Do orange egg yolks really make a difference? What causes orange egg yolks? If you are not accustomed to watching chickens in the spring, it is quiet entertaining. Foraging on grasses, flowers and bugs is their preferred past time. And the best part is, it all helps with increasing the antioxidants in the yolks and giving the brilliant bright orange yolk.
Eggs in the store are brown or white. However, eggs from the farm can come in several different colors. Green, blue, olive, etc. When we started selling colored eggs, logically the question came up asking the significance of the different colors. In this video, Leah and I are going to share exactly what you need to know about the different colors.
Kicking around the idea of an edible landscape? Let lifetime farmer and functional nutrition expert Dr.Arland Hill share the top 10 reasons why the longer you wait to start your edible landscape, the more you will regret it.
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Are you asking your farmer’s market vendors the right questions? Are you even asking them anything? If not, you may not be getting exactly what you think you are.
Let lifetime farmer and functional nutrition expert Dr. Arland Hill share the Five Questions You Must Ask at the Local Farmer’s Market.
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Is it a natural conclusion to assume organic foods have more nutrients than conventionally grown foods? Organic foods are all the buzz. Their popularity on store shelves and restaurant menus has significantly escalated. This elevated hype is driven by the assumption that organic foods are the healthier option? But what if they are not? It’s time to raise the question.
There are many beliefs regarding organic foods. Some accurate, though many are only partly so. Being heavily interested in this topic for personal food production and also being a resource for patients, I had to dive into what constitutes organic. Many will call organic free of herbicides and pesticides. Admittedly, you and I both have likely made that assumption at times. Turns out we are wrong.
Natural vs. Non-GMO vs. Organic. Which one should I buy? Frequently I am asked some variation of this question. I am always excited when someone asks me this question. I get it. Trying to decipher what these words mean can be difficult.
Let me tell you the real reason I am writing this. You see, I remember being the sucker at the grocery store looking at labels. I didn’t know I was getting taken advantage of at the time. Catchy words like healthy, gluten-free and natural got me more times than I care to admit. I ate those foods thinking I was getting the best version of those foods available. Turns out, I was wrong.
Now, you are free to make the same mistake that I did. However, a better option might be to learn from my mistakes. To help you avoid going down the same road I did, I am going to tell you what the food industry and their marketing teams hope you never figure out. Let me show you how they make average food looking amazing with a few misunderstood terms.