Which Giant Corporation Owns Your Favorite Organic Food Brand? organic, farm, big businessDid you know that Boca is owned by Kraft? That Naked Juice is...
Hi Ilanit, Thanks for that. In one way it does seem disappointing but in another sense it does mean that big corporations see the future in natural and organic...
April News from Melanie Waxman “ April hath put a spirit of youth in everything .” William Shakespeare News News News News News My new book; 'Eat Me Now '...
Hello everyone! I've been lurking a bit on this group, reading the book, etc. and I've decided that I would like to jump into macrobiotics. I'm a little...
Hi Carolee, I would suggest you start by trying two things that in theory would make a big different to your physical condition. Try having a miso soup every...
Hi Everyone I was sent this little clip today and found it very heartfelt so wanted to pass it. Many blessings Melanie http://www.blueribbonmovie.com/...
All the best, Here is an interesting link of the history of cooking. http://www.geocities.com/napavalley/6454/history_part1.html It does lead me to ask...
Thank you for the information, Simon! I can start that pretty much immediately as I already have good miso paste! It's grocery shopping night, so I'll pick...
Please welcome these new members to Modern-Day Macrobiotics: patterns123 Comment from user: I have studied Macrobiotics for some years on a mind level. I would...
Well we have all known this for a while now, nice that this info is reaching everyone else now! Gary By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The notion that...
Thanks Gary, It is god to read in this scientific context. All the best, Simon ... Re: [moderndaymacrobiotics] Research debunks health value of guzzling water ...
Except mb don't agree with: While it may not help a person to drink lots of water, it may not harm them my understanding is that alot of water stresses the...
Hi Klara, I think the reasoning goes that if someone drinks too much water then that water has to be carried by the heart to the kidneys, possibly increasing ...
Sure wished I lived close to you!!!!! I have a little land, but haven't discovered yet all the secrets to creating a productive garden. But always more good...
What also amazes me is that almost all the snacks in a natural food store have some kind of sugar either organic or cane. When I started in the early 80's...
In a message dated 4/3/2008 2:11:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, klara_levine@... writes: but my compost pile is great :>) Klara Klara! A great compost...
Yes we do seem to live in a crazy world. So far we have been winners in all this, enjoying an abundance of cheap foods but it is not sustainable (morally,...
It is amazing to know that farming is a very difficult business. My grand parents in Italy had a farm and they made a decent living with it, but that is not...
Hello I am new to this forum as well as to macrobiotics, my question is regarding green teas and aduki beans. I am a big fan of green teas but worry about...
Hi again, It is so frustrating that governments do not pay the cost of organic certification as the cost benefits in terms of reducing the cost of cleaning up...
Hi, Simon: I think the penny-pinching, at least in the U.S., may come from the fact that food prices have risen so shockingly high in the past four or five...
Hey there this article doesn't say if the arsenic is naturally occuring or is due to the recent state of soil,water etc - arsenic is present in many foods...
Help, macrobiotics is killing me! Actually, Dragana and friends, that article was posted online at one of the discussion groups (look at the date!) and I...
I have been eating macrobiotic food for 20 years. II am allergic to wheat so I eat mostly rice. I love hizijki and eat it two times per week or more. The rice...