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Non- GMO Labeling is a Hit with Consumers

By on March 30, 2010 in In The News, Non GMO food

This is an interesting report from the Nielsen company- the same company doing the familiar Nielsen Ratings. The consumer interest in Non-GMO labeled foods is skyrocketing. In 2009, this micro market segment was worth $60.2 Million and grew at 67% over 2008, making it the #1 healthy eating trend in store brands for 2009. Store [...]

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Heirloom Seeds Give Us Resiliency

By on January 31, 2010 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Growing Your Own Food

There is a lot of talk, writing and thought about self-sufficiency now, mainly due to the partial economic and industrial collapse that we’ve all watched in the past year or so. The thought of being dependent on no one else is appealing, at least in the short run. This is short term thinking, however, without [...]

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Homegrown Vegetables Are the Most Nutritious

By on December 30, 2009 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Growing Your Own Food

I came across a great article about how fresh colorful vegetables offer the most nutrition for the money spent. While I definitely agree with this, I believe there are some lost opportunities here; namely growing your own vegetables will prove the truth of several recent findings. Below is the link for the article: Fresh Vegetable [...]

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Food Films

By on December 27, 2009 in Food Films

Winter is a cold time of year in most parts of the country, with shorter days and more time spent indoors. One of my favorite hobbies (besides gardening) is watching movies. I have been a film buff since I was a kid and had actually contemplated going to film school. Instead, I majored in horticulture [...]

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Are GMO foods dangerous? One group’s views…

By on August 29, 2009 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Non GMO food

Hello all! We’ve been busy with the new catalog and inventory. The catalog goes to the designer this week to be professionally designed,  so we can incorporate all of our changes and additions for the 2010 seed season. I think that you will like this design! We have some pretty neat new offerings in the works for [...]

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