How To Buy Healthy Eggs In An Increasingly Confusing World

Sometimes you just run into the answer to a question that you didn’t actually know you wanted to ask. That was the case when I ran into this article on wisegeek - Why Are Chicken Eggs Different Colors? that carefully validated my usual choice. Chickens who eat free range, … [Read more...]

Being Green in a Tight Economy: Part II

The second part in our series on being green when budgets get smaller. Eating healthy (naturally, organically) is a huge part of being green. Purchasing and preparing foods for your family that are organically grown and free of artificial additives is vitally important to the … [Read more...]

Homemade Halloween Treat: Maple Candy

Halloween is almost here. A flood of mass-produced, artificially colored and flavored, high fructose corn syrup sweetened candy is about to be unleashed to the masses. Not for my kids. They deserve better. When our kids get all dressed up as ladybugs and fairies, we give them a … [Read more...]

Blog Action Day: Feed Impoverished Children Healthy Food with Farm to School Programs

I work in a school district where over 75% of the children are on the free and reduced lunch program. To be eligible for such a program, family income must fall below 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines for free meals, or family income must fall between 130 and at or … [Read more...]

Ben and Jerry's Breast Milk Ice Cream?

Ice cream made from breast milk would benefit both cows and humans, according to a letter sent from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream: If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and … [Read more...]