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Chocolate Gifts Still A Sweet Way To Celebrate Valentine’s Day Despite “Safety Alert”

Last month we sadly shared the news that Consumer Reports recently tested 28 brands of chocolate for unhealthy levels of lead and cadmium, and in its February 2023 issue of its magazine spotlighted a "Safety Alert" on consuming dark chocolate. We have always whole-heartedly agreed that chocolate is a modern "must-have for humans" which the … Continue Reading »
Fresh Cape Cod Cranberries No Longer Available In Late January, But California Cara Cara Oranges At Their Seasonal Height

The last of the 2022 fall season's crop of fresh Cape Cod cranberries recently inspired the preparation of a dozen cranberry pecan muffins by this home baker. For years, this long-term member of the Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany, New York, has kept an eye out for the stocking of fresh Jonathan SPROUTS organic Cape Cod Cranberries in the fall. … Continue Reading »
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Easy To Think Spring With Daylight Growing & Sign-ups for CSA Farm Shares For 2023 Happening Now
We’ve often noted the many reasons to connect up with a local farm as a farm share participant, which bear repeating. Freshly harvested food tastes better; buying food from a local farm offering … Read More

Trader Joe’s Targeted In Lawsuits For Heavy Metal Levels In Its Chocolate: Unfairly?
We recently spotlighted the "powerful phytochemicals" in cocoa beans, noting in particular that the raw cacao powder from Bonao Cacao available at this chocolate lover's hometown food co-op, the … Read More
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Risky Business: Profiting From Farming Salmon In Ocean-based Pens In Peril From Sea Parasites
That bright pink fish became a centerpiece of our diet, its health benefits aggressively promoted, its resultant appeal so great that it even gave its … Read More...

Singing Praise In Winter For The Mighty Cabbage Easily Transformed Into Sauerkraut With Its Many Health Benefits
The second of three 30 pound boxes of veggies from Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook (Columbia County), New York, included in a winter farm share, is due for … Read More...