Growers and Grocers

Created by Vessel, the innovative product design firm that invented the overwhelmingly successful, award winning Candela lights,  the Guardian’s name matches its function.
With a portable lantern, which automatically illuminates during power failures, and a constantly lit plug-in base and charger, the Guardian utilizes warm white L.E.D.’s.
A longer lasting bulb that uses vastly less energy, light emitting […]

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 […]

Thanks to a British filmmaker, the English town of Modbury has become the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags. After witnessing the ravaging effects that plastic bags are having on our sea life, Rebecca Hosking took to filming the atrocity that few people are aware of.
Hosking arranged a local screening of her documentary, […]

While most of us would love to go organic with our entire grocery basket, the cost is often very prohibitive. In my local grocery store a package of fresh strawberries might run $2.99, but its organic equivalent would set me back $4.99. Likewise, potatoes, apples, and other organic produce can easily cost double […]

Country Home rounded up some excellent tips on how to go green in your kitchen in their April 2007 issue.
- Go organic on soft fruits, such as grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. They tend to hold onto the highest concentrations of pesticide residues. Michel Nischan
- Buy organic produce in season at its nutritional […]

The April 2007 issue of Country Home magazine is packed with ideas on “going green.” Whether it’s decorating your home, filling your kitchen or working in your garden, they have tons of inspiration on how to use recycled products, be mindful of the environment and how to go green.
They also have news of an […]

Shape magazine recently did a feature on going green in every area of your life, and one of the pieces focused on 8 Easy Ways to Make Your Kitchen Green.
1. Use a coffee maker that doesn’t require paper filters, and opt for loose tea leaves over tea bags.
2. Bring your own to-go mug to […]

The FDA is expected to approve the use of a powerful antibiotic in cattle, despite warnings it would speed the appearance of resistant microbes.  InterVet, Inc. has applied to market their drug Cefquinome for treatment of a pneumonia-like disease in cows.  It seems that the application will probably be granted due to a change in […]

Whole Foods has announced that they plan to purchase rival Wild Oats Market. It isn’t a major surprise to see the country’s largest natural food retailer gobble up their number two competitor. Especially as their slowing growth could benefit from the positive momentum that the Wild Oat’s family of stores has been experiencing.
In […]

The Times reports that meat from a farm in England infected with bird-flu “was sent abroad.” There are quarantine rules in place, but six trucks of poultry arrived in Hungary on Thursday. In response to this report, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs launched an investigation. The defense asserted is […]