From the category archives:

Factory-Free Food

Soy is Not a Health Food

November 19, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
Thumbnail image for Soy is Not a Health Food

The mainstream media has got news for you these days: Overweight? Try soy! Hot-flashes? Eat soy! Blotchy skin? Rub on some soy! Lactose intolerant? Soy! With all the ads on TV and all the products popping up everywhere, you’d think soy foods were the answer to everything that ails you. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from [...]

Read More >>

It’s Easy Eating Greens

November 10, 2009 Factory-Free Food
Thumbnail image for It’s Easy Eating Greens

Whether from cold frames, greenhouses or winter gardens, now that the days are cooler, an abundance of leafy greens are ready to harvest. Between our CSA box and the farmer’s market, we’ve been enjoying a lot of fresh kale, cabbage, broccoli and romaine lettuces for the last two weeks. 

Read More >>

Grassfed Beef Can SOLVE Global Warming

October 14, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
Thumbnail image for Grassfed Beef Can SOLVE Global Warming

This post is part of the Blog Action Day for Climate Change and Fight Back Friday hosted by FoodRenegade! 150 years ago, much of the Great Midwest was still covered with prairie grassland, providing valuable grazing land and habitat for thousands of plant and animal species, including millions of elk, bison and deer. These lands [...]

Read More >>

The Skinny on Fat, Part 3

October 8, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
Thumbnail image for The Skinny on Fat, Part 3

Part 1 of “The Skinny on Fat” discussed the why industrial cooking oils made from corn, soybean and Canola as well as animal foods that have been fed corn and soy are primary contributors to America’s epidemics of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Part 2 examined the second major contributor to our growing waistlines [...]

Read More >>

Environmental News Highlights – 10/8/2009

October 8, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
Thumbnail image for Environmental News Highlights – 10/8/2009

This week’s GreenLinks are about inspiration. Each of the following stories inspired me to believe that we can solve the economic and environmental crises the world is now facing, and they also powerfully prodded me to do what I can to make a difference in my home and community. I hope they inspire you too… 

Read More >>

Dandelion: Much More than a Lawn Menace

October 7, 2009 Factory-Free Food
Thumbnail image for Dandelion: Much More than a Lawn Menace

Many wild plants and “weeds” are some of the most nutrient-dense greens you can eat. It is only in the past 100 or so years, as our food system became more and more industrialized, that wild superfoods dropped out of our diet. So I try to include them in mine when I can. This past [...]

Read More >>

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →