Thursday, May 3rd will usher in the Opening Night at the Downtown Ontario Farmers Market. The Market takes place on SE 3rd Avenue, right in front of the Historic UPRR Train Depot in Downtown Ontario, Oregon.
The Ontario Farmers Market is an exciting, fun filled community gathering spot. Chock full of fresh local fruits,vegetables, bread, honey, berries, granola, cupcakes and more. The Market also includes a Guest Bell Ringer as a showcase for local Non-Profits, several tasty food vendors, artisans, live music and more to round out the weekly event.
The Market …

Who will benefit from a natural gas Compression Station proposed on 13 acres of prime agricultural land in rural New Plymouth? Definitely not the neighboring residents, or even the residents in surrounding communities.
Bridge Resources Corporation of Canada has been drilling natural gas wells in the area and must also build a Compression Station to pipe the drilled gas and residual fluids to. The compression station will be unmanned, and its only activity will be commercial tanker traffic, taking the extracted 80,000 plus gallons of oil and liquid waste to undisclosed …

It was last summer that I wrote this post. I found it interesting that one year later, the information is still spot-on and thus, I continue to share this message to anyone who will listen. I hope it will be beneficial to all of you:
For those of us who defied the Surgeon General’s warning on the cigarette package for all those years…. We all know,  how valid the warning was and still is.
And now,  research has proven that many products that families are using in our homes around their children …

Last week, I was at a dinner meeting with some other business women. We were served some scrumptious homemade lasagna and green salad.
I haven’t been able to get the salad off my mind, and was able to score a copy of the slightly modified, Costco Cookbook recipe from my friend, Tina Biggers.
It was of course, made with a lot of love, so that probably didn’t hurt. But, I have no doubts that you will totally enjoy this salad for seasons to come, as will I.
Baby Mixed Greens with Apples, Pecans …

I am completely stoked about the announcement of a zero-packaging store that will be opening this fall in Austin, Texas. “in.gredients” most probably will be the first store in the U.S. to be package free and have zero waste in their store(s).
How can this be, you ask? Well, it’s because some forward-thinking entrepreneurs are setting their sights on being the “next step” in fixing a variety of problems in today’s food industry. They state that there mission is to be a different kind of grocery store, one that is responsible …

It has been previously stated many times, that cell phone usage could be a contributing cause to cancer. But, those statements have mostly been dismissed by medical professionals as hearsay. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released the results of some preliminary studies that say otherwise.
Just this week, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it has classified cell phone radiation as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” based on an increased risk for a malignant type of brain cancer associated with mobile phone use. The IARC is …

The modern methods of drilling for natural gas have become controversial and of great concern in several states throughout the country. Now, those same controversial methods are being initiated in the great State of Idaho. The reason for the outcry is due to potential contamination of ground water by a method that is known as fracturing or “fracking”.
Fracking is a type of gas drilling that injects millions of gallons of fluids — a mixture of chemicals, water and sand — into a well to …

With good intentions back in 1976, Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of this legislation was to enact laws intended to protect families from toxic chemicals in the products they are exposed to everyday.
The TSCA is long overdue for an overhaul, but several in Congress are working hard to pass the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. The Safe Chemicals Act would overhaul the 35-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which is widely perceived to have failed to protect public health and the environment. Specifically the …

I just watched this video on the Greenwala website and had to share. I’m going to try this on my days off! Check out all the cool info at that site, it’s amazing!

I’m guessing that it’s pretty much common knowledge, that the majority of foods consumed from fast food eating establishments, aren’t the best for us. Calorie content and overall food value are a couple of the most obvious negatives. But, did you know that some fast foods can also cause inflammation and oxidative damage to your body at the cellular level?
In a recent study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, a group of young, healthy, normal-weight adults were fed a typical fast food breakfast of egg …