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PLU – meaning behind the numbers

80% of all processed foods in the US are genetically modified.
The FDA does not require genetically modified food to be labeled.
How is one to know while they are shopping how the food is grown? Do you wonder if the tomato you’re eating has been crossbred with frog genes to render the tomato more resistant [...]

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Crop Subsidies = dinner?

Imagine if we had to live only on the foods that our government subsidizes for the crops from the Food and Farm Bill?
The “subsidy garden” reflects the $11 billion per year spent on BIG AG.
The subsidy garden consists of:

corn
wheat
rice
cotton
soybeans
tobacco
sorghum
canola
sunflower

Which would you prefer for your dinner?
Imagine if that $11 billion went to the smaller crops and [...]

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Organic, pastured, or certified humanely-raised?

I have just returned from the Berkshires where I was assisting John Bagnulo in a “bootcamp”  cleanse called Deep Spring Clean.  Last week, in one of the classes, we were reviewing organic practices by the industry.
While many of us believe we are offering our families the best by buying organic, I caution against blindly purchasing [...]

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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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