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The Importance of Being Earnestly Organic

I have written on why our family tries to purchase and/or grow organics previously,but thought the topic worth revisiting. There has been a lot of news flying around about pesticides and it’s link to health problems in children. The most recent article I stumbled upon was from msnbc.com “Pesticides in Food linked to ADHD [...]

Early Puberty Epidemic

I saw a few minutes of the Dr. Oz Show today about the Early Puberty Epidemic in the US. This has been a concern of mine ever since Claire was born that is why we have always given our kids hormone free meats and dairy,pesticide free produce,watched their soy intake,used honey instead [...]

Elderberry Jelly and Field Trip Follow Up

Sorry for the delay,but I have finally downloaded the pictures from the elderberry field trip and experimented with some elderberry-cherry jelly! Here are the photos from our trip to the River Ranch owned by Wildlands Inc. We pretty much caravaned  down the levee picking berries as we went. Or I should say Bill (from [...]

Elderberries!!! Come with me to the Harvest!

I am so excited! Thanks to the wonderful people at Wildlands Inc. I have arranged for 10 lucky people to attend an elderberry harvesting field trip on one of their mitigation sites. “Wildlands is a habitat development,land management,and environmental planning company with projects throughout the Western and Southeastern United States. Established in 1991,[...]

Last Minute Four of July Crisp

I really did not have anything planned for the 4th of July,except making homemade quinoa mac-n-cheese for the kids. (Which they did not eat,but Mark and I ate). So I decide to go to the farmer’s market and see what I could find. There were soooo many choices it was hard to narrow [...]

Mark’s Meat Matrix:Grass Fed Beef

First we got the chickens (CLICK HERE for Urban Chickens post),then we investigated GMO foods (CLICK HERE for Got GMO-free Milk post).  Now we are making a run at Grass-Fed Beef,local style.  After watching the “scare you away from McDonald’s” documentary called Food Inc. earlier this year,and reading Michael Pollan’s

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Earth Mama,Angel Baby Giveaway

I was approached last month about doing a giveaway with Earth Mama,Angel Baby. I had seen their products on the shelves,but had never tried them. So I asked if I could get some samples to review before participating. (Earth Mama Angel Baby provided this product for my review at no cost.)  They sent [...]

Natural Corn?

As many of you know,I am very concerned about where our family’s food come from. We try to purchase local,seasonal,chemical free,and organic. But I place organic last because that’s my default mode. I like to know more about where my food is coming from than just the “organic”label. HERE (Why I’m [...]

A Banana A Day,Keeps the Doctor Away

We all know the old adage,“an apple a day,keeps the doctor away.”Well,now we have a new one…It turns out a banana a day has far more benefits than we imagined. It’s also one of those fruits every one (even Claire) will eat and easily found organic all over the country. According [...]

Got GMO-free Milk?

This is another guest blog from Mark about a topic that has become of serious interest lately…seriously ask him about the Meat Matrix someday!

Last month I watched the oscar-nominated documentary Food,Inc (if you have Netflix,you can watch it instantly on your computer,click here for more information),and it was an [...]