April 22, 2008
· Filed under Earth Day, Getting Started, Urban Green, green living
Celebrating Earth Day is a fantastic event and it gets us thinking of the environment and what more we can do. And we can do more. We can take the ideas and lessons learned on Earth Day and apply them to our everyday lives.
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January 29, 2008
· Filed under Getting Started, Organic in the News, USDA · Tagged green living, organic label, organic living, organic shopping
A great place to start for the organic newbie is understanding USDA organic labeling and learning what the word organic does and doesn’t mean.
When you’re shopping in the store you will come across a lot of options for healthy, natural and organic foods. Especially these days where the organic market is growing in leaps and bounds. Big money companies are fighting for your dollar and as a result muddying the word “organic” with their marketing gimmicks. Being a savvy shopper will help you make educated purchases and be self-assured that you are buying the best for you and your family.
What to look for in organic – if you have access to a local farmer’s market you’re one step ahead of the game.
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January 26, 2007
· Filed under Getting Started
The other day I posted the information that I had found regarding Wal-Mart “Organics” and one of my readers, thegreenmommy, posted this great comment:
“…when articles tackle the subject of deceptive use of “organic,” it makes consumers doubt the entire organic food industry’s validity.“
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January 7, 2007
· Filed under Getting Started
In our grocery stores we see such labels as natural, home-free, free-range and others but these terms don’t mean they are organic. These claims maybe true but they aren’t interchangeable with organic.
So how do we know what is or isn’t organic?
We start with looking for a label whether it’s a single-ingredient food such as fruits and vegetables or multiple-ingredient foods such as pasta sauce or bread.
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January 4, 2007
· Filed under Getting Started
Do it yourself naturally. It all begins with you and maybe a bit of information from this little blog.
Natural and healthy living takes more than a New Year’s resolution but it’s enough to get started. It was my 2006 resolution and here I am a year later still enjoying the benefits of natural living.
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