Tips for Evaluating a Grassfed Dairy Farm
How to evaluate a local farm for quality based on the appearance of the animals, quality of the pasture, and the barn and milk house as well as …
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An Airport Terminal With Real Food?
Richard Branson has done it again. The pioneering entrepreneur who purportedly offered William Shatner of Star Trek fame a free ride on the inaugural …
Dying Bats Threaten Organic Agriculture
First it was Colony Collapse Disorder with the mysterious and worrisome problem of disappearing bees. Now, bats across North America are dying too …
Grassfed Goes Gourmet
Grassfed beef is going mainstream! Emeril Lagasse, best known for his wildly popular TV cooking show, is now promoting well-marbled grassfed ribeye …
Do You Have an Herb Garden and Not Even Know It?
My child’s school class went on a field trip last week to a local, community organic farm.  This excursion afforded the children the unique …
The Life of the Lowly Dry Cleaning Hanger
“No wire hangers, ever!”  Faye Dunaway once screeched in her infamous role as the monstrous Joan Crawford in the movie Mommy Dearest. …
LED Light Bulbs. Far Worse than Incandescents!
I recently read an article which stated that the incandescent light bulb, you know, the one Thomas Edison invented in 1880, is being phased out …
Toxic Money: How to Protect Yourself
A reader sent me a link recently to a study that found high levels of the toxin BPA on dollar bills and receipts. The Washington Toxics Coalition …
EPA Knowingly Allowed Bee Killing Pesticide
Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald has found himself with a bulls-eye on his forehead for calling attention to a leaked EPA document that shows that the …
Update: Organic Canned Food Loaded with BPA
A few months ago, I blogged about how organic canned food is loaded with bisphenol-A (BPA) just the same as cheap canned foods from the …
Best Options for Nontoxic Dry Cleaning
Options for safe, green dry cleaning of clothes, bedding, curtains, and other hard-to-clean items that are nontoxic and completely free of solvents …
Nature’s Best Mosquito Control Hits a Snag
A while back, I wrote a post about the bat house we had installed in an oak tree in our front yard. It had taken several years, but a bat family …