October 2011
91 posts
Clean Up Your Act by Making (or Buying) Vegan Soap
Keeping your body squeaky clean is good for many reasons. For one, everyone appreciates cleanliness. You sans stench is stellar. Giving your parts a fresh scrub is good for your immune system and body, too. Now, when you support personal care companies that use organic and natural ingredients, and have cruelty-free, vegan soaps, you also give goodness to the environment (and your furry and...
Autumn Spiced Homemade Popcorn
It’s been a rough week for New Englanders. After the humiliating loss by and dismissal of the Red Sox longtime manager, the past few days have had we Bostonians and our neighbors keeping our heads down and mumbling obscenities. But there’s one thing that’s always sure to turn our frowns upside-down: Classic, crisp fall days and the delicious, autumn foods and flavors that come with them.
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Feeding the Fight: What Should Occupy Wall Street...
With a message that our nation’s wealthiest one percent—largely the banking industry and corporations—are inappropriately managing their wealth and adversely affecting the other 99 percent of Americans, the Occupy Wall Street movement is now entering its fourth week of protests in New York City’s financial district. But eschewing corporations is virtually impossible, especially as...
Whole Foods and Major Cereal Brands Accused of...
Accusations by the organic industry watchdog group The Cornucopia Institute suggest that a number of well established health food brands are selling cereals containing genetically modified ingredients as “natural.” http://dlvr.it/qbs75
8 Things to Do on A Rainy Day
Rainy weather brings much needed nourishment to the earth and her people, and each drop delivers a life-giving force that refreshes and renews. But sometimes the gray skies of a wet day can dampen your spirits as well, leaving you bored, sad or even depressed. Sunlight delivers vitamin D, a crucial nutrient that humans need, and without it you might turn to less-healthy dopamine enhancers such...
Restaurants of The Future: Can Food Service Really...
Fast-casual restaurant du jour, Chipotle, made headlines for using organic and local ingredients in all of its 1,100 U.S. locations. This year alone, more than 10 million pounds of produce will come from within a 350-mile radius of Chipotle locations. McDonald’s announced earlier this year that the behemoth fast-food restaurant would buy one million cage-free eggs each month for its U.S....
The Return of The Milkman
He shows up at your front door with a crate of glossy milk-filled bottles, whistling and smiling and tipping his hat to the neighbors as they stroll by. He’s the milkman. And he’s not just a thing of the _Leave It to Beaver _bygone era; he’s part of the local food movement happening today, all around us in major cities… and he might just be showing up at a doorstep near you. Check out why the...
Do You Want Tears with That? McDonald’s Launches...
After earning praise from animal rights advocates in the U.S. for a commitment earlier this year to begin buying cage-free eggs, McDonald’s has turned heads in the other direction with the news of its newest sandwich: A veal burger. http://dlvr.it/qQH7t
A Thing of Beauty: 5 Reasons to Use Synthetic...
You may feel that when it comes to makeup brushes, you arrive at a proverbial double-edged sword. Your options are either brushes made from animal hair or those made from synthetic fibers. Support animal cruelty or the unnatural? Well, we don’t often do this, but we’re cheering for the synthetic, and here’s why.
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Organic Legend: David Bronner, CEO of Dr....
The Bronner family history is undoubtedly significant, but it is their future that appears to be even more extraordinary. David Bronner, 38, grandson of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap founder, Emil, is CEO of the number one selling organic soap brand in the U.S. But perhaps even more impressive than his ability to move the company forward into record profits and further cementing the brand as...
Dear Sharks: These Fins Belong to You. Love,...
Despite being home to one-third of the U.S. Asian-American population, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill banning the sale or trade of shark fins—the controversial Asian delicacy. http://dlvr.it/qKSzY
Are You Addicted to Stress?
People become addicted to all sorts of guilty pleasures: Alcohol, shopping, gambling, sex and – stress. STRESS? Why would one want to indulge repeatedly in such a nasty habit as stressing out?
As it turns out, stress is not all bad. Stress propels you to study harder for an exam, to make it to your job interview on time and to watch your children carefully at the beach. Stress isn’t...
4 Costumes Made from Garbage for Halloween 2011
Who doesn’t love stories about resourceful high school girls who made their own prom dresses? Not out of fabric, mind you, but out of gum and candy wrappers, or duct tape. They’ve been applauded for their creativity, but what of their sustainability? After all, instead of ending up in a landfill, these recycled materials have gone on to make for rather distinctive attire. We’ve decided to...
New Orleans, A Food Desert No Longer
One of the most important terms to arise in the last two years is certainly “food desert,” which is an economically impoverished region with little or no access to healthy food. Credit Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign for coining the concept, and more importantly, for partnering with local supermarkets in helping to correct it. One of the most...
8 Things to Look for When Choosing Your...
Since I read about the study that linked taking vitamins to a significant reduction in cancer rates and general mortality, I’ve had the intention to start taking one: A Multivitamin. But, when I venture into the health food store and hit the vitamin aisle… let’s just say I feel overwhelmed and leave with nothing but a vegan donut.
With a wall of multivitamins before us,...
Do You Believe in Magic? Psychedelic Mushrooms...
Humans don’t use the word “magic” lightly—at least when it comes to what we eat (“big” or “extra”… well that’s another story). We understand magic to be otherworldly—drifting down to our humdrum lives from realms imagined—conjured by our longing for something more. Answers, or at least, possibilities, to explain this mysterious human...
Undercover Blogger Eats School Lunch Every Day for...
After a year of anonymously documenting her daily consumption of school lunches in a blog, Chicago public school speech pathologist Sarah Wu, 34, has revealed her identity and a new book, Fed Up With Lunch. http://dlvr.it/q34y5
Healthy Diet Significantly Reduces Risk of Birth...
New findings published in a recent issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine suggest that women who regularly eat a healthy diet leading up to becoming pregnant are significantly less likely to have babies with serious brain and spine birth defects, cleft lips and cleft palates. http://dlvr.it/pxjZv
An Organic Pet Parent's Dream
The term “pet parent” has got a lot of use over the last few years. With pet food scares in the latter 00s to murky pet food labels, pet owners have become very hyper-vigilant about pet supplies and food. Animal lovers everywhere can start to rejoice, though. Many pet food, supply, toy, bedding and care companies use organic material, non-toxic dyes and natural ingredients.
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The Whole Grain German Bread Tradition
German bread is not your usual breed of breads.
It is neither white nor starchy, a common characteristic associated with the better known European bread varieties of countries like Italy and France.
Rather, it is coarse and unrefined, composed mainly of whole grains, such as rye, spelt, millet and wheat - usually in pure form giving it a density that far outweighs any fluffy focaccia,...
