What is in Your Apple Juice?

If you ask the question, “What is in my apple juice”, be very concerned if you hear the words arsenic, chemicals, pesticides and chemical preservatives.

For delicious apple juice that is safe to drink, the answer is organic farming. Organic apples are grown in accordance with the norms established by an organic certifying body. Organic apple juice is prepared without the use of chemicals. Clearly, a glass of apple juice free from chemicals and arsenic is the wise choice for families concerned about eating a healthy diet. Read the rest of this entry »

Organic Food – Good For You And The Earth

Living the green life requires a little more than wearing eco-friendly clothing, buying green cleaning products or getting your renewable energy through places like Texas electricity providers – you also have to eat green, too. Whatever arguments you can drum up against the thought of changing your diet to organic fall short when compared to the exponential benefits of an organic diet – benefits not just for you but the environment as well. And don’t go thinking that going organic means you have to give up meat.

When applied to meat, organic usually means a number of things but the most common aspect is the humane treatment of these living creatures before they are butchered. It might sound like propaganda, but organic meat harvested from creatures treated humanely is often healthier and free from whatever drugs or hormones that are fed to the creature. The same applies to organic fruits and vegetables too. When you take pesticides out of the equation you get healthier and fresher produce and that’s better for everyone.

And while the biggest argument against organic food might be the overall cost, you have to make a choice – do you pay a little more up front for healthier food or do you pay a lot later when your health finally catches up with you?

Can You Can? Preserving Your Fruits and Veggies

If you are looking for a way to preserve your fruits and veggies from your summer harvest you need to think about canning them for the winter. When you grow your own fruits and veggies you not only save yourself money but you also save all of the chemicals that are put into foods in supermarkets today. Growing your own food is the best option if you have the ability to do it. When you grown your own food you give yourself Read the rest of this entry »

You Are What You Eat: The Argument for Organic

For years we simply went along not questioning what was in our food, or how it was produced. This is because we simply had faith that there was someone overseeing this production that had our best interest at heart. In recent years, we are finding out that this might not be the case.

Certified organic foods are free from chemicals, hormones, pesticides, and other things that can do harm to our bodies. There are so many health problems Read the rest of this entry »

Community Ties: Creating Your Own CSA

Community Supported Agriculture has become very popular in providing consumers with local home grown food directly from farmers. A CSA is beneficial to both the consumers and the farmers and helps everyone to support local small businesses. Creating your own CSA is rather easy. The first thing you need to do is contact some local farms and find out what types of products they can offer your group. Decide if you will be dealing with just fruits and vegetables or if you want fresh meats too. Read the rest of this entry »

Battling the Bugs: Controlling Insects Naturally

If you-re an organic gardener, you may find yourself overrun by bugs eating your plants. You don-t want to use harmful chemicals to keep them away. Don-t worry; there are plenty of natural methods of pest control.

For instance, you can stop slugs in your garden by putting out a small can and filling it with beer. Sounds silly, but slugs are actually attracted to the beer. They-ll climb in the Read the rest of this entry »