Tag: organic
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All Hail Kale
ALL HAIL TO KALE! This leafy green grows well in parts of Idaho weathering well through the winter! The most common type of kale is called curly kale or Scots kale, which has green and curly leaves and a hard, fibrous stem. If you haven’t already, let’s all bravely select this curly, dark green, leafy…
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The Scoop on Composting
Composting is so worth the effort. Adding compost to your garden feeds the soil food web and provides a slow release of nutrients to your crops. Compost also vastly improves soil structure, allows the soil to hold in moisture better and improves friability (workability). After surveying hundreds of MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers and checking out…
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What’s On My Favorite Food: Applesauce
Its been a favorite since they were sitting in the high chair. Now that they are ‘growing up’ we get those conventional single serving sizes for quick snacks during outings and after school. I thought I was doing right by them. Instead of junk food, giving them whole food. I didn’t realize, what I was…
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What’s On Our Favorite Food: BLUEBERRIES
We LOVE a fresh ripe blueberry. We LOVE a fresh frozen blueberry. We LOVE warm from the oven blueberry baked into something good. WE DO NOT LOVE that there are 52 Pesticide Residues Found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program. Can you believe it? A blueberry can have 52 pesticides. My youngest is highly sensitive…
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SPOTLIGHT: Moscow Local Organic
Affinity Farm Certified Organic grower Moscow, Idaho Founded in 2001, Affinity Farm strives to grow and sell the highest quality vegetables and bedding plants. Our mission is to engage in a “right livelihood” producing healthy food for our selves and our customers with as little environmental impact as possible. We farm using only “organic” methods,…
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Our Farmers Markets
From savoring produce at the peak of freshness to meeting the people who grow your food, there are countless reasons to support farmers markets. Most food found at the farmers market is minimally processed, and many of our farmers go to great lengths to grow the most nutritious produce possible by using sustainable techniques, picking…
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New bakery, cafe opens in Boise with taste for organic
Poppy Seed Bakery + Cafe rumor has it the food is great and atmosphere inviting. Supporting the local organic industry. If you have enjoyed their food please SHARE as review with us!! excerpt from Idaho Statesmen: “Ninety percent of anything I make, I make sure it’s organic,” Reynolds said. “We wanted to bring in some…
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Dreaming of fruit in the dead of winter
Growing your own food is the best way to know what you are eating. Every garden should have at least three fruit trees. Tips, hints and organic gardening secrets.Thinking about a buying a fruit tree? Start here! Tricia helps you make an informed decision when it comes to picking a fruit tree variety. Fruit tree…
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How to avoid the ORGANIC lie.
When you load up your shopping cart with organic leafy greens, are you getting more nutritional benefits than consumers on the other side of the produce aisle? More than half of Americans now believe organic food is healthier than conventionally-grown produce, even though there is no evidence to prove it. Fifty-five percent of Americans said…