Category Archives: Follow Friday

Follow Friday, March 4, 2011

March 4th, 2011

Oak Cliff is celebrating Mardi Gras and she’s doing it full force! First, there’s the Dash for the Beads Saturday morning, a Masquerade Ball Saturday night plus a Parade and Crawfish Boil on Sunday! Learn more about Mardi Gras Oak Cliff at this link.

Here’s some people/businesses we follow on Twitter. Are you following us?

@OrganicConsumer – Campaigning for health, justice, sustainability, peace and democracy!

@Advocate_OC - covering all the things happening in the OC

@Plum_PieCooks – Brooke Dowdy, Magazine marketing by day, Cooking/food blogging by night.

February 25th, 2011

Local and Organic Food and Farming: The Gold Standard – Chemical farmers say local is better than buying organic but we agree with OCA – raise your standards and buy local AND organic!
You won’t find this in the news but it’s happening to the overly commercialized food supply around us.Kraft admits to using genetically modified bovine growth hormones in their products. How can you take action? Well, first, buying all your cheese from Urban Acres will help our amazing local artisans not to mention provide you with the healthiest cheeses. Second, tell Kraft what you think as well as Kellogg’s, who admitted to using genetically engineered ingredients as well.
Sign up for a free Bonus Lesson on how to ferment anything from The Nourishing Cook’s website. They offer a great Fermentation eCourse.

Here’s some people/businesses we follow on Twitter. Are you following us?

@DMagazine – covering all things Dallas (and wrote a great article about us!)

@OILANDCOTTON – a creative exchange, art school, and art supply in Oak Cliff

@grassfedgal – Lauren Nitschke of Nitschke Natural Beef, one of our local grass-fed beef providers

Follow Fridays is a weekly post listing the News Stories, Blogs, and More that we’ve been following that week.

February 18th, 2011

Coconut Oil – The Fat that makes you Thin! :Local:: Hail Merry products created by Raw Food chef Susan O’Brien offer a delicious and healthy way to snack guilt-free. Here’s a great post on the enormous health benefits of Coconut Oil. (Hail Merry products and Coconut Oil are sold at the store!)
Ever thought about making your own Homemade Ketchup? Now you can! Great recipe from Nourished Kitchen
USDA strikes again. First, alfalfa. Then, sugar beets. Now, the USDA is further Deregulating Genetically Engineered Bio-Fuel Corn
Think before you eat…and feed. Processed Food Diet in Early Childhood May Lower Subsequent IQ from Science Daily
Does Organic Have a Right to Exist? article from Stronger Together. Do your part to help Organic not only exist, but thrive!

Here’s some people/businesses we follow on Twitter. Are you following us?

@edibleDFW – magazine about fresh, local foods in DFW and North Texas – season by season

@natesrawharvest – providing high-quality foods using only traditional cooking methods

@TexasCheese – one of our local, raw milk cheese artisans from Dublin, TX – Velduizen Cheese

Follow Fridays is a weekly post listing the News Stories, Blogs, and More that we’ve been following that week.