Enjoying "God's Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season"
We went to the natural, U-Pick farm I mentioned on Tuesday: Sterken Farms. We brought home many types of lettuces, baby mixed dark greens, turnips, radishes, asparagus, and free range duck eggs. Other things are not quite ready — the cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, beans, peas, onions, green onions, and berries.
The top 3 GM crops are corn, soybeans and cotton. And canola is up there, too. But did you know chocolate chips may contain GM ingredients? Yes, chocolate chips! That surprised me. There are two things you can do to pretty much assure that your family will not be consuming GM foods. Also, I share some thoughts on my family’s food budget and detail the sources of all my family’s food.
There was only one fruit/veggie farm at the Farmer’s Market yesterday. They mostly offer bread. I ordered plums from them, but either they forgot to bring them or they didn’t have enough to give me. So, none of those to bring home. They do have the awesome heirloom tomatoes, that’s good. The only other thing [...]
The last three weeks have been incredible at our Farmer’s Market, which until recently, really didn’t have much beyond eggs and bread. But a couple other farmers are coming to the market. We’ve brought home: plums, figs, pears, peaches, apples, sweet corn, green beans, kohlrabi, onions, broccoli, purple cabbage, heirloom tomatoes, and cucumbers. I’m probably [...]
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