | 7:20 am

  Natural Antidepressants – Boost Your Mood with Herbal Extracts and Amino Acids The number of people suffering from low mood states or depression is growing. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 6 Million American men suffer from depression, and one in four adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. While a significant amount of people depend on pharmaceutical antidepressant drugs; there are a growing number of people that look into other alternative ways to boosting their moods. Changes to lifestyle can benefit as can the supplementation with vitamins, minerals,…

• How to prevent cancer by eating good food and avoiding chemicals

  Guest Author

  8 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am

  A Few Health Tips to Keep Cancer at Bay Cancer. The word lurks like a deadly assassin waiting for his next victim in a darkened alley. It’s enough to send fear right into the bravest heart in the world, and it continues to be a growing concern for people around the globe. According to a recent report by the Associated Press, cancer will be the number one killer in the world by the year 2010 and international health experts foresee a doubling in the global rate of cancer deaths by 2030. Not only that, but Med Health Insurance says that cancer has been steadily rising around the globe and…

• What does tap water contain? (Day 4)

  Admin

  6 Oct 2009 | 10:31 am

  Day 4 of  the 50 Day Health Challenge from Don Colbert’s Seven Pillars of Health takes a look at all the bad stuff that tap water contains. It really is a bummer, because 50 years ago you could dig a well and have pure and clean water to drink and now because we have polluted the heck out of our world, you can find only a handful of spots on the earth that have pure water. Chemicals in our tap water This wasn’t much of a surprise to me, but because of all the industrial pollution and even household items that we use, the water supplies of cities in the U.S. are all contaminated with…

• 3 more reasons to drink a lot of water! (Day 3)

  Admin

  30 Sep 2009 | 6:58 am

  Slows Aging According to Colbert, “water does rejuvenate your skin, which can make you look years younger”. So the whole “fountain of youth” thing is kinda true! If you compare your skin to fruit, what happens when you dehydrate grapes? Raisins? What about plums? You get prunes right? Thinking about it that way makes it pretty clear that keeping your body hydrated would be very important to slowing the aging process. Colbert also says drinking enough water, “keeps your skin supple, your eyes bright, and your body spry.” Lose Weight A few things I learned…