I just learned that organic apples and pears are sprayed with antibiotics! We eat a ton of these fruits. My husband eats on average about 10 apples a day and I pay the premium price for organics. This just make me want to scream! :(

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In my CSA box this week, I have four mini multi-colored corn on cobs that is meant to be used for popping corn. However, I'm unsure how to make it work. Does anyone here have experiences in shucking the kernels from the corn to make popcorn?

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I just brought home a half pint of delicious-looking blackberries from our local farmer's market. I got half-way through a bowl of berries before I noticed a dark wormy/grubby looking fellow creeping around on one of the berries. I'm now a little...unnerved. Growing up on the East Coast, I never had very much contact with fresh picked blackberries ( Read more... )

aspiring farmer/urban gardener/plant & animal lover here. what are some of your favorite farming blogs? real life accounts of living on the farm, local and organic/green/DIY growing practices. Googling this left me with an overwhelming amount of blogs to sift through.

My husband and I have been trying to swap to eating organic. We have discovered though that we cannot afford to buy all our usual groceries organic (we spent $300 last week). We will have to continue buying some of our food non-organic ( Read more... )

What are your favorite ways to flavor and eat yogurt that don't involve adding any sugars? After my antibiotics, I'm now having issues with YIs and thrush and so I'm trying to eat as much yogurt as possible in addition to the prescription antifungals.
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Okay, so I looked way back in the memories and this wasn't anywhere to be found so ( Read more... )

Hi, everyone! I have a question:

When I was looking at the nutritional facts on a Clif Z bar, I noticed that there was this seal that said "QAI organic". On the front of the packaging, there was another seal saying "USDA Organic". I was wondering, is there a difference between QAI Organic and USDA Organic?