Even Prince Charles says You Should Grow an Organic Garden!

Monday, March 21, 2011 0 comments
Prince Charles of England has recently revealed that he encourages people to grow an organic garden....
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Overall Review of "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was a very inspiring book about a family who ate their own produce or other locally-grown produce for an entire year.  This may sound a little extreme to some, but it is possible.  And even if we are not willing...
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The Pros and Cons of Going Organic

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Since the farmers' market season is quickly approaching, Laurie Goldberg has spelled out the pros and...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Chapters 16-20

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I found the last couple of chapters in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle to be very enlightening. She spends some time analyzing the issue of childhood obesity and how nowadays with all the junk in the food industry, we must raise our kids to be knowledgeable...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Chapters 6-10

Sunday, March 20, 2011 0 comments
This book was great to read especially since our blog was about organic food. It provides useful information about food production in America that really demonstrate how eating organic is a good choice to make. Some facts about conventional food given...
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High Fructose Corn Syrup

Thursday, March 17, 2011 0 comments
We already know that most of the ingredients in the food we eat comes from corn, and one form it may come in is high fructose corn syrup. Very similar to table sugar, it used as a sweetener in  many of the things we eat, but research shows that...
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"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" Chapters 11-15

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2 comments
I (being the slow reader that I am), just completed chapters 11-15 of the assigned book and found a number of things very interesting. Here are just a few: In 1948 farmers were using about 50 million pounds of pesticides. In 200, they were using 1 billion...
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