Aspartame Linked to Leukemia & Lymphoma in Groundbreaking Study
Each year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total. 86 percent of this aspartame (4,500 tons) is from the consumption of diet sodas....
The 10 Rules For Your Emergency Food Pantry
Those of you who plan to take the first steps toward preparing for emergencies may feel a bit overwhelmed at where to begin. After all, there is a...
‘Globesity’: US Junk Food Industry Tips Global Scales
From Mexico to Qatar, obesity rates are soaring to unprecedented levels. The alarming trend is damaging economic performance, as well as the health of millions...
Relationship Between Landscape Simplification and Insecticide Use Explored
A new UCSB study that analyzed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census of Agriculture data spanning two decades (1987-2007) shows that the statistical magnitude, existence,...
Eating an Anti-Cancer Diet (Without Breaking the Bank)
I wrote recently about my decision to feed our toddler an “anti-cancer” diet. Mind you, I wasn’t claiming that by feeding my child certain foods,...
Rookie Preppers: 8 Mistakes To Avoid
As some of you know, I’ve been prepping for a little over 3 years now. Believe me when I say that I have probably made...
9 “Crazy Simple” Tips To Build Your Emergency Food Supply
These days, it seems as though everyone has something to say about emergency food and emergency food storage. You will find advice telling you not...
Food Storage Containers
This is a very wide and varied topic as you can store your emergency food supplies in a lot of different ways. As you have...
How Much Emergency Food to Store
Your first step should be deciding how much food you want to aim for. That can be determined by how many people you intend to...
Obama Administration’s Secret Trade Agreements Threaten Food Safety and Promote GMOs
If you think the U.S. government is doing a sub-par job of keeping your food safe, brace yourself. You could soon be eating imported seafood,...
Oregon Governor Bans Canola Production Citing GMO Contamination Risks
Center for Food Safety Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) signed a bill into law last week, banning commercial production of canola—also known as rapeseed—until 2019 inside...
Seed Freedom, Not GMOs, the Answer to Malnutrition and Hunger
What happens to the seed affects the web of life. When seed is living, regenerative and diverse, it feeds pollinators, soil organisms and animals—including humans....
‘Eat Drink Vote,’ a useful illustrated guide to food politics
From the cover of Marion Nestle’s “Eat Drink Vote” The story of how pizza became a vegetable in school lunches in the introduction of Marion...
How much money do you save when baking your own bread?
Bread baking is what made me fall in love with being in the kitchen. This may surprise you as I haven’t shared a lot of...
Are you a pantry stocker?
I grew up in the suburbs (still live there actually) where grocery shopping was done once a week, and the pantry was stocked with...
Homemade Probiotic Salsa Verde Recipe
I love a good salsa verde sauce, especially over enchiladas. In my quest to eliminate commercial bought products and make my own healthier foods, I...