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Living Local MV

Monsanto: What are we eating?

Why are there so many campaigns against Monsanto? The Organic Consumers Association’s “Millions Against Monsanto” campaign “Occupy Monsanto” The most recent “March Against Monsanto” Monsanto’s first product was the artificial sweetener, saccharin, later found to cause cancer in lab rats, yet is still sold today as Sweet’N Low (Kitchen Porch Catering refuses to serve this [...]

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Ramps

Ramps or wild leeks, are the super foods of spring.  They are one of the earliest wild edibles to show, and for many they are the prize Spring foraging.  People have long depended on the Spring greens for their restorative qualities after long, hungry winters. Ramps are high vitamin C and have saved many from [...]

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Nettle Soup

I am working on some recipes for Kombucha and beer for this Sunday’s Heavy Nettles Fest Potluck brunch which is sponsored by Slow Food MV and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. This Sunday, 10-2pm, we’ll have cooking demos and lectures happening. I promise you’ll learn loads about Nettles and how to grow them and eat them! [...]

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GMO Breakdown

The most dangerous threat facing our food supply is Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). GMOs are the result when scientists take the DNA of one species and force it into the DNA of another. Food is taken from its most natural whole state and turned into a science experiment. Scientists have created many genes that they [...]

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