Aug
27
I am not a scientist. That’s why I am sometimes amazed and appalled when a bunch of really, really intelligent PhD types do something like create genetically-modified Round-up resistant cotton and then react with surprise and dismay when weeds start turning up with herbicide-resistance. Yes, Monsanto, I’m talking about your scientists, your GMO cotton, and …
Aug
19
Researchers at Cornell University released a study that confirms what we already knew: eating local is better for the planet and better for our health. The study found that the United States food production industry uses almost as much fossil fuels as our entire fleet of automobiles. This seems impossible until you consider that it …
Aug
12
This past winter, I tried hard to limit our grocery store fruit purchases to US fruit. That meant a lot of citrus from Texas and a lot of apples from Washington, which overall, was fine with us. Then, it happened. An insidious interloper appeared on the grocery store shelves. Something so seemingly-wonderful, and yet so …
Aug
03
A couple of folks have asked me for a quick how-to on making jam. I realized I couldn’t jump straight into recipes & tips until I covered some basics on canning itself. What is home canning and how does it work? What do you need to get started? Do you really need to take a …
Aug
02
How can it possibly be August already? That leaves us less than 30 days to go to prepare for our year of eating locally. Granted, September is still harvest season here in Colorado, so it’s not like I have to have everything put by before the end of August, but still, the pressure is on! …
Jul
27
Friday morning, I chanced upon this blog post about taking a 100 Mile Vacation just hours before we walked out the door for our first 100 mile vacation this summer to State Forest Park in northern Colorado. I have to tell you, for $44 in camping fees, a tank of gas, and a little creative …
Jul
25
Last night, we picked up our first share of a local organic food co-op run by LoveLandLocal (and thanks to Nature Deva for telling us about it!). For a mere $120, we picked up: 10 lbs green beans 8 lbs organic peas 1 lb basil 10 lbs organic brown rice 10 lbs unbleached white flour …
Jul
21
After trying many method products over the past 6-8 months and writing my method product review last week, I found I still had some unanswered questions about this innovative company and its products. Why do they still use petroleum-based ingredients? What’s up with the artificial fragrances? Why aren’t they signing the Compact for Safe Cosmetics …
Jul
18
Sorry for the abrupt departure from my usually fluffy Friday posts (see previous post if you’re just not up for something serious today–I’ll totally understand), but I just had to blog about this (and I even cross-posted at BlogHer). In a recent speech, Al Gore issued a challenge to the United States similar to one …
Jul
06
After reading about method products on TreeHugger (How to Green Your Cleaning and Method Home Cleaning Products, in addition to several forum threads on method) last year, we decided to take a step toward keeping our brand-new Built Green Colorado home green and switched over the last few conventional cleaning products we had to ones …
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