Dirty Dozen? When I began the organic phase of my food journey I found “the dirty dozen”. A group of foods that have the MOST pesticide residue left on them and IN them. I didn’t know that I couldn’t just wash off the pesticides–I’ve learned a lot since then! These 12 foods are foods that…
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Food School: a 31 day course (Day 12-feed lot “art”)
This summer I grew rosemary, thyme, cilantro, basil, mint and sage in containers on my deck–it took up very little space and my yield was incredible–even when I forgot to water them :-) My garden was on the smaller size yet I had more strawberries, cucumbers, several varieties of tomatoes . . . than I…
Does Organic mean non-GMO?
Question: Does organic mean GMO free? I’ve been re-evaluating my food choices over the last year for these reasons: I wanted to lose 70 lbs. I still want to lose weight but it is coming off more slowly the closer to 50 I get! I’ve had some success but not nearly as much as I would…