What is exactly food sustainability? As a dietician and nutritionist with a primary focus on food sustainability, I’d like to present you with some solid evidences about our food production. We know that our food production, consumption habits need to change if we want the planet to become globally food sustainable. The first question to…
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Natural Vegetable Dye
Most store bought food coloring contains toxic ingredients such as FD&C Yellow 5, FD&C Red 40, and Propylene glycol. Instead of feeding our bodies these harmful chemicals, you can make your own homemade safe and natural food coloring that can be used to dye eggs, create art on plates, and more! To begin choose your vegetable…
What to do with Oversized Zucchini
Have you ever walked into your garden and found a zucchini that is actually HUGE? You know, like this one that is a 2 feet long (Lady holding it) and weighs 10 lbs. Extra large zucchini tend to be seedy and tough, but don’t throw them away just yet. Note: At maturity age, they can…
Garlic + Stomach
Have you ever experienced a stomach ache after eating garlic? When eating garlic, some people may experience abdominal discomfort or severe pain. Adding too much garlic to your food can actually cause nausea, cramps, vomiting, and other digestive acids issues. This often happens to sensitive stomachs. If you typically eat four to five cloves of garlic…
Fed Up Movie
Have you seen the new movie “Fed Up”? It spotlights America’s obsession with sugar and lack of exercise, due to the lies the government has led us to believe. The movie poster highlights the words, “Congress says Pizza is a Vegetable”. Sadly, some people believe that is true. America needs to learn that tomato paste is NOT…
Incentives for eating Fruits & Vegetables
Honest incentives for eating fruits and vegetables can be a powerful tool to achieve a desired end result. How to explain the reasons to your children to eat more fruits & vegetables and let them know that there is a prize to be won? The government is currently funding a $31 million grant program to…
6 Facts about Fruit Stickers & Produce Labels
As you can see in the image above, most fruit and vegetables that you purchase in a grocery store, will come with a sticker attached to them. But why is that? What does it mean to you the consumer? The label meaning is (purely) to indicate that the sticker usually contains the brand name, the…
How much Fruit and Vegetables Should I Eat?
We all need to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, but how much should we be consuming per day? That is an easy one. Eat as much as you can. However, many organisms say that you should have at least 5 portions of seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables a day. For example, adults should have…