Earthquake Versus Wine Rack in New Video from “Totally Unprepared”

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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 show viewers what happens when [...]

World Vegetarian Day: 5 Reasons to Go Vegetarian

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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!

Florida Grocery Stores Recall Spinach Dip for Listeria

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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.

The Dirty Truth About Bottled Water

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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…

Michele Bachmann and Food Safety Regulations

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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?

Coffee May Fight Depression In Women

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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!

Fun Interview with Eat Drink Better’s Own Becky Striepe

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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.