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Safe Food for Pregnancy (Pregnancy Health Guru)

Jennifer Byron — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:45:56 +0000

Want to know what foods to eat during pregnancy? Check out more videos at pregnancy.healthguru.com?YT

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What’s in the Box? Video Blog about My Organic Food CSA

Jennifer Byron — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:02:07 +0000

Community Supported Agriculture vs. Grocery Store. How much is that box of produce really worth? This week I went to a supermarket to find out how all that food would cost if purchased separately. So let’s look at the actual price of conventional in a market vs. organic food.

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“Raw Food” Episode 35 – Jenna In The Jungle – The Tour (Raw Food)

Jennifer Byron — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:36:28 +0000

Raw Food: This is the first video episode of the “Jenna in the Jungle” series. Jenna Norwood visits a permaculture jungle farming community in Hawaii where residents live off-the-grid and off-the-land. The diet consists of wild, fresh, raw foods grown locally. Take the jungle tour with Jenna to get a glimpse of what life is like living jungle-style. And keep coming back each week for new episodes. www.jennanorwood.com

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Beauty Benefits of Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Jennifer Byron — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:37:09 +0000

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil has many amazing health benefits. It is a fantastic addition to your diet and can also be used in your beauty/skincare routine. I like to use this as a moisturizer, hair treatment, and as an eye makeup remover. You can get coconut oil at natural health food/vitamin stores. You can also buy it online. It is available at Amazon.com and Drugstore.com and probably many other places. There are many websites that review the benefits of incorporating coconut oil into your health/beauty routines. Check out www.organicfacts.net

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Raw Peach Cobbler Mix Recipe

Jennifer Byron — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:06:42 +0000

This is a basic topping to cover peaches or some other fruit….enjoy!

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Organic: Weighing your Options

Jennifer Byron — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:23:07 +0000

As organic food is increasing in popularity, many people are left wondering if organic food is right for them. Unfortunately, this can be a complicated subject, and there are strong advocates on both sides of the issue. First of all, it is important to understand what the term “organic” means. Since October 2002, all organic foods must be grown and processed in accordance to strict national standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To meet these standards, organic crops must “be produced without conventional pesticides (including herbicides), synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, bioengineering, or ionizing radiation. Organically raised animals must be given organic feed and kept free of growth hormones and antibiotics. Organic farm animals must have access to the outdoors, including pastureland for grazing.” The terms natural and organic are not interchangeable. Also, terms such as hormone-free and free-range do not mean that a food item is organic.

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The Increased Availability Of Farm Grown Healthy Food And Sustainable Agriculture

Jennifer Byron — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:43:31 +0000

Healthy food is the result of sustainable agriculture systems that are farming methods and processes geared to the growth, harvesting, and delivery of healthy food to the consumer while taking environmentally safe agriculture measures.The new generation of Americans are more aware of the harmful chemical additives and environmental threats of traditional or commercial methods of factory farming and food production. Along with the need to feed themselves and their kids healthy food, this knowledge is bringing about change in the food buying habits and diet of Americans.Much of the food we find at today’s supermarkets are grown, processed and sold with harmful chemical food additives. These additives change the way food tastes, looks, and increases the food’s shelf life. To maximize profitability and production, large commercial farms feed animals low doses of antibiotics for faster growth. This contributes to a national health issue of the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans.Large factory farms without sustainable systems often have harmful pesticides, fertilizers, and anti-biotic by products that finds it way into ground water, rivers, and streams. These harmful residues lead to the contamination of aquatic ecosystems and drinking water.While there is an increasing awareness and corresponding increase in sustainable farming, there is also the need for large factory farms to maximize food production and profitability. In response to this demand by the large commercial factory farms, many of the world’s largest chemical corporations are shifting out of commodity petrochemicals into Agricultural Biotechnology. Since 1996, Monsanto and Hoechst (Germany) have changed their business plans by spinning off its industrial chemicals business and has since made huge investments in acquiring seed and agricultural biotechnology companies.Sustainable Agriculture Systems are geared to the production of healthy and environmentally safe farming and food products. It includes a number of requirements: The fertility of the soil being continuously maintained and improved; The availability and quality of water being protected and enhanced; The protection of bio diversity for farms, farm workers, and all other factors in food production chain; and programs to minimize the impact on the environment concerning the discharge of waste and greenhouse gas emissions. While there is no widely recognized body for certification of Sustainable Food and Agriculture systems, the other components, Organic and Bio Dynamic Food and Agriculture systems have certification standards.Certified Organic Food is the result farming without the application of harmful pesticides, artificial fertilizers, contamination by human or industrial waste, ionizing radiation, food additives, and not be genetically modified. Where livestock is grown, they must be free of antibiotics and without the use of growth hormones.Bio Dynamic Food production is a more stringent level of food production than organic farming. It is both a philosophy and art form of agriculture. The Demeter Association, with branches around the world, is the certification body for bio dynamic farming. Its certification standards are the highest level of sustainable farming achieving one of the smallest carbon footprints of any agricultural method.Bio dynamics takes a systems approach to agriculture farming where each farm component or action is viewed in total as it affects the others. The systems approach includes the use of bio dynamic sprays, retention of nutrients, crop rotation designs, weed control, plant pests, and the recycling of organic wastes and composting. For livestock production, it includes animal nutrition, the disposition of animal wastes; the mix and rotation of animal species on pastures to maximize grazing patterns and minimize pasture borne parasites.

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Corn Bread Recipe – Rough Times Cooking

Jennifer Byron — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:12:29 +0000

Gramma Willi’s corn bread. This is the basic version, with fancier versions on the way… this one will get you started, teaching you a delicious and healthy corn bread. Join us at Rough Times Cooking dot Com, learn to cook some great recipes that cost you little money. Feed your family well, and become part of our online community. Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 Cup Corn Meal 1/4 tsp Salt 2 tbsp Baking Powder 2 tbsp Sugar 2 Cups Water

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Ani Phyo’s Raw Food Kitchen: Kreamy Avocado Soup

Jennifer Byron — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:15:44 +0000

Join me and I’ll show you how to make a fast, easy, delicious, raw food soup recipe using a blender. This recipe is from my uncookbook “Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen. Visit my raw food blog for more raw food recipe ideas, more videos, and organic ingredients: www.aniphyo.com

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