Natural cleaners and green cleaning products are a smart way to clean your house the safe, non-toxic way. Take a look at these 8 tips for green cleaning in your home with store-bought cleaning solutions, or try homemade cleaners for your kitchen, bathroom, toilet and windows. Click here for the full article.
Ever wish you could live at your CSA? Or move to a neighborhood where everyone is as excited about fresh, healthy food as you are? All over the United States people are embracing local food production in an exciting new way. Called ‘agrihoods,’ this new type of neighborhood serves up farm-to-table living in a cooperative environment. Instead of being built…
Most of us these days live a fast-paced, technology-packed lifestyle. Between work, the commute, taking care of the kids, cooking and cleaning, watching television, connecting on social media, and more, we’re spending an average of 90 percent of our time indoors. That would have been nearly unheard of a mere 50 years ago. Unfortunately, all…
As I’ve mentioned many times over the years, food waste is a major environmental issue as so many resources go into growing food and then getting it from field to fork and paddock to plate. The figures vary somewhat depending on where you source them, but one estimate I’ve seen is that 40 percent of…
To learn how to make caramel-lacquered pork belly with quick-pickled honeydew, shrimp-and-chorizo pizza with escarole and manchengo, and more, click here.
While the health benefits of plant-based diets are well documented, did you know plants can also help improve your health just by being in your home? It’s true – a 1989 NASA experiment found that certain indoor plants can improve the air quality in a home by absorbing chemicals like benzene and formaldehyde from the…
Swimming pool. Clubhouse. Golf course. Hiking trail. Farm. These are among the many amenities new homebuilders offer buyers in today’s new communities. Wait a minute. Farm? Yes, you read that right. Whether it’s a working farm, vegetable gardening plots, farm stands, participatory cooking classes or Happy Farmer family nights, builders are finding ways to introduce community…
Fresh is best. Consumers around the world look for and value the “Fresh From Florida” label. Knowing when items are in season is the key to knowing what to look for when shopping. Click here for the full article.
There’s something about browsing around an open air farmer’s market that instantly makes you want to eat everything. Putting the local back in farm-to-table, buying at the farmer’s market not only makes you feel good – and rather hungry – it’s sustainable shopping that helps us all out in the long run. Click here to…
Spring and summer are historically the most popular times to buy a home. The weather is warm, inventory is high and the school year is winding down or done. But those who shop during this peak buying season also face more competition and higher prices. Buyers willing to brave the colder weather can benefit in multiple…