Monthly Archives: May 2013

Urban Homesteader Produces 6,000 lbs of Organic Food on 1/10th Acre

With over 400 species of plants, 4,300 pounds of vegetable food, 900 chicken and 1,000 duck eggs, 25 lbs of honey, plus seasonal fruits throughout the year, they are able to produce over 90% food they eat, and they sell food on their front porch making about $20,000 a year.

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Natural Food Certifiers says No More Kosher GMOs

Times are changing, and many organizations and people are denouncing genetically modified foods and demanding real, untainted foods to be available to all consumers. Natural Food Certifiers, a certification company that does vegan, organic, kosher, and gluten free certifications, is the latest company to jump on the anti GMO bandwagon.

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Natural, Safe Sunscreen Options with Homemade Sunscreen Recipe

As with everything else having to do with health, believe it or not, a healthy diet full of a wide variety of organic, nutrient dense fresh produce is the very best way to prevent, heal, and reverse premature aging, damage, and skin cancers that can be caused by the sun.

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LED Light Bulbs are an Economical and Green Alternative to Other Grow Lights

A Purdue University study by Professor Carry Mitchel and doctorial student Celina Gomez shows that using LED lights instead of the conventional HPS lights (high pressure sodium) for growing tomatoes could give the same yields of fruit from the plants while using 25% of the energy the HPS lights use.

By | 2014-06-25T13:28:30-04:00 May 22nd, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LED Light Bulbs are an Economical and Green Alternative to Other Grow Lights