From the monthly archives: September 2011
How do you motivate people to prepare for earthquakes? Apparently, show them what happens when an earthquake meets a pricey wine collection. That is exactly what the first “Will It Shake” episode from “Totally Unprepared” attempts to do. Hostess Susan Jekarl heads to the University of California, San Diego to [...]
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Tomorrow is World Vegetarian Day, and to kick-off Vegetarian Awareness Month, we wanted to talk about some of the reasons to go vegetarian now!
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After the news of a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe killing several people, there are now reports of spinach dip in Florida that is being recalled for possible Listeria contamination.
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Fresh, pure, premium, and safe are some of the words that come to mind when we think about bottled water. But the question remains: is bottled water really better than tap water? At first glance, it’s easy to assume so. But when we take a closer look, it turns out bottled water isn’t really all that it’s tapped out to be…
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Michele Bachmann stopped by a meat packing plant last week and commented that food safety regulations were strangling small business. She’s not the only politician to complain about excessive government regulations, so I thought I’d look at what regulations a meat packing plant has to follow. Which one of these regulations do you consider unnecessary?
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Feeling guilty about that second or third (or fourth!) cup of coffee in the morning? Erase that guilt because a new study shows extra coffee may be helping us!
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Our favorite green crafter, foodie and green blog maven, Becky Striepe called in and we talked a bit about the upcoming Summit of Awesome that she will be participating in as a panelist. We had a great conversation about hemp fabric that was pretty enlightening for us green divas.
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Several weeks ago, a cantaloupe recall was issued for fear of listeria contamination. Since listeria takes several weeks to incubate, the effects are just being felt now…and they are not good. Here are some statistics on the outbreak so far:
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