Category: Green Food
Green Food: Local Sources for Your Green Eating
Purchasing local food has several benefits for both the environment and your body. While we have been enticed by the convenience of having supermarkets and grocery stores just around the corner, there are still several areas from which to purchase local fare. Here are 7 ideas on locations to get your local food. 1. State [...]
The Real Dirt on Organic
Have you ever bought a bunch of organic kale from the organic food store only to bring it home and discover that the kale came from the other side of the country? You have just fallen victim to industrial organic. Now, if you know anything about vegetable gardening, you’ll know that kale can easily be [...]
Egg Wars: Factory Farm vs. Local
Easter is coming, so let’s set the bunny free and shop for eggs from local, free-range farms. Of course, we all know that eggs come from chickens, not bunnies, but if they did come from cute little bunnies, perhaps we’d be more concerned about where our eggs come from. Of all factory farm raised animals, [...]
Factory Farms: Facts That Will Make Your Skin Crawl
Today, farms are not the idyllic pastoral fields of popular imagination. Instead they are industrial facilities without a hand-hewn barn in sight. 2% of farms produce 50% of all agricultural products in the U.S. The government refers to these factory farms as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). CAFOs are categorized as small, medium, or large [...]
5 Easy Projects to Start Growing Your Own Food in Small Spaces
There may still be snow on the ground for some of us, but it’s not too early to start thinking about growing food (many seasoned gardeners already have their garden planned down to the last seed!). It’s easy to start growing your love for vegetable gardening whether you live in an urban apartment or live [...]
7 Websites full of Green recipes
7 Green Recipe Websites Eating an eco-friendly and healthy diet is easy with these 7 great recipe websites full of culinary inspiration. From raw vegan to grass-fed beef, whole grains to grain-free, there’s a green recipe blog for you. 1. Using whole-food ingredients, Oh She Glows is a healthy vegan recipe blog that dishes out [...]
Just Say No to Fast Food Wrappers
They contain Perfluoroalkyls (PFOA and PFOS) known hormone disrupters now being found in human blood samples. We were promised this wouldn’t happen but it has. Fast food wrappers. Perfluoroalkyls are a hazardous class of stable, synthetic chemicals that repel oil, grease and water so they were a perfect choice to wrap greasy fries and burgers [...]
Which sweetener is most sustainable?
Rising rates of diabetes in the U. S., from 1.58 million people (0.93%) in 1958 to 20.67 million people (6.86%) in 2009, have prompted many concerned folks to switch to healthier sweeteners to take advantage of the lower Glycemic Index (GI) levels. A low GI level is considered 55 or below. Besides a low GI [...]
Let’s talk trash – 10 things that reduce your garbage
Americans generated 243 million tons of trash in 2009. That’s more than 4 pounds per person per day! If you are looking for ways to save the environment and reduce your ecological footprint, here are ten easy steps to lessen your daily contribution to the landfill. Drink tap water – It’s free and you never [...]
Soy Is Not a Health Food – Part 1
Think soy is good for you? Think again. You’ve heard the claims, I’m sure. Soy has been touted as the ultimate health food. Excellent for vegan lifestyles, heart healthy, the panacea for menopausal women and athletes alike. Sales have soared on products like soymilk, tofu, soy flour and soy protein. This huge consumption of unfermented [...]
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