Back in December 2013, I wrote an article titled, “Things that make you go hmmm”. The last hmmm was: “A small BC company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits [OSF] has developed a genetically modified apple that will not turn brown when it is cut.” Fast forward
Today, a common farming practice is called ‘Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations’, or CAFO. As the name implies, it involves a dense population of farm animals — think chicken, turkeys, cattle, or pigs — crammed into a sheltered facility and raised for market. The goal of CAFO? Getting
Time to sell the house, Martha. These stairs are going to be the death of me!” “Can I get some help standing up here?” No one ever wants to say these. But too many do. How can something that we spend most of our lives
I hadn’t heard of George Mateljan until about a month ago. George is a renowned expert on healthy foods, cooking, and lifestyle. The book, The World’s Healthiest Foods, is a colossus — 880 pages thick! As the sub-title says, it is really an ‘essential guide for
Drinking pure, clean water is a must for the anti-ager. But not always. Proper digestion is key to the optimal extraction of nutrients from the food you eat. Your stomach needs a highly acidic pH level of 1.9 for this to happen. Simple middle school