Tag Archive for 'fresher'

DIY: How to Make Homemade Organic Cheese Crackers

Want to introduce your kids to baking and avoid spending money on store-bought snacks? Here’s a recipe that’s fun, relatively easy, and is guaranteed to be a hit with the kids. These homemade organic cheese crackers are of course fresher than the ones you might find at the supermarket, and when you make them at home, you can skip the excess packaging, food coloring, ... weiterlesen...

Deck Out Your Dining Table With Edible Centerpieces from Woolly Pocket

We didn’t think food could get much fresher than when dishes are garnished with crisp herbs picked from your own garden – until we saw these cute lil’ planters from Woolly Pocket. The Dining Society (an LA-based band of local food lovers) recently had a summer feast at the home of Jaime Honkawa, who had the delectable gem of an idea to use her Woolly Pockets p... weiterlesen...

From Roof to Table, Bell Book & Candle’s Aeroponic Garden

Bell, Book & Candle restaurant in the West Village is using its roof to grow sixty percent of its ingredients via energy-efficient Aeroponic growing towers. Led with Chef John Mooney’s locavore beliefs, Mooney’s initiatives transcend the typical local farm-to-table restaurant. By growing vertically, Mooney is able to control what goes into each vegetable, with a con... weiterlesen...

Top 5 Smartphone Apps for Buying Local!

Even if you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news that many people are opting to buy local these days. Aside from reducing the fuel that goes into carting products across country or overseas, purchasing from merchants in your area supports your neck of the woods and often means healthier, fresher food for you too. If you’re looking for sup... weiterlesen...

India’s Farmers Injecting Veggies With "Love Hormone"

Images: Times of India (AFP) and Channel News Asia It's a vegetal plot fit for a bad zombie flick: desperate to make their produce look fresher, bigger and mature faster, some Indian farmers are injecting their veggies with hormones on the sly. The most commonly-used substance: oxytocin, a reproductive hormone found in mammals. Oxytocin acts primarily as a neurotransmitter in ... weiterlesen...