
photo credit: Caitlinator I briefly published a post about a sustainable scandal at VA Tech. I was asked to pull the story off by someone I mentioned in the piece. But, in the brief time it appeared on my blog (about an hour), it was picked up by the media. Please check out the story [...]

I promised to blog about some of our quick and easy meals we made this week at the beach, as we ready our Islamorada Bungalow for its first rental guests of the season.

Boy, am I MAD. And misleading marketing labels are the reason.
On my trip to the beach, I stopped at a roadside market advertising Amish Food. I bought some wonderful produce, eggs for provisioning for the week. Because I was thirsty, I searched the cooler unit for something to drink on the road. The healthiest option…

I am a consumer, and I speak for myself. The fact that I am here at all should be an indication to you that the truth is dawning at last on the general population. It has been a gradual awakening, to be sure. For many years your department has been trying to force NAIS on us. What part of “NO” don’t you understand? Yes, the eyes of the public are being pried open by the undeniable, inescapable truth…

Today’s theme for our Natural Cures Blog Carnival is Home Remedies. My post is a cure for warts, those gross bumps that belong on frogs, not people. This remedy was passed down in our family. It is something that my mom told me about when I was a pre-teenager and had a few unsightly warts on my knee. Her grandmother, Grammy Lee, taught her…

Robyn O’Brien, a mother of 4, is an unlikely adversary of the chemicals put in our foods by food manufacturing industry. When her child developed allergy problems, she was thrust into a search for answers. She now is the founder of allergykids.com, has a blog called Food Politics and is a regular contributor to Huffington Post.

This week someone suggested I FAN Mother Linda’s page on Facebook.com. Turns out she has a great collection of recipes. I found her sprouted spelt waffle recipe on her website, motherlindas.com.

The USDA listening sessions on their animal ID system, NAIS, have been overwhelmingly filled with people making comments AGAINST any form of mandatory NAIS.

The idea for this galette originated with Julia Child who uses regular white flour in her dough. After a lot of trial and error and galettes galore by Andrea Milstein, she came up with the following recipe, which produces just the right crust for a rustic apple tart.

Today’s Natural Cures Blog Carnival is an opportunity to share your favorite healthy recipe. As each of us tries to re-tool our favorite recipes using non-GMO, organic, and other more natural whole food ingredients, through our blogs we can pass along our healthier versions to others.