415viewsYou don’t need to be a complete vegetarian for your diet to help protect the planet. Just eat less meat. Here’s why: 1. Save the rainforest. World Wildlife Fund estimates that, every year, an area of the world’s rain forests larger than the state of New York is destroyed to create grazing land. In latin […]
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Where can you find safe peanut butter?
What peanut butter products are safe to eat? Earlier this month, products containing peanut butter produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) were disovered to be tainted with salmonella. Over 488 people have become ill; six have died. The government has issued this list of products consumers should avoid. It is quite extensive and […]
Sustainable Seafood is Coming to a Supermarket Near You
Consumer demand for seafood has been depleting fish and shrimp populations for decades. The Marine Stewardship Council has helped protect marine animal populations by creating standards retailers and consumers can follow to choose wild-caught fish from better-managed fisheries. Wal-Mart and Whole Foods are among the retailers that sell MSC-Certified seafood. “Farming” fish and shrimp […]
How to Find Safe Tomatoes
Salmonella, the deadly bacterium that has a sneaky way of infiltrating our fruits and vegetables, has struck again. Since April 10, at least 228 people in 23 states have been sickened by the contaminant (the states include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Michigan, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and […]
Grilling Green For Healthy Food, Clean Air
Does Memorial Day launch your summer barbecue season? Try these ideas for a barbecue Mother Nature herself would love. In the Market for a New Grill? Go solar. A solar stove cooks more slowly and won’t get you the grilled flavor you expect from the barby. But it can’t be beat for a clean-cooking cookout. (Models […]
Do We Really Need Brewed Tea in a Box?
Hello? Anybody paying attention at Pacific Natural Foods? I don’t think so. Otherwise, why would a company that seems so ‘on target’ have completely missed the mark? Their latest offering is brewed tea…sold in a box. And it’s not just any box, either. It’s a 64-ounce, “shelf stable” box you can’t recycle, since it’s made […]
Give Organic Farmers a Fair Chance
Ever wonder why just 3% of the fruit you can buy is free of potentially dangerous pesticides? Or only 2% of vegetables? Or less than 0.02% of corn? It’s not a simple matter of “that’s all that farmers grow.” Organic farmers competing against conventional agricultural interests (i.e., the ones that use pesticides and herbicides) don’t […]