Monthly Archives: February 2010

Regulatory Confusion Hinders Cottage Industry

Local Food | February 12, 2010

A video interview with a Virginia herbalist dramatically shows the heavy burden too many laws and overlapping bureaucracies puts on cottage industry in the U.S.

Posted in Local Food | Tagged farmers market, food safety, small farms | 3 Comments

Read Ingredients Labels Carefully!

Successful Homemaking | February 11, 2010

There is a cool i phone app for avoiding toxic food ingredients. Plus, a food blog reader has asked that we spread the word about a sneaky ingredients change in a sprouted wheat bread.

Posted in Successful Homemaking | Tagged gluten free, gluten intolerance, toxic food | 11 Comments

Sourdough Waffles Made with Clabbered Milk

Whole and Natural Foods | February 10, 2010

Sourdough Waffle made with Clabbered Milk

A recipe for waffles made with raw milk that has been clabbered first. What’s that you say? Read this recipe and find out!

Posted in Whole and Natural Foods | Tagged breakfast, clabbered milk, Raw Milk, recipe, waffles | 18 Comments

The Weston A. Price Diet– How it Has Changed My Life

Natural Health | February 8, 2010

A former vegetarian describes her new-found belief in the Weston A.Price Diet, and laments the health problems her former regime caused her.

Posted in Natural Health | Tagged digestive issues, Weston A. Price | 11 Comments

Past President of Veterinary Ireland says Mastitis a Ticking Time Bomb

Local Food | February 5, 2010

Ireland is starting to grapple with seriousness of mastitis in dairy cows, while American experts twiddle the teats and blame farmers.

Posted in Local Food | Tagged dairy business, dairy farms | 2 Comments

A School Girl’s Essay on Food Safety Issue

Local Food | February 4, 2010

Clare Hamilton goes to the head of her class on food safety. This farm girl is growing up on a sustainable farm in Colorado, and one can only hope the politicians listen to her words of wisdom.

Posted in Local Food | Tagged food safety, inhumane animal treatment, small farms | 3 Comments

A New Twist on Kombucha

Whole and Natural Foods | February 3, 2010

A short cut method of making Kombucha with Apple Cider from a former home economics teacher and Weston A. Price member, Sylvia Onusic.

Posted in Whole and Natural Foods | Tagged apple, Kombucha, recipe | 7 Comments

Sounding the Alarm About Soy

Natural Health | February 2, 2010

Gail Elbek is alarmed at our government’s inattention to a lurking health danger, modern soy foods and infant formula. She works tirelessly to sound the alarm.

Posted in Natural Health | Tagged dangers of soy, soy, toxic food, toxins in soy | 7 Comments

How Gail Elbek Began Her Stop Soy Damage Crusade

Natural Health | February 2, 2010

She is like Erin Brockovich, except she is out to expose the soy food industry. Now, Gail Elbek tells why she works tirelessly to get our government to act.

Posted in Natural Health | Tagged dangers of soy, soy, toxic food, toxins in soy | 4 Comments

Max Kane on Schmidt Verdict, Our Constitutional Rights to Our Own Bodies

Heroes of Sustainable Agriculture | February 1, 2010

Max Kane, an eyewitness at the Michael Schmidt verdict which pronounced the legality of Canadian cowshares, shares his thoughts in words and on video.