A few days ago after an evening meal with friends the topic came around to the Stanford University organic food report. I hadn't heard of it yet which is probably because I rarely watch mainstream news. My friend said the report showed that organic foods were no more nutritious than conventional foods. So why pay more for organic food if it's not more nutritious? So what is all the fuss … [Read more...]
I was sad to learn yesterday that a local food center where I get much of my organic foods and vegetarian items is closing. The food center has been in business for 17 years. For most of those years it's only competition was a HY-VEE store. Wal-Mart came to the area in 2006. Wal-Mart is located about a half mile from the food center. I took the photos for this article with my iPod. It felt … [Read more...]
I was pleasantly surprised on a recent trip to the food store. I live in a small town of 2,000 residents that sits half way between a major city and a college town. The hometown grocery doesn't offer much for organic and no specific vegetarian or vegan products. Luckily both the big city and the college town offer store that I can get the out of the ordinary supplies. The college town has a … [Read more...]
As a vegetarian I love the local farmers market where I can buy healthy food grown locally. I'm lucky enough to have several farmers markets to visit twice a week if needed during the growing season. One farmers market runs into winter since it has green houses to extend the planting season. The Vegan Market has a section dedicated to promoting farmers markets and eating locally. Farmers Market … [Read more...]
During World War 2 the British government issued a public safety poster with the words “Keep Calm and Carry On” on it. Keep Calm was one of a series of posters created to strengthen the countries moral in case of a wartime emergency. The posters were kept in storage for when of an attack but were never used. Since no large-scale attack occurred the posters were never used. Most of the … [Read more...]
I'm a vegetarian and not shy of showing the world! This is a very bright and colorful Veggie Power design available on a range of shirts and gifts. Veggie Power buttons,stickers, cards and more! If you are vegetarian or know a vegetarian these make great vegetarian gifts! Vegetable colors highlight this Veggie Power design for vegetarians! Green, red and yellow vegetarian veggie power … [Read more...]
More than six months after deciding to live a vegetarian life I'm beginning to wonder if non vegetarians are offended in some way by vegetarians. When I say offended I don't necessarily mean in a bad way but through my own observations I've notice a change in attitude among friends. When I first mentioned to one of my friends that I was in the process of changing over to eating vegetarian the very … [Read more...]
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