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Meatless Monday

My husband says “everything in moderation” as I have been talking about giving up meat.
This idea is hard for a family who raises our own pigs and barters chickens, lamb and beef for eggs, pork and time!
I have been heavily influenced by the China Study.  The study, initiated by T. Colin Campbell, conducted [...]

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Shrimp…

I have been ordering Maine wild shrimp this past month.
They truly are delicious delicacies that pop in your mouth.  Whichever way I cook them (sautéed, or in a soup), I cook them until they are ‘just cooked’ and then serve them.  Very similar to cooking scallops, I pull them off  the heat before they [...]

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Bee My Honey

I am reading about bees.
Since 2006, 30-90% of honey bees have left their hives, never to return.
Pesticides are one of the culprits that have been fingered.  A group of beekeepers has called on the EPA to remove Poncho, a commonly used pesticide, from store shelves.  The group claims that Poncho may be responsible for the [...]

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Eggs continued…

With my ongoing belief that we should only be eating pastured chickens, I listened to an August NPR segment by Anna Vigran as she presented information about healthy chickens and how they have natural antibodies that fight bacteria that could make us sick.
First I will clarify that pastured is not the same as cage-free.
Pastured [...]

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