Solar Roast Coffee is truly unique among coffee roasters. Started in 2004 by brothers Michael and David Hartkop of Oregon, Solar Roast is a true demonstration of the potential of using green energy to develop and run a sustainable...
Perhaps it's those forbidding spiny barbs, but cactus, a centuries-old staple in Latin cuisine and available in the produce section of many supermarkets, has yet to go mainstream in this country. But that may change courtesy of prickly pear...
What do spicy Indian curry, zesty Italian pesto, refreshing Spanish gazpacho and Mexico's chocolate-rich mole sauce have in common? They'll all get your taste buds dancing. But they do a lot more than that. Tasty ethnic cuisine all-stars like...
Drinking tea has been promoted for thousands of years as a way to improve overall health and to address specific health conditions. Long before people were drinking coffee or going to the doctor for the latest antibiotic medication, they...
You are sick. You go to the doctor. You may get a diagnosis, but something just doesn’t feel right to you. Maybe he or she didn’t spend much time with you. Maybe you didn’t feel heard. Or maybe the...
From whole grain wheat and oats to beans and lentils--packing your diet with fiber-rich foods is a very good thing. A body of science points to a number of health benefits derived from consuming dietary fiber, a non-digestible form...
When you wake up in the morning, are you refreshed and ready to go, or groggy and grumpy? For many people, the second scenario is all too common.
Numerous health conditions and medications can interfere with normal sleep - including...
California is on the leading edge of the food fight once again. With their historic Proposition 37, the state is putting the presence of genetically altered foods and the need for labeling of these foods front-and-center for voters. While...
While researchers are still gaining an understanding of how gut health affects our overall health, one thing has become clear – interfering with natural gut microbes can have unforeseen long term impact on multiple health issues. One of the...
Like Dorian Grey, the fictional ageless man, whose wrinkled face was invisible to those around him, the newly devised Arctic Apple defies oxygenation, almost never browning. Seems this genetically engineered fruit has had its genes for an apple enzyme...
