For a fast, healthy and delicious Meatless Monday recipe, try this tasty Cauliflower Couscous. It’s a simple ragout made from cauliflower, tomatoes, onions and raisins, seasoned with cumin, salt and pepper and served on a bed of wholewheat couscous. NOTE: I use organic and locally grown vegetables and fruits when they’re available in the grocery […]
The infographic below from the Organic Center explains why eating organic food is better for you and the planet. In short, producing organic food saves millions of gallons of drinking water. It reduces our exposure to toxic chemicals when we eat fruit and vegetables. It eliminates synthetic hormones in our milk. Producing organic food also […]
Organic milk is healthier and more nutritious than milk produced the old fashioned way. Scientists at Washington State University compared the milk that came from two groups of cows. The “old fashioned” cows had been fed a diet of mostly corn, probably living in what are called “confined animal feedlots” where they are also […]
When you think of a sustainable diet, did it ever occur to you to eat bugs? Normally, it wouldn’t occur to us, either. But this provocative post from our sponsors at Ecocleen did. It’s so interesting, we wanted to share it with you. It’s clear to many people that as the world’s population rapidly grows […]
Maybe you already eat organic produce. You’ve cut down on meat. You grow your own lettuce. That’s great! But what else can we do, especially when it comes to the food we buy and eat? Danielle Nierenberg of The Food Tank suggests 13 important ways we can reduce the environmental impact of growing, processing, marketing, […]
Alarming levels of arsenic, a toxin that can cause bladder, lung and skin cancer, are showing up in rice. Why? It has to do with the way we grow food. Soil naturally contains some arsenic. But many of the pesticides and herbicides used on conventional farms add much more arsenic to the ground. Consumer Reports, […]
Farmers markets, roadside stands and bins in the grocery store are full of the ripe ingredients that combine to make recipes from La Tartine Gourmande, a new cookbook from Beatrice Peltre that emphasizes fresh, organic and seasonal cooking. The book itself features everything I like in a collection of recipes: simple directions, straightforward lists of […]
Eating fruits and vegetables that are grown without pesticides reduces the amount of toxic chemicals you eat. If you choose organically farmed beef, you’ll also minimize your exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. These conclusions seem obvious, but Stanford University put them to the test. In a recent analysis of 230 field studies and 17 human studies […]
