Earth by the Numbers
Earth was formed 4.57 billion years ago Earth is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest of the nine bodies officially categorized as planets . It is also the only one known to currently support life. As of February 2006, 6,500,000,000 humans inhabit this planet. In 2013, 7 billion are expected and […]
Win a FREE Farmer’s Market Bag for Earth Day!
An eco-conscious alternative to the conventional grocery bag, this organic cotton tote will be perfect for the market, the library and every errand in between! Details: Simply answer the Earth Day question below and the first five people with the right answer will be the lucky winners of this organic cotton tote bag. We will […]
Organic Inc. Natural Foods and How They Grew
A Spring Mix: Growing Organic Salad My definition of fresh is that the perfect little lettuces are carefully hand-picked from the hillside garden and served within a few hours.–Alice Waters, 1982 It would be hard to miss the corporate offices of Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce company in the nation. The operation is just […]
Natural Dye
Related Article: About Eggs Before you pick up the conventional Easter egg dye kit at the supermarket this year, consider going au natural and using natural and organic fruit and vegetable dyes! Here’s why: Many food colorings contain color additives such as Red No. 3 and Yellow No. 5, which, according to a 1983 study […]
Peas
One of the first crops to go in, the sweet and crunchy pea is a sure sign of spring for many cooks and gardeners. It is a gardener’s delight to watch the pea’s delicate tendrils twist and turn their way up garden stakes towards the sun. In the kitchen, peas are quite flexible and adapt […]
About Eggs
Related Article: Natural Dyes for Easter Eggs are an integral part of diets around the world, and in springtime, they also adopt religious significance during Easter and Passover. Coloring and hunting for Easter eggs is an age-old tradition that signifies the advent of spring for many. The egg also plays a part at Passover with […]
Toddler Treat: Snappy Pea and Pineapple Salad
Kids love sugar snap peas for the same reason adults do—they’re crunchy, sweet and fun to eat! This is a delicious salad that’s sure to be a hit at the dinner table or in the lunchbox. To bring out the incredible green color of the sugar snap peas, blanch them first. Blanching is simple cooking […]
About Mushrooms
There is a vast array of mushroom varieties (almost 40,000!), each variety falling into one of two camps: wild and cultivated. Many of them are poisonous or cannot be cultivated—which explains the expensive price tags on the more-unusual varieties. Most varieties work well used fresh or cooked and may be used as an ingredient or […]
Spring at the Farmers' Market
Farmers’ markets are now offering a tempting variety of produce, making spring the perfect time of year to start enjoying the fresh taste of local-grown foods. Be sure to look for the word “organic” when browsing your market’s stalls – produce that is just-picked (rather than sitting for days in a truck), non-GMO and free […]
Yogurt for the Family
Yogurt is as familiar as milk in the dairy cases of supermarkets everywhere. It is available fresh or frozen and in regular, low-fat, and nonfat varieties—and talk about the choice in flavors! As with many processed foods, there are varying qualities of yogurt and even some “smoothie” brands that you might assume are yogurt, but […]
Cooking School Parties for Kids
Entertaining your children’s friends is never an easy task and coming up with an idea for a birthday party is often harder. Recently, Fresh Baby creator Cheryl Tallman’s son Spencer turned five and the event was celebrated with a cooking school extravaganza. For 2 ½ hours Cheryl and her husband transformed their home into "The […]
Healthy Habits: Avoiding Trans Fats
Over the past several years, trans fats have been the subject of much research and debate. Trans fats are present in foods that contain an ingredient that is “hydrogenated.” In the 1950s food scientists created the hydrogenation process in an effort to replace expensive butter with a solid stick form of liquid vegetable oil. In […]