What’s better than organic? Organic and grass-fed, at least when it comes to dairy. Our family tried to eat vegan for a couple months and quickly learned that we really just weren’t into soy-cheese. We now consume only organic cheese and in small quantities (many recipes taste just as good with half the cheese!) It [...]
Archive for the ‘Organic’ Category
7 Nov
Our taxes going to support conventional agriculture campaign
Looks like the federal government is giving California conventional agriculture money to launch a campaign against the EWG’s campaign to bring awareness to consumers about pesticides on their produce (surely by now you’ve heard of the “dirty dozen“). Here is some information I just received via email from the EWG: Our Shopper’s Guides to Pesticides [...]
17 May
Pesticides linked to ADHD
MSNBC has posted an interesting article, which reports that children with high levels of certain pesticides are more likely to have ADHD. A few quotes from the article: Kids with higher-than-average levels of one pesticide marker were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as children who showed no traces of the poison. [...]
30 Apr
Blueberries high in pesticide residues
As far as I know, blueberries haven’t been tested by the EWG in the past for their pesticide residues. But the most recent Shopper’s Guide now has blueberries in the top dozen most contaminated fruits and vegetables (number 5!) I guess that means we will only be eating them when we can find them organic. [...]
19 Feb
Buying an organic mattress
We have been in need of a new crib mattress. While we are expecting our third baby (and you’d think we already had a crib mattress), we have decided to keep our 2 year old on it in his crib for now. We bought a second hand crib from a neighbor but didn’t want to [...]
4 Sep
Our Silk replacement
After drinking Silk soy milk for 7 years, I learned that the manufacturer decided to stop using organic soybeans and replace them with conventionally grown ones. Needless to say, I was on the market for a new soy milk. Non-organic soybeans are not acceptable for my family, even if Silk claims they are not genetically [...]
23 Aug
Silk soy milk no longer organic
This is a rough week for me–in the span of 48 hours, I have learned that two companies I trusted were dishonest with their consumers. First, I found out that SIGG water bottles used to be lined with BPA. Second, I found out that sometime in the spring of 2009, Silk soymilk stopped using organic [...]
8 Aug
Shopping at a farm
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is take my family to an organic farm about 25 minutes from our house. They have strawberries and raspberries you can pick yourself, and a barn full of fresh, organic produce for purchase. They team up with other farmers in the area to provide meat, [...]
1 Aug
Yummy produce!
We have now received our CSA shares for about 6 weeks. We love it! In addition to our weekly vegetables and fruits, we added a dozen organic, pastured eggs to our order. I met a woman that had visited the farm herself and she told me the chickens were in fact kept in a wonderfuly [...]
11 Mar
Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides
The EWG has just released the 5th edition of its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides. This guide includes the 12 fruits and veggies that usually have the most pesticide residues on them. Peaches, apples, and bell peppers are usually at the top of the list, but I don’t remember seeing kale on it before. This surprises [...]
