Tag Archives: Food

Now You Can Make Processed Foods At Home

By C.G. | Published: June 14, 2011

If you see this ingredient, Transglutaminase, in any food, don’t eat it. Transglutaminase is a chemical produced by the Ajinomoto Group and is used to bind proteins together. It’s a powdered meat glue and is often used in processed foods. Originally made from the blood of guinea pigs, there are vegetable based versions out there. [...]

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Eats Your Spinach

By C.G. | Published: June 13, 2011

Popeye was on to something. According to The Daily, spinach – long called a superfood – just got more super. Doctors say that, in addition to providing iron and other nutrients, it delivers inorganic nitrate which helps mitochondria produce more energy without using additional oxygen. Not only will this help build muscle during a workout, [...]

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Composting Might Not Be So Green Afterall

By C.G. | Published: June 6, 2011

Farmers and the USDA are not sure how to handle composts that might have chemicals in them – normally negating the organic qualifications they normally adhere to. It turns out, grass clippings and other materials – treated in some pest- or herbicide – might leach those chemicals into the compost which doesn’t always breakdown during [...]

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Fourteen And Counting

By C.G. | Published: June 4, 2011

Good on what we should be learning from Germany’s E.Coli outbreak which is resistant to 14 different antibiotics: “Currently, antibiotics are being fed to farm animals to promote growth. In fact, more antibiotics are now being fed to animals in North Carolina than given to the entire human population in the United States. The outbreak [...]

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Georgia Immigration Reform Puts Farms At Risk

By C.G. | Published: June 1, 2011

Well done, Georgia! In a quick fit of ignorant fear (perhaps a bit of rage), you just cost your agricultural business an estimated 25-30% of their annual profits thanks to your immigration reform bill. “Growers say that the improving economy and a consequent slight rebound in construction could be siphoning some of the mostly Hispanic [...]

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