We are big fans of raw milk around these parts. Short of that, we’ll take regular pasteurized milk. There has been a recent crackdown in California regarding raw or unpasteurized milk, and where I live in Ohio, you basically have to go underground to get access to raw milk. The last time I looked for a raw milk source, I was told a friend of a friend of the person I was talking to had access, and they would pass a message but nothing ever came of it. Here’s a post that explains better than I can why we love raw milk and why you should avoid ultra-pasteurization.
http://www.thesweetbeet.com/ultra-high-temperature-pasteurization/
Here are a few more November photos of our garden. Enjoy!
All photos taken by David Klemp.
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Even in November there is plenty going on in our garden. Here are a few images that we especially appreciate.
All photos copyright of David Klemp 2011.
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For those of us in Ohio, we received some good labeling news recently. The Ohio Department of Agriculture agreed to withdraw a dairy labeling rule that prohibited milk from being labeled as produced without the use of the artificial growth hormone, recombinant growth Hormone (rbGH).
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Here’s a follow up on grocery store honey.
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Here’s an excellent post from Slow Food USA’s blog on ways we can integrate the Occupy Wall Street movement with the Slow Food movement.
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It’s no secret that we do a lot of things backwards in the United States. Here is an article on some pointers we could take from The Netherlands on teen sex.
When the weather changes and temperatures start dipping, we tend to gravitate towards comfort foods and meals that stick to our ribs in the cold winter months: soups, stews, and casseroles. I generally try and avoid turning on my oven during the hot summer months so I especially look forward to our winter meal routines. We go from eating an abundance of tomatoes, peppers, berries, and stone fruit to root vegetables, squashes, leeks, kale, and a multitude of others. Continue reading →
I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is just weeks away. Here is an excerpt from Martha’s book, A Pocket Full of Posies on the focus of herbs during the holidays. Enjoy!
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Herbs come into focus during the holidays. Sage and thyme accompany the aroma of Thanksgiving turkey; cloves and ginger dominate pumpkin pie; cinnamon in mulled cider and apple pie; nutmeg and vanilla in eggnog; the importance of frankincense and myrrh predate their Christian significance as do the smell of pine, fir, and spruce; saffron, sandalwood, tangerine, lemon, orange, grapefruit—all deepen our experience of celebration surrounding the winter solstice. Continue reading →
Here’s an update on our recent chocolate post. The British Medical Journal has performed a meta-analysis of a number of different studies on chocolate consumption and how it relates to a reduction of cardiometabolic disorders. Some of the specific data includes: “the highest levels of chocolate consumption were associated with a 37 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease (relative risk 0.63 (95 percent confidence interval 0.44 to 0.90)) and a 29 percent reduction in stroke compared with the lowest levels.” The authors go on state that further research is needed to conclusively state any beneficial effects of chocolate consumption.
All photos taken by David Klemp.
We’ve finally got produce from the vegetable garden! We’ve got our giant mutant zucchinis (that’s a normal size coffee mug)…
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It’s time for another post with articles on subjects you may have missed the first time they were published.
In this day and age when making the choice to eat local is important to so many of us, here is an eye opening article on conventionally grown tomatoes and how they have perpetrated a culture of slavery in the agricultural industry in Florida. Continue reading →
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Okay, I do know of one or two people who don’t care for it, but nobody’s perfect, right? Recently we have seen a wide array of articles and studies touting the amazing properties and health benefits of chocolate.
Here is an excerpt from Martha’s book, A Pocket Full of Posies, extolling the virtues of chocolate. Continue reading →
