Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 17-11-2009
Tags: food, local, organic, shopping, sustainability
With all the tailgate markets bursting with fresh Organic Produce – what’s your favorite?
Mine’s tomatoes, of course. And cucumbers. And Silver Queen white corn.
I love Silver Queen corn!!!>=)Its the only corn I’ve ever eaten that didn’t need butter on it..
watermelon & cherries are my fav.’s too…
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Green Careers: Sustainable Agriculture $89.95 This program provides an inside look at an organic farm and a grocery store and discusses the day-to-day challenges and rewards of working in this field. Organic farming includes a wide range of jobs in production, marketing and distribution. It is a major part of the trend toward a sustainable agriculture that strives to produce healthy food in ways that also maintain the health of the land and f… |
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Hydroplane™ Super-Slick Shave Cream What it is:An advanced, award-winning shaving cream.What it is formulated to do:Billy Jealousy is reinventing the lost art of smooth shaving with Hydroplane™ Super-Slick Shave Cream. This top-selling, award-winning shaving solution is comprised of millions of particles of water-soluble organic micro-silicone, a serious razor lubricant. An infusion of fruit oils provides purifying, conditionin… |
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Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars, Strawberry, 8-Count Bars (Pack of 6) $17.64 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars, Strawberry, low fat is made with whole grain oats. This tear strip pack keeps you going in the right direction. Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain with real fruit is also an excellent source of calcium. With real fruit and whole oats, Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain has the energy you need for the whole day…. |
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Nano Technology Brazilian Keratin Professional System $29.99 8 oz keratin treatment 8 oz clarify shampoo 8 oz after treatment care conditioner Beautiful straight hair up to 90 days!! A formaldehyde-free Brazilian keratin treatment produces straight, shiny hair without the risks associated with formaldehyde and its link to cancer. The treatment helps improve hair’s health by coating the hair shaft to prevent damage while penetrating hair to correct past dam… |
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Grass-Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef $15.37 Julius Ruechel covers every aspect of raising grass-fed cattle, including herd selection, breeding, yearly cycles, cultivating and maintaining healthy soil and grass, fencing and pasture rotation, winter grazing, pests and diseases, and necessary equipment. He also provides everything you need to know about marketing your product, from niche market opportunities to scheduling the selling and buyin… |
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Fresh Produce Sweet Pea Five-Piece Organic Layette Set $49.99 Baby Aspen goes green with an amazingly adorable, organic, five-piece layette set that makes sweet peas even sweeter! It all starts with a natural woven-wood basket filled with sweet peas. The graphic of a small, swaddled baby snuggled in half a pea pod appears on the blanket, PJs, cap and bib, and a green,sweet-pea pod rattle on top makes this magnificent baby gift ready for market! Features and facts:Soft-beige, organic layette set includes a 24 ½ “” x 28 ¾ “” blanket, footed PJ’s, cap, bib and pea-pod rattle Blanket, PJ’s, hat and bib are imprinted with the Sweet Pea graphic (a bundled baby in a pea pod) framed by sage-green faux stitching Machine-washable, 100% organic cotton |
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The Produce Contamination Problem: Causes And Solutions $95.99 This book is organized into five sections beginning with an introduction in which the problem is described in terms of the number and size of produce related outbreaks the commodities involved and the human pathogens involved. The introduction also documents the failure of conventional sanitizing treatments to assure microbiological safety examining the problems of microbial attachment. The second section reviews methods of identifying a contamination source (epidemiology trace back strain identification location of Source) and then focuses on the various sources of microbial contamination (water manure airborne dust wildlife human activity) and where in the crop production sequence they might result in contamination. In the third section some of the commodities associated with major outbreaks (leafy vegetables tomatoes cantaloupes apples berries sprouts) are examined to determine what characteristics make them especially vulnerable to contamination. The fourth section then addresses means of avoiding produce contamination through use of Good Agricultural Practices and recommendations in FDA and industry guidance documents. Regulatory actions (recalls restrictions on imports) to safeguard the public from potentially hazardous products are described. Coverage includes policy and practices in the US Mexico and Central America Europe and Japan. The fifth section examines current technologies for reducing human pathogens in fresh produce including disinfection rapid methods for detecting contaminants irradiation gas-phase application and best practices acceptable to organic growers packers and processors. *Addresses foodborne contaminations from a prevention view providing pro-active solutions to the problems *Covers core sources of contamination and methodologies for identifying those sources *Includes best practice and regulatory information |