Growers and Grocers

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As much as we might love the warmth of a crackling fire in the dead of winter, it would be nice to be able to enjoy it without sacrificing our trees for the logs needed.  There is a solution, brought to you by the folks at Java-Log. 
They sell fireplace logs that are made from all-natural […]

Have any hard-to-buy for, environmentally conscience people on your holiday gift giving list?  Why not a cool reusable water bottle from the folks at SIGG Switzerland?  ‘Course you might need something else along with it, but it would certainly make a great stocking stuffer.
Over 100 million plastic water bottles fill our landfills on a daily […]

In my town of Roseville, California, there is a new shopping center with not one, but two, organic/local restaurants: Paul Martin’s Amercian Bistro and Utopia Grill.  Paul Martin’s is a bit fancier, though the prices are definitely reasonable, while Utopia Grill is more grab and go.  It could be that this is just a coincidence, but […]

Do you recall a time before beef recalls?  As an organic grass-fed farmer, I know the origin of 0157:H7, the e-coli bug that is the source of nearly every beef recall in the past decade.  Yet I’m still shocked and amazed that the American public has no idea at all why beef is recalled and […]