Every year the Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out a list of the 12 types of produce that contain the most pesticides. The group analyzes tests by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the list. The list was released in the beginning of the year, but it’s important to browse the list multiple times so the information is at your fingertips. [1]
If you’re in the mood for salad at your next meal, you may be safer buying your own unpackaged lettuce than you are buying the packaged stuff, a new study finds. Why? Because bagged salad promotes Salmonella growth.
Source: UPI
Some 30% of perfectly good apples never get sold because they are ugly. Ridiculous, isn’t it? Walmart recognizes the ridiculousness of this, and announced that it would start selling weather-damaged apples at a discount. The big-box chain will sell the apples in 2- to 5-pound bags at 300 Florida stores under the brand name “I’m Perfect,” with more locations possible later.
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a hydroponic garden right in your very own home, IKEA wants to help make that happen. The company might be notorious for its assemble-it-yourself furniture, but now its new indoor gardening kit allows you to grow fresh produce at home without any soil or gardening experience. Your plants should grow with the assistance of adequate light and water alone.
The kits are part of the KRYDDA/VÄXER series, and were developed with the help of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. [1]
Each year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases its “Dirty Dozen” list of the fruits and vegetables that rank highest in pesticide residues. This year, strawberries top the list.
For the first time, strawberries outrank apples, which previously headed the list for 5 years running.
Do you find yourself often eating junk food because it’s less pricey than food which promotes optimal health? A new study published this week by researchers at Harvard University found that lowering the price of fruits and vegetables is key in preventing people from dying of heart attack and stroke.
Source: Daily Mail
Hippocrates, the ‘father of modern medicine,’ has known for his quote ‘let food be thy medicine.’ Many of us live by that quote, and even doctors are adopting a more natural, holistic approach in the medical field.
One doctor in Houston, Texas takes that advice to heart. Instead of prescribing an infinite number of expensive pharmaceutical drugs to his patients, Dr. Garth Davis makes eating right the foundation for people’s health.
As part of the growing need to find sustainable ways to provide organic, quality food for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors, more young people have become interested in organic farming. Now new programs are teaching children the importance of self-sustainable farming, and how to farm using age-old techniques.
Imagine 60-acres of derelict land owned by the city of Detroit sitting idly. It is a common picture of a city-gone bankrupt, but a new $15 million project is turning a section of Detroit’s urban blot into one of the biggest farms in America.
Many people earning poverty wages have a difficult time purchasing fresh produce, but that is all changing with a Washington, D.C. program that gives people $10 vouchers to use at their local farmers’ market which are only good for fruit and vegetables.
