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Our Tainted Meat Supply

Find out important information published by the Environmental Working Group about our meat supply.

LED Light bulbs – Their Time Has Come

Just as we all have made the switch to compact fluorescent bulbs (I hope!), along come LED light bulbs, which are now the most energy efficient, eco-friendly, long lasting and affordable bulb!

Garden Fest and Plant Sale

Garden Fest and Plant Sale Saturday, May 18, 2013; 10am – 2pm

Environment

Greener Garden Accessories

We’ve spent the last few days happily planting vegetable seeds on our farm. As every gardener does, we are hoping for a prolific harvest.

Environment

Recipes for Safe Weed Control

Happily spring is here. Trees are flowering, flowers and shrubs are blooming and lawns are turning green. Oh lawns, we love them and we hate them.

Environment

Green Candles (and I Don’t Mean the Color)

I love candles – the light they cast, the ambiance they create, their ability to make an ordinary event special. But – conventional paraffin wax candles contain toxic chemicals.

Earth Day 2013

April 22 is the 43rd annual Earth Day. According to earthday.org, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day...

Turn Off Your Lights

On Saturday, March 23 marks the 7th annual Earth Hour when people from around the world turn their lights out for one hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Treat Your Pets Organically

We have the same concerns for our pets about good health, proper nutrition and chemical exposure as we do for ourselves; they are vulnerable to many of the same illnesses such as cancer and diabetes.

Single Use Products

If you think about it, single use products make no sense at all. That’s part of the problem. In our throwaway society, we don’t think about it.

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