New Health Food Trends at the Natural Products Food Expo West

March 11, 2013

...y have some sort of wheat allergy. However, someone tell me why we have to label products like tomato sauce and raw chicken as being “gluten free?” Most new gluten free products, everything from pasta to crackers to power bars, use quinoa. The Natural Products Expo’s own trade publication noted that the exponential growth of quinoa consumption in the U.S. has created a situation in which the indigenous people of Peru can no longer afford their own...

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Bar Codes on Veggies

Mr. Homegrown

August 18, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...rket, consumers use camera equipped cell phones to scan the QR code on the label. The code links to a mobile website detailing origin, soil composition, organic fertilizer content percentage (as opposed to chemical), use of pesticides and herbicides and even the name of the farm it was grown on. Consumers can also access the same information over the Ibaraki Agricultural Produce Net website by inputting a numbered code on each label.” Though we’re...

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Non-GMO Versions of Grape Nuts and Cheerios Less Nutritious Than GMO Versions

Mr. Homegrown

March 26, 2014

Food

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...h a “non-GMO” label. In the case of Cheerios and Grape Nuts, the “non-GMO” label is either a marketing gimmick or an attempt to start a voluntary labeling program to head off voter mandated efforts. Here’s where you can help. I need to kick my Grape Nuts crack habit and find a healthier breakfast alternative. Any suggestions? Note from Mrs. Homegrown: This post took me by surprise. Erik has eaten Gravel Nuts–I mean, Grape Nuts–for breakfast since...

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The Other Kind of Fencing

Mr. Homegrown

June 6, 2014

Fitness

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...s but I’ve got it under control. The experience highlighted a problem with fitness culture these days: it tends to emphasize weight loss and body building. Not that there’s anything wrong with either of those goals, but I think exercise is best thought of as something that improves mobility and quality of life. Extreme fencing. Barriers Of all the crazy activities Kelly and I have taken up, Fencing is the one with the steepest learning curve. It c...

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Sorting the Digital Photos of a Digital Pandemic

Mr. Homegrown

December 8, 2023

Thoughtstylings

...the wishes of some algorithm, following the guidance of Google Maps, some fitness app or getting in a flame war on social media and thereby feeding the conflict based profit model of our Silicon Valley lords. Are we tweeting or being tweeted? as Richard Seymour might put it. If Cronenberg’s icky body horror puts you off, know that in this movie its a bit tamer than his others and played for laughs. There’s a whole bit about a biological orifice f...

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