Blogs

90 Salads In 90 Days: How a Committed Carnivore Convinced Herself to Enjoy Leafy Greens

"No I didn't lose any weight," writes Fields, but her "energy levels shot through the roof."

Eliminate Your Ingestion of Water-Borne Pollutants

Buying bottled water doesn't give you pure water. Read here to see how I found while using a faucet-mounted filter, my water quality got worse. I offer a home-based alternative.

Recipe for Creamy Polenta

Polenta is a very versatile staple to incorporate into your meals. Depending on what you add to it, you can dish up a tasty sweet or savory accompaniment to any breakfast, lunch or dinner meal or serve as a dessert.

An Inconvenient Apple: Advice for Carbon-Calorie Counters

Every food has a "carbon footprint" based on how it was grown, processed, transported, and stored. Die-hard greenies should buy in-season locally grown produce. The rest of us should at least pay attention to the companies we buy from – and buy from companies that pay attention to us, too.

Recipe for Feta Shrimp

Whether you serve this shrimp atop a salad or as kebobs with couscous, polenta, rice pilaf or quinoa, this scrumptious shrimp dish is sure to please your summer appetite for easy to fix meals that are simple to grill.

Plastic-free Farmer's Markets need our thanks!

Here's a new trend in the Bay Area: Farmer's Markets going plastic-free.

Recipe for Italian Gazpacho

This recipe was written by Heather Laine of Glow Girl. In her own words "Chill with my absolute favorite concoction of flavors for a light summertime dish that is high in GLOW GIRL nutrients!"

The Future of Food - CEO Says Some Organic Companies Use Feedlots...Who Can We Trust?

I’m a small-potatoes beginner farmer and writer living in the middle of nowhere in Vermont, who was personally invited to an advance screening of the film Food, Inc. by the CEO of one of the largest organic companies in the world.

Madison, WI

Join a CSA, Get a Rebate!

Get paid for eating your vegetables? It sounds like every six-year-old’s dream come true.

What Your Region Has in Season

There’s no better reason to head down to the farmer’s market for some of the season’s fresh produce.