Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Going Green, Organic, Toxins on Feb 15th, 2011
I’ve been feeding my kids organic stuff forever. Since before they were born, really. I’m a real stickler when it comes to meat, veggies, dairy, and fruit, too. I have been a little more lenient when it comes to my own food, though. I’ll eat the non-organic comice pear — my absolute favorite snack. I’ll [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Organic on Oct 23rd, 2010
Next weekend we will don our costumes (Big Girl will be a unicorn and Little Girl will be a dragonfly) and hit the streets for Trick or Treat. And at the end of the night I will be what many people out there might call a mean mommy. Again. The type of mom who, in [...]
Posted in Food, Going Green, Organic on Oct 13th, 2010
We’re in Week 20 of our community supported agriculture (CSA) share. We’re a drop off location, so I am always the first and last in the garage after the veggies are dropped off. This is my fourth year as a CSA member, but only my first as a drop off location. I have three main [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Organic on Jun 23rd, 2010
Ask my sister and brother if I can cook. As my husband. They are probably going to tell you no, she can’t. My mother, too. I usually concede the point. I am the person who, one time, made cupcakes and forgot to add eggs. The one who, two days ago, almost burned down the house [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, Organic on Jun 9th, 2010
As many of you know, I belong to an amazing community-supported agriculture program called the Golden Earthworm Farm. This year, in fact, I am a drop-off location, which means my house is the place where 19 people come to get their just-picked organic veggies. While the price is pretty reasonable — about $20 per week [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Health, Illness, Organic, Preventative medicine, Safety, Toxins on May 8th, 2010
Yesterday the President’s Cancer Panel — I can’t believe I didn’t know it existed — released its most recent annual report, Reducing Environmental Risk: What We Can Do Now. Download it. It’s worth a read. The report explains that, in 2009, more than 1.5 American men, women and children were diagnosed with cancer, and 562,000 [...]
Posted in Food, Going Green, Health, Organic, Reduce on May 3rd, 2010
I have to take 60 steps to get to and from my new compost bin. I know this because I counted during one of the seven or eight compost bin runs I made yesterday. First I had to get rid of the watermelon rinds left over from breakfast. At lunchtime my cargo was a bunch [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Organic on May 1st, 2010
My husband came home from the store today with a surprise. One that made me smile really widely: A compost bin! Finally! He gave it to me right before dinner so all the non-meat scraps that are sitting on the table will soon find a new home. I can’t wait to see how this is [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Going Green, Organic, Recycle, Reduce, Sustainable on Apr 26th, 2010
I had the unique pleasure of spending Earth Day in New york City where, it seemed, that plenty of people were celebrating the “holiday.” One of the things I noticed: The way so many of the companies marking the occasion were giving out stuff that wasn’t good for the environment. Sure, some people had their [...]
Posted in Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Going Green, Organic, Shopping, Sustainable on Apr 23rd, 2010
I spent Friday in the city at the ASJA Writer’s Conference, which took place at the Roosevelt Hotel. Great conference, I was excited to see all the people I talk to on Facebook and on our online forum. Once I left the hotel, though, and made my way down 45th Street I was really excited. [...]