Greens N Grains

The “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. “I frequently read confident statements like, ‘when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli …’ or ‘it’s more affordable to feed [...]

Payola for Prescriptions – Ethical or Not? Julie Dixon writes… Think there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Well, think again, my friends! That is, if you’re a physician or nurse practitioner.  And a pharmaceutical company wants to be your BFF. It’s common practice in the pharmaceutical industry for companies to woo potential prescribers [...]

Government regulation of genetically engineered crops, already weak, is increasingly non-existent. The latest example of this new hands-off policy is the commercialization of Monsanto’s first flagship product for the produce aisle: genetically engineered sweet corn, containing the Bt toxin and herbicide-resistant genes. Monsanto’s new sweet corn produces Bt toxin, a genetically modified version of an [...]

Natural News asks, “How would you like a big, juicy burger loaded with onions, mustard, ketchup – and a big helping of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), a bacteria linked to a wide range of human diseases?” If you find that dish stomach-churning instead of appetizing, then maybe you should think twice before eating not [...]

With the help of the community, we will soon have a dog park in Egg Harbor! We are thrilled to announce that a conditional use permit has been issued by the Village of Egg Harbor for a dog park to be located in Village View Park on Church St, south of the Peg Egan Performing [...]

Greens-N-Grains staff member Elise Roberts has recently been hired as the Upper Midwest Regional Organizer for Witness for Peace (WFP). WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Midwestern branch is [...]

Hailed as “the UK’s leading raw chef,” Russell James is also publisher of TheRawChef.com, a great raw food and philosophy resource. “I first came across raw foods in Koh Samui, Thailand, when I was on a 7-day detox fast a a spa there,: says Russell James. “I was on day 5 of the fast and [...]

“Our most recent food investigation has found that many ‘blueberry’ cereals, pastries, bagels, breads and bars are not made with real blueberries at all!” says the Natural News Insider. Instead, the blueberries are faked using artificial colors (Red #40, Blue #2), partially-hydrogenated oils and liquid sugars like high fructose corn syrup. Watch this 7-minute mini-documentary exposing the blueberry fraud [...]

“In Wisconsin’s Door County, a number of restaurant chefs go out of their way to serve local foods – organic whenever possible,” says Laurel Kallenbach. “Here are five restaurants that deserve special mention.” Inn at Kristofer’s in Sister Bay, Bluefront Café in Sturgeon Bay, T. Ashwell’s in Ellison Bay, White Gull Inn in Fish Creek [...]

Drinking 500 milliliters of beet juice a day may significantly lower blood pressure, says a British study that found that healthy people’s blood pressure decreased within an hour of drinking the juice, BBC News reports. The reduction in blood pressure was even more pronounced three to four hours after drinking the beet juice, and some [...]