Fall is the time when the grapes are ripe, and the grape harvest makes fresh grape juice and wines. As many of you know, I don’t drink wine, anymore, but I do love a good crisp glass of grape juice every now and then. Even better is to make a fizzy and refreshing grape float, […]
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A Visit to My Kitchen: Jeffery Smith
Jeffery M. Smith is in my kitchen today, talking about the nitty-gritty behind GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and his adventure for weird comfort food. Jeffery is an international best-selling author and filmmaker, and is the executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT). His first book, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies […]
Growing A Greener World: The Rodale Institute!
Watching yourself on TV is kind of weird. But I have to say, Joe Lamp’l (also known as “joe gardener”!) made it really easy for me. He’s one of the hosts of Growing a Greener World, a TV series on Public Television. Out of the blue, he and his cohost Patti Moreno (a.k.a. “Garden Girl”) […]
Herbal Water Contest Winners!
Congratulations to the following winners! You will be contacted by email for further information. 1. Jen V. 2. Marjorie Spadoni 3. Todd Pollock 4. JoAnn Quattrone 5. Anna 6. Doug 7. Samantha 8. Brian Morales 9. Koren Chan 10. Marcy Wentworth 11. Jessica Anger 12. Loretta Ramseyer Related Posts:Find more helpful news and tips from
Creamed Chipped Dried Beef on Toast—A Real PA breakfast!
Round these parts, go into any good diner worth its PA Dutch salt and you will see creamed chipped dried beef on toast on the menu. It may sound strange, but it really isn’t. In fact, I’ve decided that it’s the kissing cousin of biscuits and sausage gravy down South. Not sure of the relations […]
Why I Can’t Live without Coffee
See the results from Rodale.com’s organic coffee taste test here! Whenever I give a speech and talk about local versus organic, I joke about how, being from Pennsylvania, I am totally against local when it comes to my coffee. Here’s the truth: I’M NOT JOKING! Don’t get between me and my coffee, or you might […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Birke Baehr
Eleven-year-old Birke Baehr is in my kitchen today, talking about how he has been inspired to ditch his dreams of the NFL for aspirations of becoming an organic farmer. At the age of 9, Baehr started studying sustainable- and organic-farming practices. He visited and worked at Full Moon Farms Co-op, in Athens, GA; Sequatchie Cove Farm, […]
Dietrich’s Meats and Country Store: A Meat Mecca
I’ve been going to Dietrich’s Meats for decades (it’s been in business since the early 1970s). It’s the best place to buy unusual meats, local specialties, and lard. I have written before about the somewhat surly Pennsylvania Dutch staff (which brings out the affection in me) and the store’s lard (it’s the only place I […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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