The sap is running! Our bodies feel the changing seasons, too.
Spring is almost here! It’s staying light longer, the birds are singing and the sap is running. Who would have known that this change from winter to spring could wreak so much havoc on our bodies? [click to continue…]
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Spring is just around the corner and soon grass will be sprouting with abandon. Much as we love those luxurious green carpets, grassy lawns are not eco-friendly. Grass needs water, which is often in short supply. Fertilizers pollute and can be hazardous to health. Keeping a lawn mowed often involves consumption of fossil fuels, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. [click to continue…]
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Friends can look pretty horrified when I take out the whole milk, slather butter on my bread and liberally pour heavy cream in my coffee. I’ve been caught soaking my oats before cooking them and using sprouted wheat flour in my waffles. On the other hand, I pooh-pooh so-called “healthy” vegetable oils such as canola, sunflower, and safflower and have turned up my nose at soy milk. [click to continue…]
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When I see a headline blaming fat for poor health, I always want to read further. In this culture of reduced-fat, ultra-processed, sugary foods, I’m amazed that fat still gets a bad rap. [click to continue…]
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There are so many ways to add up our impact on the earth — carbon dioxide emissions, pollution, water use, and paper consumption all figure into how well we treat our planet as individuals. As countries we also help to shape what Earth will look like in the future. [click to continue…]
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Photo Credit: oskay via flickr
Sometimes I feel like it’s hard to find snacks that my 7 year-old will eat at school, especially when his classmates come armed with such cool (to a kid), multi-colored items! I wrote a little haiku to express my feelings:
Fuchsia, blue, chartreuse
Fruit Roll-Ups with tongue tattoos
How can I compete?
Then I started to get into my role as a poet! [click to continue…]
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Sad Cow -- Photo Credit: foxypar4
Warning, these facts are really stomach-turning!
Feedlot -- Photo Credit: Larry Page
This post is part of Real Food Wednesdays hosted by Cheeseslave.com today!
Sources:
1) Food, Inc.
2) Humane Society of the United States here and here
Photo Credits:
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Maryland Snow -- Photo Credit: Bryan Doyle
The incredible amount of snow covering the mid-Atlantic states is big news — in more ways than one. The record snowfall is fodder for some anti-global-warming voices to use as “evidence” that global warming can’t be a problem. If the earth is getting warmer, why are we getting hammered by extreme winter weather? [click to continue…]
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This week I have two different links to follow. One of them is fun and inspiring; the other raises some serious questions about gardening’s place in education. [click to continue…]
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It must have been out of sheer cosmic coincidence that Oprah Winfrey decided to feature clips from Robert Kenner’s film, Food, Inc. on her show last week. I had just finished watching it myself the day before and was frantically trying to figure out how to go about setting up my own farm: I’d have one cow for milk, a few chickens for meat, more hens for eggs, possibly a pig and loads of vegetables. Hmm. Can you send pigs out “to be processed?” You get the idea. I went so far as to fantasize about soliciting a group of like-minded neighbors who’d like to share this farm with my family.
Then, miraculously, Oprah got the word out for me. [click to continue…]
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