Last weekend, a friend came to visit. It was wonderful to see her, and a few of us did the usual thing you do when a friend comes to stay: we went out one night to a fun bar, spent a day and night with drinks & movies & chatting into the wee hours, and [...]

You don’t want to end up like this, but if you do, it’s ok. There is a lot of information on the web (and on this site) about how to switch to real food, how to make better choices, and the like. For a different take, here are some things not to do if you’re [...]

Continuing from my last post about the 7 steps to switching to real food, here is a more detailed look at one way to switch: this is the basics of how I did it. Please take my ideas as just one way among many; doing these steps in this order may or may not work [...]

With all the talk about real food these days, I thought I would offer my version of making the switch. Of course, eating more eggs, raw cheese, grass-fed beef, nitrate-free bacon, and grass-fed butter is easy, right? Well, sure, eating the good stuff isn’t a problem; it’s eating the good stuff all the time and [...]

I have a little worry and cynicism I want to get off of my chest. I beg your pardon if this isn’t your cup o’ tea. Despite being a real food & small farmer champion, I’m not political otherwise, and I rarely read or watch the news. I’m an admitted cynic who prefers to mind [...]

Image from this Treehugger article; I love that this pic shows a healthy cow, raw milk, and lush grass…all vitally important for real food and real health! I decided to do a series of posts on the subject of real food and what it means to me, including what I’ve learned and am learning as [...]

From The Matrix Reloaded: Morpheus speaking to the people of Zion [Warning: mini rant!] I’ve been reading a lot lately about “food safety.” About the fight for raw milk, about horrible new drugs used in livestock, about more food contamination, about more meat recalls. It is frustrating, scary, and rage-inducing, because I know the problems [...]