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It's the circle of life, a return to basics - REAL food. It's what your great-grandmother fed her family - unadultered food from the neighboring farm. Simplicity at its best. Read on.

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Eat Local. Eat Organic. - A Return to Basics Print E-mail
Written by Susan McCreadie, MD   
Simply put, we are what we eat. My body is my temple, and I chose to fill it up with the most wholesome scrumptious foods, period. The vast majority of the food I feed myself and my family is organic. Why bother? Is it really worth my money, paying more for organic? Is it really worth my time, traveling around to different markets and stores for local food? Yes. 
 
Top Ten Reasons to Eat Organic Print E-mail
Written by Organic.org   
Originally, all foods were “organic” – grown and prepared without pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, hormones, irradiation to prevent spoilage, microwave cooking, etc. They were also unrefined, whole foods, or with at most minimal refinements. Since World War II and the advent of chemical farming and food processing, the soils and foods of much of the world have been depleted of minerals and other nutrients.
 
Eat Locally Print E-mail
Written by Angelle Batten, HHC, MEd   
We have a family ritual of giving thanks before each meal. Sometimes it’s rather routine, and other times it feels more alive. During those times, we often talk about the food we’re about to eat (or maybe have all ready started to eat before everyone else if you’re one of my six-year old sons). We talk about how nature has such a variety of colors – how could there be so many shades of green? Or, about how a particular food was grown – on a vine, in the ground, on a tree? Maybe how an animal was raised – did it get a chance to wander around the farm and eat the kind of food that would have made it healthy and happy, or did it suffer on a farm without seeing the light of day and get force fed grains instead of grass? 
 
Is Organic Worth All the Buzz? Print E-mail
Written by Angelle Batten, HHC, MEd   
There’s so much buzz about organic foods these days. It’s becoming more and more mainstream. Conscientious moms (and dads) are voting with their dollars and big business is finally listening. You may even purchase organic at your house. When you pick up a gallon of organic milk, does your eye catch the price difference from conventional milk? Mine does. You may feel a twinge of uncertainty – is this really worth it or am I being taken for a ride here?