U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year
Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately — and we’re paying through the nose for them.…
How Oprah’s Growing Healthier — And You Can Too
After more than 20 years of friendship, Oprah and her favorite health expert, Bob Greene, are taking their love of…
StarLink resurfaces: GM corn banned decade ago found in Saudi Arabia
AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to…
Air pollution cause of 200,000 premature US deaths – study
Smoke is released into the sky at the ConocoPhillips oil refinery in San Pedro, California (Reuters/Bret Hartman) Air pollution in…
Top Fruits and Veggies to Buy Organic
The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit environmental research organization based in Washington, DC, reports that you can lower your pesticide…
How to Create Your Own Personal Survival Seed Bank
You have probably heard of seed saving, where you save a plant’s seeds or tubers at the end of a…
Supersizing Food Storage with BUCKETS
I was asked to give a class one time on storing food in buckets and I definitely could relate to…
Organic food may be best for kids, pediatricians say
Organic, babies! The American Academy of Pediatrics is weighing in for the first time on the conventional vs. organic debate. Its…
The Pantry Primer: Meal Planning While You’re Building Your Stockpile
It’s really easy to get sucked into purchasing food for the here and now, and to forget about creating a…
This Week’s Harvest: Peaches
Nothing says summer like taking nibble from a peach, still warm from the sun, that is so juicy it runs…