In my recently published book, Food and Nutrition Controversies Today: A Reference Guide, there is an entire chapter devoted to bottled water. On the second page of the chapter, I include a quotation from Richard Wilk, a professor of anthropology at Indiana University. “This is an industry that takes free liquid that falls from the [...]
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12-Jun-09Arbor Teas
22-Feb-09Years ago, I was a coffee person. Everyday, I drank many cups of coffee. Still, when I became pregnant with our first child, I stopped. Somehow, I knew all that caffeine was probably not good for a growing baby. Although I still have a very occasional cup of coffee, I now drink tea. If you [...]
NapalesePaper.com sells products, such as invitations, journals, photo albums, and stationary, made from the inner bark of a wild shrub known as “Lokta.” The shrub grows in the mountainous sections of Nepal that are above 6,500 feet.
The ‘Lokta Bush’ has characteristics of re-growing again and again after pruning. The long fibrous handmade paper is prized [...]
The holidays are rapidly approaching. If you have been searching for truly innovative gifts, check out this website.
NOAH is a San Francisco-based handbag company featuring clean, modern design made entirely from better non-leather materials. NOAH – whose name is a play on ‘no animal harmed’ – is based on the concept that there can be [...]
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15-Nov-08Years ago, when I worked as a community reporter, I covered a story on the raising of chickens in factory farms. I was appalled to learn about the horrendous conditions that must be endured by the vast majority of US raised chickens. I had already given up eating red meat. After that lecture, I stopped [...]