Thoughts on eating and living.
Posted on June 22, 2009 by diane
The All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show was at McCormick Place last week, and winners of the first New Product Competition were announced. Products were judged on a variety of factors including taste, appearance, convenience and practicality, as well as packaging and merchandising.
The 2009 Winning Products are…
Best in Non-Food & Overall Grand Award [...]
Posted on June 16, 2009 by diane
I love this handy little produce calendar from Natural Direct! It’s a great guide to knowing what’s in season throughout the year. Since most of the farms that supply Natural Direct are located in IL and WI, this chart should be pretty accurate as it pertains to Chicago produce.
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by diane
Although tides are starting to turn as more and more organic items appear in our local grocery stores, it’s unfortunately still expensive to buy organic food compared to the processed, less-than-nutritious-but-often-on-sale products. Below is a list of handy tips to help you save money on organics, so you can treat your body right without [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by diane
First lady Michelle Obama planted herbs and seeds with help from elementary school kids in the White House organic garden, and now Her Majesty the Queen has joined the green gardening movement and is growing her own organic vegetables.
Royal Red and Blue Queen beans, plus three varieties of Royal Lettuce will be grown with liquid [...]
Posted on June 10, 2009 by diane
The All Food Recycling Compost Kit with Bokashi is a great solution for those of us living in apartments (or without access to a yard) who want to compost.
The kit quickly and odorlessly converts organic waste into a high-grade soil conditioner through the use of microbes called ‘Bokashi’ – a Japanese word meaning “fermented organic [...]
Posted on June 9, 2009 by diane
How much do we really know about the food we buy in our local supermarket to feed our families?
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA [...]
Posted on June 8, 2009 by diane
NYTimes article “Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas” 6/4/09: A program initiated by Stonyfield Farm across several Vermont dairy farms that supply it with organic milk has been changing the feed fed to cattle from things like corn and soy (cheap but not the cow’s natural foods) to plants like alfalfa [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by diane
I know, organic foods are expensive. I would love to be rich enough to buy everything I eat from a local organic market, but alas I don’t make that much money. So I did some research to find out which foods are the most important to buy organic and which I can get from [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by diane
Excellent question! I wondered this for a very long time. In fact if you had told me a year ago that not only would I be trying my best to eat organic food wherever I can, but I would also launch a site dedicated to healthy living, I would have called you crazy. But alas [...]
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