Nutrition

What follows is a collection of web-based articles sharing research and opinion on the state of nutrition and what industrialized food has or has not accomplished in regards to health and wellness. 

The Blueberry Boom:  can you believe how incredibly great the blueberry really is? 

Five Reasons to Relish Tomatoes

Crop Yields Expand, but Nutrition is Left Behind

The Complete Patient:   THE raw milk website that also covers legal issues related to food

How Do Your Eggs Stack Up? :  great info on the superior nutritional qualities of pastured eggs

Drink it Raw  why is raw milk the only illegal food in North Carolina?

The New York Times on Cage-Free Eggs:  I always disagree with the NYT except when they publish something I agree with!

The Salt of the Earth:  great piece on how refined table salt is, what is done to it to make it so white, and why we should search out non-white, non-refined salt.  We use Real Salt from Utah and love it.  Even the kids can tell when I'm out of Real Salt and have to fall back on the white stuff.  And they aren't happy about it......

Weston A. Price Foundation:  an invaluable resource on nutrition research from a non-political source. 

Conventional vs. Organic and the measurable pesticide levels in children

Raw Milk Feta Cheese has natural anti-food-poisoning properties

Local vs. Organic:  Which is "Greener"?

Beyond Organic by Eliot Coleman in Mother Earth News

Which Steak Tastes Better?  A tribute to the grass-fed cow

My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables):  yet another NYT opinion piece I agree with.....a sign of the coming Apocalypse?

Of Church and Steak:  Farming for the Soul