Simplify the Holidays

by Wholylocal | Nov 17, 2015 | Conscious Consumer

The holidays, meant to be a time of peace, reflection, and celebration, too often exhaust rather than uplift us. If you sometimes feel trapped by the shopping, spending, and frenzied preparations, you aren’t alone. Do you want more of what matters, not just more...

GMO OMG

by Wholylocal | Jul 24, 2015 | Buyer Beware. Buyer Aware., Conscious Consumer

GMOs — genetically modified organisms — pervade as much as 80% of conventional processed food in the United States. How do these miracle seeds, propagandized as the seeds to feed world, affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of...

The Non-GMO Project

by Wholylocal | Jun 25, 2015 | Conscious Consumer

You have the right to know what’s in the food you eat. The most common genetically engineered ingredients — corn, soy and canola oil — find their way into 70 percent of popular processed foods like breakfast cereal, cookies, chips, soda and frozen...

Good Food on a Tight Budget

by | Jan 16, 2013 | Conscious Consumer, Food and Nutrition

Stretching your dollars to get a month’s worth of healthy, filling food is a challenge. The Environmental Working Group assessed nearly 1,200 foods and hand-picked the best 100 or so that pack in nutrients at a good price, with the fewest pesticides,...

Bleach Alternative

by | Oct 25, 2012 | Conscious Consumer, Green Home

This video demonstrates a simple bleach substitute that only takes three ingredients to...

Find Non-GMO Choices

by | Oct 24, 2012 | Conscious Consumer, Food and Nutrition

On election day next month, a voter initiative in California puts mandatory GMO labeling on the ballot. The vote will determine whether to require, or not, the labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Although recent polls show that...