How Real People on Real Budgets Can Afford Organic

by Robyn O’Brien
In a world where we are constantly worried about the health of our families, the stability of our jobs, paying the mortgage and all of life’s responsibilities, the simple act of trying to eat healthy often becomes a challenge.
Not to mention that if your family is anything like mine, then you’ve most likely [...]

Organic Choices

by Charlotte Strong
Food is a fundamental part of who we are and what we are. It is used as a celebration. It is a real common denominator as well as an indulgence and commodity. We are bombarded daily with information on what food is good and bad, and the latest in what will work to [...]

Superfoods You Should Be Eating

photo by Sally Mae Meyer
These days superfood can be used to describe a whole grocery store full of food. It seems that every fresh, natural, and organic food has some healing property that we can all benefit from. Antioxidants in blueberries and acai berries, omega-3 oils in avocados and grass fed, organic beef, and vitamin [...]

Recipe: Chunky Chewy Cherry Goji Squares

A flexible recipe, other nuts and dried fruit may be added or substituted with ease.
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup raw almonds
2/3 cup dried cherries
(unsweetened, unsulfered)
2/3 cup coconut flakes
1/2 tsp sea salt
2/3 cup Goji berries
1/4 cup chia seeds
6 Tbsp Honey
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a food processor, use the [...]

Beef Oxtail Soup

by Casey Castona, Acupuncturist
Ingredients
3 pounds beef oxtail (if you like more meat you can add more 1 to 2 lbs. chopped beef)
3 teaspoons sea salt
1 large onion, chopped
1 small bag of frozen peas
1 small bag of frozen okra
1 Tablespoon whole black peppercorn
1 container of sweet cherry tomatoes
Half a gallon of water
Whole package of baby [...]

Antioxidants

by Maria Emmerich
The benefits of exercise are widely known and understood, but unfortunately, the potential negative effects have only recently been addressed in the athletic community. Could exercise actually be causing damage to your body? It’s ironic, but it’s true. Exercise causes elevated aerobic metabolism, which in turn increases the production of killer molecules known [...]

Eat Local Challenge 2011 Winners

WOW! We got awesome submissions for the challenge this year. The participation was outstanding and we thank everyone for their comments, thoughts, and tips.  Eating locally is the best way to support your community.  Here are a few of the submissions we thought you all would like to read. Thanks again so much for everyone [...]

Eating Healthy and Supporting a Healthy Local Economy

by Heather Rothbauer-Wanish
With the move toward healthier living, eating, and caring for the environment, many consumers are turning to local farmers and farm products for food choices. In fact, the popularity of these types of farms appears to be growing; the growth is spurred from a desire to eat better and from the hopes of [...]

Grass-Fed Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner

The images are an indelible part of our heritage — open fields of cattle, grazing peacefully, with the occasional flick of a tail to break up the scene.
According to the 2008 film, Food Inc., this picture may be more nostalgia than a true representation of today’s food system. Currently much of our beef is delivered [...]

It Costs How Much?! Local Organic Meat Prices

While driving north this weekend, My mother-in-law and I were chatting about the weather, the royal wedding, and the children, when her attention was drawn to the movies I had gotten at the library to watch that weekend. “Food Inc?” she said in a never-heard-of-it voice, so I explained that it was a documentary on [...]

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