Incredible news – more than 300,000 supporters have commented on the FDA petition to have genetically engineered foods labeled! If you haven’t commented on the petition yet, it’s not too late! If you have commented, thank you! Together, we have grown a groundswell of support. The campaign has been featured in major media outlets, including [...]
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by Loran Diehl Saito January is National Oatmeal Month, an annual celebration of the joys of oatmeal in our world. Oatmeal is a starting place for many terrific recipes, and a hot bowl of oatmeal on a cold winter morning can be both comforting and delicious. Oatmeal is good for you too. A 2008 study, [...]
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by Loran Diehl Saito When the temperature drops below zero and crusty snow is covering the ground, just thinking about a cup of hot tea can make you feel a little warmer. Discovered by accident in China several thousand years ago, black, green, and oolong tea all come from the Camellia sinensis plant. They differ [...]
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On his simplegoodandtasty.com blog, Lawrence Black wrote about Elizabeth Archerd’s “What-If” Food Challenge, describing what he learned in a post titled “Good Food Only for the Elite? Working to Dispel the Myth.” We have excerpted from his post with permission. For the “What-If” Food Challenge, Elizabeth Archerd blogs about her daily discoveries while living on [...]
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Citrus is in season in the winter months in warmer parts of the United States, bringing bright flavors, brilliant colors, and immunity-boosting vitamins to those of us facing a long cold New England winter. We are fortunate at River Valley Market to be able to offer tree-ripened, organic citrus fruits from Florida, brought to us [...]
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by Loran Diehl Saito I got to coughing incessantly, and my voice fell below zero; I conversed in a thundering bass, two octaves below my natural tone; I could only compass my regular nightly repose by coughing myself down to a state of utter exhaustion, and then the moment I began to talk in my [...]
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by Loran Diehl Saito Vibrantly colorful, sweet, and locally grown…do these phrases remind you of anything? Root vegetables, perhaps? No? If you still think of root vegetables as a mushy, bland, drably colored affair, it’s time to get acquainted with Winter Moon Farm’s crop. Winter Moon Farm, located in Hadley, is owned by Michael Docter. [...]
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by Loran Diehl Saito Mycologist Julia Coffey is a different kind of farmer. Working from specially designed rooms in her Westhampton home, Julia cultivates mycelium (tiny strands of vegetative matter) destined to grow into delicious oyster, shiitake, and lion’s mane mushrooms. Coffey launched Myco Terra several years ago and is growing her business slowly; she [...]
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