Thanks to overwhelming grassroots support, a bill to allow farmers to sell raw, or unpasteurized, milk directly to consumers is moving forward in the WI State Legislature, but more calls are need to get the bill scheduled for a vote. Family Farm Defenders has identified two key legislators who need to hear from their constituents on this issue. Action Step: …
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Help Rescue Local Organic Farming in the Food Safety Bill
Next week, as early as Tuesday, April 13, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S. 510, a sweeping overhaul of federal food safety law. The House food safety bill passed last year (HR 2749) included several measures that threaten small-scale organic producers, including a registration fee of $500 and blanket application of complicated monitoring and traceability standards — …
Local Door County Filmmaker’s Night This Thursday – Dinner and Some Movies, Apr 1
You are invited to catch a Sneak Preview of Tim Erskine’s new comedy short, “The Case of the Tainted Cheese Curds” – A Door County Boys Mystery. Door County locals Jim (Tim Erskine) and Mark (Pat Palmer) run afoul of two hapless criminals (Peter Ciesla and Joel Kersebet) and a plot to poison thousands of Green Bay Packers fans with …
Your Chance to Win $100 Worth of Raw Vitality on Tuesday March 30, Meet Paul Bentti and Discover The Garden of Life
Paul Bentti, sales representative for Garden of Life (GOL) will be at Greens N Grains Tuesday, March 30 from 10 am ’til Noon. Stop by in person on Tuesday, meet Paul and register for a chance to win a drawing for a $100 worth of GOL products at Noon. Currently boasting the number one selling products in three focus groups …
What’s a CSA? Carmon’s Gardens Launches Door County Community Supported Agriculture
Joining a CSA is a way for individuals and families to partner with a local Door County farm in a unique sharing experience. A Community Supported Agriculture farm (CSA) is usually a small family-run enterprise that markets produce directly to members of their local community. Customers purchase “shares” in the CSA farm before the growing season begins. This advanced commitment …
Over 130,000 cases of diabetes now linked to soda consumption, HFCS
For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that “nicotine is not addictive.” Soda doesn’t cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it’s perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quantities. The Corn …
Greens N Grains Launches Learning Opportunity on Vegetable Gardening in Door County
A series of classes designed to introduce students a class on seed-starting for home gardeners featured at the store in Egg Harbor. Starting Garden Plants from Seed Thursday, February 25, from 2 – 3:30 pm by Linda Cockburn Local organic gardening maven Linda Cockburn will teach you how to start all of the plants you need for a complete home …
Not to Brag but… A Vegan Paradise at Door County’s Greens N’ Grains
UpTake.com is a travel search and discovery site – the first step for travelers to decide where to go, where to stay or what to do. “We help users make informed decisions about what best fits their travel preferences,” says the copy on their site. “We scoured more than 5,000 sites to collect 775,000 places to go, things to do …
Behind the Push for Pasteurization by William Campbell Douglass I.I., M.D.
If you love your milk so fresh you can still hear the moo, watch out: Big Dairy is coming after you again. Two lobbying groups backed by untold piles of dirty dairy dollars are urging lawmakers to put raw milk out to pasture, calling it a “significant food safety hazard.” But as long as we’re talking farm, let’s call that …
Zeeroing in on Packaged Foods… and Food, Inc.
A Website That Provides Info On What’s Really In Packaged Foods (And How To Avoid The Worst Of It) The folks at Netted recently began to wonder, “Curious about the fat, calorie and cholesterol count in all those packaged foods you ingested during the holiday weekend?” Zeer.com provides nutritional information on over 110,000 products found in your grocery store aisles, …