What can you do to reduce food waste in your own home? Look for inventive ways to use food parts you would normally chunk. Let’s start with banana peels!
Tag: bananas
Bananas: Banana Farming is Bad for Crocodiles
We love bananas around here, but it turns out that banana farming could be harming crocodiles in Costa Rica.
Five Intriguing Techniques To Keep Your Produce Fresh
Tossing too much of the gorgeous produce you’ve brought home from the farmer’s market? Here are five intriguing ideas for extending the freshness of your produce picks.
Bananas and Fair Trade? What You Can Do
Bananas are one of the leading marketable fruits in the world, and you can be sure that big money is involved. The new film “Big Boys Gone Bananas!*”, by Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten is the shocking story of how Dole tried to stop the documentary “Bananas!*” from airing. They failed.
Apples, Bananas, Pears, Cauliflower, Cucumbers May Reduce Stroke Risk
A newly published 10-year study by Dutch researchers found that people who ate a lot of white-fleshed fruits and vegetables, like apples and pears, had a 52% lower risk of stroke.
Tropical Fungus Threatens Banana Extinction
I know a lot of you have strong feelings about genetically modified foods. If GM or hybrid bananas were the only ones available, would you eat them?
Fruit Season — What are the 10 Best Fruits?
What’s the best fruit in the world, in your opinion? It is summertime in Poland and that means a ton of delicious fresh fruit,.. for a short time. I am [ … ]
Pesticides That Buy Time
[social_buttons] This is the third in a series of posts talking about crop-by-crop reasons that pesticides are used. These are reasons that go beyond just protecting the yield of the [ … ]
Alkaline Eating for Better Body Chemistry, PH Levels, and Overall Health
Going to a body and nutrition expert with my husband is one of the best things we’ve done for ourselves. What was the key take away? Warning! Turn Alkaline! Turn [ … ]
Eating for Energy – 5 Helpful Foods
The foods we eat have a direct impact on our overall energy. Think about how you feel after having certain foods. A greasy fast food meal more than likely leaves [ … ]
Better Banana Smoothies help with Spring Fever
I’m here to promote better eating. Not perfect eating, just better eating. I try to buy as much locally-grown organic food as possible, but winter season is humbling. Months of [ … ]