Celebrate Earth Day Everyday

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I ask you to consider honoring Mother Earth everyday. We can not continue to take from our resources and never give back in return. There needs to be a balance [...]

BPA and Canned Foods

Many of us are aware of the dangers of BPA in our water bottles and baby bottles, but for some reason we overlook the danger of BPA and canned foods. BPA was originally developed in the 1930s to be used as an estrogen replacing drug for women but was replaced by the stronger DES. [...]

Want to Know More About Food Irradiation?

Check out this article over at Enviroblog, “Food irradiation: Grosser than you think.” Just when you think you have heard it all when it comes to our food supply contaminated with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, not to mention the animal cruelty, poor feeding habits and environmental toll from factory farming, now you [...]

Video: Build a Worm Composting Bin

This is a great video that will show you just how easy it is to start a worm composting bin. What you need:

Red Composting Worms
Rubbermaid Bin
Worm bedding such as old leaves, grass clippings or shredded newspapers

You can put it under your sink, feed it anything compostable, do your part to save the [...]

Start an Organic Salad Garden

“When you garden organically, you think of your plants as part of a whole system within Nature that starts in the soil and includes the water supply, people, wildlife and even insects. An organic gardener strives to work in harmony with natural systems and to minimize and continually replenish any resources the garden consumes.” Organicgardening.com
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What are Downer Cows?

Downer cows recently made headlines after a disturbing undercover video was released, the USDA issued a massive meat recall and the Humane Society sued. Cows headed for slaughter that are so sick or crippled they are unable to stand up are called downer cows by the meat industry. Generally speaking, these cows are [...]

Eat Organic Without Going Broke

“In December 2000, the National Organic Standards Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established a national standard for the term “organic.” Organic food, defined by how it cannot be made rather than how it can be made, must be produced without the use of sewer-sludge fertilizers, most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering [...]