Organic News 04-13-11

Healthy Living: 'Milks' vary, in content and calories San Antonio Express It's not enough to decide on conventional vs. organic. If you're shopping for dairy-free milks, the choices spilleth over. How about a cup of chocolate coconut milk or vanilla hemp milk? Plain soymilk or whole grain rice milk? ...

Gourmet lunch recipes on the cheap CBS News More from Health.com: 5 surprising things you don't have to buy organic (istockphoto) For many, brown bagging it to work every day has become a way of life, so there is no reason that you shouldn't be able to pack yourself a delicious, ... CBS News

New Mexican restaurant brings life to empty building in Bellingham Bellingham Herald For fertilizer, the store carries a variety of phosphorous-free and organic products. The store is open 7 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, 8 am to noon Saturday and closed Sunday. For details, call the store at 360-676-6925. • Nama Living Foods ... Bellingham Herald

Lawn and Garden--Outdoor Living Category shows steady growth at National ... Garden Center Magazine The Lawn & Garden/Outdoor Living area at the National Hardware Show continues its steady growth in 2011, reflecting the growing trends of outdoor rooms, Staycation and organic and “grow-your-own” gardening. The show, which will be held May 10-12 at the ... Garden Center Magazine

San Francisco's eco-friendly Terminal 2 is Virgin territory Cheapflights.com SFO expects the restaurants and bars in T2 to use organic local products, organic or natural meats, cage-free antibiotic eggs, sustainable seafood, fairly-traded organic coffee, non-modified agricultural products, biodegradable to-go containers and ... Cheapflights.com

What We're Reading, April 12-18 New Hampshire Public Radio A retelling of the famous Johnny Appleseed myth; a devastating memoir about the birth of the organic farming movement and its effect on a homesteading family; an attempt to discover the secrets of Little House on the Prairie; and an NPR contributor's ...

Swedish green-burial firm to turn frozen corpses in compost The Local.se ... the company Promessa Organic, inspired by the Italian word promessa meaning oath or truth. It is founded on the firm belief that a body can be returned to the ecological cycle in a dignified manner as a valuable contribution to the living earth. ...

Rainbow: Fans are reeling at bakery's closure Omaha World-Herald The 5-year-old company — beloved by many Omahans for its handmade, organic sourdough loaves — just couldn't make it, Brown, the bakery manager, said. The price of everything was going up, Brown said. Flour, gas, rent, plastic bags. ...

Empowering through cuisine Vancouver Sun Her entry into the world of food began about 15 years ago as a volunteer worker at an organic apple farm on Denman Island under the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) program and then volunteering to sell the apples at the Trout Lake ...

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