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 [...]
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 [...]
Awesome pic of Michael Schmidt & his raw milk! Pic from The National Post. (This post originally appeared on my other blog, Avidly Dreaming.) As someone new to the raw milk “scene,” as it were, but not new to other food issues, I wasn’t really that surprised to learn that raw milk is a political [...]
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or nurse or in any way a "trained health professional." I am simply one gal reading voraciously, making changes to my life that make sense to me, and sharing what I know. Please take what I say as my own opinion and do your own research into the topics that interest you.
