Tag: Living
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New Labels Show Where Your Meat Came From
You’ll soon be seeing some changes on meat packages at the grocery store. Federal rules went into effect in recent weeks requiring labels on unprocessed beef, chicken, pork, lamb or goat to state where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. [caption id="attachment_314800" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S.…
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Study Finds Organic Milk More Nutritious Than Conventional Milk
Organic milk contains significantly higher concentrations of heart-healthy fatty acids compared to milk from cows on conventionally managed dairy farms, a study led by a Washington State University (WSU) researcher has found. [caption id="attachment_314767" align="alignnone" width="500"] Organic milk contains significantly higher concentrations of heart-healthy fatty acids compared to milk from cows on conventionally managed dairy farms.[/caption]…
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Who Controls Your Food? Take This Quiz and Find Out
Big Food giants like Nestlé, Kraft, PepsiCo and others have been buying up more and more of their competitors, big and small. The result is that some of the biggest companies have products on nearly every aisle of the supermarket and dominate the market in many categories. For example, Kraft not only sells more macaroni and…
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Beware: Toxic Chemicals Found in Holiday Garland Beads
Those festive beaded garlands and necklaces that make holidays and Mardi Gras merry have a scary side. New research has found hazardous chemicals in these plastic beaded products. The research, a collaboration between the Ecology Center’s website HealthyStuff.org and VerdiGras, found most beads have at least one hazardous chemical that has been linked to serious health threats. [caption id="attachment_314701" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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Shrimp Fishing Banned in Gulf of Maine Due to Ocean Warming
Warming ocean waters in New England have caused shrimp populations to fall so low that shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Maine has been banned for the 2014 season. That means the small Maine shrimp sold by stores and served by restaurants will get scarce or disappear entirely. Often called bay shrimp or pink shrimp,…