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Organic Food & Drink

The Massive Disgusting School Lunch Issue

August 15, 2010

Although Growing a Green Family is a newer blog o’ mine, I’ve actually been a pro green blogger and freelance writer for many years and I’ve covered tons of school lunch issues. Since we haven’t looked at school lunch problems here though, and since it’s back to school time, I figured it’s due. The bottom [...]

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Extra tips for buying organic food on a budget

August 13, 2010

You’d think with 70+ tips about how to afford organic food, we wouldn’t need even one more bitty tip around here. However, there’s always something new to learn PLUS it’s smart to keep talking about organic food on a budget. I just read an excellent set of organic food tips at New Jersey On-Line. In [...]

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Green Book Review: Organically Raised

August 7, 2010

Review summary: A delight for the taste buds and a feast for the eyes, Organically Raised has many perks and just a few cons. Book: Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers by Anni Daulter, with Shante Lanay and photography by Gina Sabatella; published by Rodale (2010). The forward, worth noting, is by Dr. [...]

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Organic food on a budget: 70+ tips about how to save money on organic food

July 15, 2010

When it comes to living green on a budget, the biggest question most green families have is how to save money on organic food. Having been on a VERY tight budget for years, I’ve amassed an insane amount of techniques and tips that allow my family to eat sustainably while on said tight budget. Q&A: [...]

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Green Product Review: CLIF CRUNCH

July 11, 2010

Review Summary: I don’t know that I’ve ever actually used the term, “Melts in your mouth” to describe food, unless literally talking about an MnM, but the other day I had no other choice. I used the term to describe the new CLIF CRUNCH bars from CLIF Bar & Company. Beware that while this new [...]

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Organic Cooking Know-How – 18 Green & Healthy Cookbook Ideas

July 11, 2010

Coming up soon I’ll be posting a big ol’ guide about how to save money on organic food. Not wanting that post to get overly bloated, I decided to post some cookbook ideas ahead of time. Having a few great cookbooks around will really help you not only cook organic and healthier meals and treats [...]

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Unscrambling Organic Eggs: Separating Facts from Fiction

July 9, 2010

Due to the lovely Time Magazine piece that appeared yesterday, I figured we should look at some real facts about organic eggs vs. cage free vs. conventional and so on. Eggs come in an array of colors, although mostly brown and white at typical grocers. Eggs also come in all sorts of packaging and with [...]

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Organic Eggs: Totally Expensive & Not Healthier

July 8, 2010

According to Time: “Like any other workers, hens turn out economy, premium and luxury products — known as factory, cage-free and organic eggs — and consumers pay accordingly. A recent survey conducted in one random city — Athens, Ga. — found factory eggs going for $1.69 per dozen, cage-free for $2.99 to $3.59, and organic [...]

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Food successes at my house

July 6, 2010

In the last post I told you about the food challenges at my house. However, we also do very well in some areas. For example… Organic and minimally processed – we buy most food in organic form and avoid junk like high fructose corn syrup and other additives in foods as much as possible. We [...]

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Organic Black Raspberry Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

June 24, 2010

In Oregon black raspberry season is coming up fast (July 1 – July 31). These are my favorite berry so I thought I’d share some facts and a treat. Black raspberries and “blackberries” are actually two different berries. Evergreen blackberries, at least in Oregon, aren’t harvested until August and are those traditional plump blackberries (see [...]