Environment
A love of playing in the soil
Meet Tyson Roberts, a vegetable grower just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah – a man who wears many hats and a man who is committed to the land that has been in his family for 150 years. When I asked why he farms, he quickly responds: “it’s a relationship with the land, with…
Read MoreWhere fruits grow, bugs go
Chemicals are bad, right? Not quite. Chemicals are a building block of life. All living organisms are usually built from these six chemicals: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur. It is also true life produces chemicals, such as carbon dioxide. Plants also make their own pesticides. These have adapted over time…
Read MorePecking order isn’t pretty
Warning – you may change the way you look at animals. You see, chickens are cannibals. They will peck and peck at each other until…well, you know. They are also amongst the world’s largest scavenger population. Chickens don’t just wait for a farmer to thrown corn down and happily peck the ground. They will…
Read MoreExcuse Me, There’s a Cucumber in My Papaya
The first time I visited Hawaii and discovered the sweet fresh of papayas, I thought I was in heaven. I had never touched them before in the grocery store since they were kind of foreign looking. You know how it goes: if you don’t know what to do with a food, you skip it. After…
Read MoreSkip the antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers
Bacteria are bad, right? Gross little creature that make us sick? Not quite; there are good and bad bacteria. You need some to maintain a healthy digestive system, yet others can kill you. Bacteria are microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, found everywhere. And yes, your gut houses a whole bunch of them! They…
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