With the sale price for a two-liter bottle of soda at 99 cents – probably the same price it has been for most or all of your life – you may be wondering about the cost effectiveness of making your ...
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How To Make Delicious Wine, Coffee And Even Bread From Dandelions
Dandelions may seem like a nuisance in the yard, but before you mow over the little yellow flowers, pause to consider all the benefits the “weed” can provide. The dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) can be used for both natural remedies and ...
Read More »You’re Eating Human Hair: 6 Cringe-Worthy Ingredients Big Food Hides From You
We all cringed when we heard the news spread about hamburgers made out of so-called pink slime. Then when we learned about how filthy conventional apples were, many of us started buying organic apples. A few of us even stopped ...
Read More »Shocking: This Is What Your Grocery Would Look Like Without Bees
Bees have been dying in record numbers since about 2005, and Whole Foods Market recently embarked upon a “Give bees a chance” educational promotion to highlight the ongoing decline. The chain hosted events in its stores June 21 to alert ...
Read More »Angry Moms Group Tells EPA: Roundup Is Killing Our Children
The world’s most popular herbicide, Monsanto’s Roundup; is such a threat to children’s health that it should be completely removed from the market, an alliance of activist moms is demanding. The moms are petitioning the EPA to have the main ...
Read More »How Food Waste Is Costing You Thousands
We spend a considerable amount of time and money in keeping our cupboards stocked and our refrigerators full. It can be discouraging when we see our fruits and vegetables spoiling faster than we can eat them. According to the Natural ...
Read More »Life-Extension Snacks: Six Amazing All-Natural Treats
Do you sit in front of the TV at night and eat even though you’re not even hungry? Or worse, do you diet during the day and consume a half-gallon of your favorite ice cream at night? If so, you’re ...
Read More »Court Rules: Organic Farms Not Protected From Cross-Contamination
An organic farmer has lost a GMO lawsuit which supporters worldwide hoped would be a landmark victory for all-natural farming. Farmer Steve Marsh of Australia believed that genetically modified canola had drifted onto his land, contaminating his naturally grown crops ...
Read More »EPA To EXPAND Use Of Bee-Killing Pesticides
The EPA wants to expand the use of two pesticides that could be a major threat to America’s bee population, farms and the nation’s food supply. That’s the charge being made by the Center for Food Safety and beekeepers. The ...
Read More »How To Get All The Free Fruit You Need
When I was young, my grandmother had a copse of raspberry bushes. The fruit would grow so fat that the drupelets would bleed onto our fingers as we picked them. Grandma made lovely jams and syrups with the berries that ...
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