Dude, What's On My Food?!

As a parent, you're probably concerned about pesticides on the foods your family eats. I know I am. Since the Environmental Working Group came out with their list of the "Dirty Dozen", I'm more selective about our produce purchases. We even grew a few rows of kale in our raised … [Read more...]

The Organic Consumer’s Association: Food Safety Bill HR 2749 is Not Enough

With Swine flu, E-coli outbreaks, and the discussion of school-wide closings and massive vaccinations this fall, I've been thinking about the new food safety bill, HR 2749. I found this interesting article about the Organic Consumer’s Association. While the OCA recognized that … [Read more...]

Making a Microwave Free Home a Reality

In the early 1980's, my family and those of my aunts and uncles were all gifted with a fabulous new device by our loving Grandparents... the Microwave Oven. I remember all the excitement as the women enjoyed visions of faster meal preparation. We took that ugly, brown box with … [Read more...]

Vegan Recipes: Quick and Easy Organic Chocolate Chip Pecan Muffins

My kids love to make muffins, and one of their favorite vegan recipes is for chocolate chip muffins. We like to put a special dash of bran on the bottom and a dash of coconut on top for an extra treat. If you've never tried chocolate chips in a muffin, you will be pleasantly … [Read more...]

Grill Green With the uGO FlameDisk

Summer is here and this is a holiday weekend in the US, thousands and thousands of grills will be fired up, tons of charcoal and lighter fluid will be used and the number of resources consumed will be staggering. uGO has a product that can help green your grilling, the … [Read more...]