Amazing Video at a Farmer’s Market:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8xwNaHgBE&feature=related
Interesting News:
Here is the link for easier reading and more information: http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-1947/Want-to-Be-Lean-Healthy-Live-Near-Farmers-Market-Infographic.html
To Read:
Read about us in the May 14, 2010 issue of theMadison Isthmus: http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=25264
And the December 20o9 issue of the Shepard: http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/print-article-9374-print.html
Here is an interesting article about mercury in corn syrups. I learned that corn syrups are no longer processed using hydrochloric acid. Now they use lye! http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/07/corn-syrups-mercury-surprise
To Check Out:
FDA Launches Web Page on Recalled Foods The task of finding consumer information about recalled food products grew a bit easier Monday with the launch of a Food and Drug Administration website that compiles recall notices in a searchable table. Read the article here: www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-fda-website-20110404,0,1272799.story
www.localdirt.com Everyone’s place to buy, sell, and find local food.
www.organic-center.org Their unique mission is to generate and advance credible science on the health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming, and to communicate those benefits to the public. They do this four ways :
- Research which serves the public good by offering a comprehensive and relevant set of credible, peer-reviewed scientific studies that support the benefits of organic food and farming to human, animal and environmental health.
- Education & Information: Help consumers and organizations access and understand science that sheds light on the organic benefit, and serve as a free, trusted, world-wide clearinghouse for this information
- Organic Production: Contribute to a measurable increase in organic production and consumption.
- Media and Public Policy Resource: Communicate verifiable findings to policy makers and focus the attention of mainstream media on the “organic difference.”
- Partnerships: Establish mutually beneficial strategic partnerships to advance our mission.
http://www.organicauthority.com/ OrganicAuthority is your trusted ally and the web‘s leading resource for all things… delicious and organic! Come chill in our kitchen as we test drive tried-and-true mouthwatering recipes and chat about the organic lifestyle. From the most mojo-rific of foods, juicy of spirits to your eco chic entertaining table, energetic health and the most scrumptiously delicious beauty, we’ve made it our job and passion to cover organics from the inside out, the outside in and all the way around. At OrganicAuthority you‘ll discover how to grow your first apartment herb garden, how to host a summer BBQ your friends will rave about for seasons to come, which natural deodorants actually work, and so much more. We believe that delicious food is synonymous with healthy vibrant fare; grungy, dull, boring, bland, granola “hippie food” is a stereotype of the past and not us. Through supporting sustainable agriculture, we enrich our own lives, each other’s lives and the life of our planet.
To Do:
Milwaukee Food Tours offers several exciting tours exploring neighborhoods originally settled by Italian, Irish, Polish and German immigrants. On all of the tours, the guides will point out architectural highlights, cultural hotspots, and great restaurants and shops while sampling flavors from restaurants along the way. Here is their website: www.milwaukeefoodtours.com