Conscious Living

The Dirty Dozen is a list of fruits and vegetables updated annually by The Environment Working Group (EWG). The produce that makes the Dirty Dozen’s list has the highest levels of pesticide residue. This year strawberries topped the list after the EWG found 17 different pesticides on…

Thanks to a label that reads “Product of the USA,” for the last several years consumers have been in the know about where their meat is born, raised and processed. However, this will soon change. In December Congress repealed a labeling law that required retailers…

Unbeknownst to most consumers, on January 12th the USDA quietly announced that its Agricultural Marketing Services department would no longer be issuing and regulating the official USDA grass-fed label. They are quoted as saying that the standards “do not fit within the agency’s statutory authorities” and…

The vast majority of the population has become far removed from the reality of where their food comes from how it’s grown and how it’s processed. Convenience has been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, consumers benefit from the ease of shopping…