The Fruit of the Pig Doesn’t Require Two to Three Servings Per Day
Product of the Week: Bacon Bacon is everywhere now! It’s permeated every part of our culture. There are bacon wrapped dates, bacon-infused drinks and soups, bacon pants,, and Google is apparently working on a bacon car they are hoping to release in 2018. (Disclaimer: that is not true) Seriously though, we just cannot get enough of the fruit of the pig! In 2015, Americans ate 1.1 BILLION servings of bacon at restaurants. To add to the craze, we purchased 864 million pounds of
There Is Not Enough Coffee in Colombia to Make Us Morning People
Product of the Week: Coffee... The greatest shrub in the world! Coffee can grow as tall as 30 feet, but that’s not half as interesting as the bean’s influence on the world! The second most traded commodity by volume, coffee is grown in about 50 countries. It is originally from Ethiopia, where legend has it that a goat discovered the bean’s amazing caffeine qualities. There are two main varieties of coffee plants – Arabica and Robusta. Arabica is the higher quality and really
Product of the Week: Almond butter
So Many Butters, So Little Bread With peanut allergies threatening people (especially many children) everywhere, alternative nut butters flooded the shelves of supermarkets. Almond butter has risen as the creamiest of them all, and often the most expensive with some people shelling out at as much as $15 or more for a jar – nuts, we know! That’s a lot of money to pay even if almonds help maintain a healthy diet, while reducing the risks of various diseases. What’s the deal wit
Product of the Week: Body Soap
Is that an Orangutan in your shower?!? Nothing makes you feel so fresh and so clean like a hot shower with your favorite scented body wash (or bar soap if you’re old school). That satisfying feel of cleanliness could be even cleaner with sustainable ingredients that don’t harm the earth and protect the orangutans. What ingredients are we talking about? Many ingredients that you probably don’t really recognize or understand, like “Sodium lauryl sulfate” and “glycerin” are made
Product of the Week: Beef burgers!
The smoke emanating from the grill is the unmistakable symbol of freedom on the Fourth of July! The sizzle of beef fat is the sound of environmental and social problems in our food system. What’s the impact?!? Beef production in the conventional sense is pretty nasty, causing water pollution from the manure and urine at feedlots where the cattle are not always treated humanely. Additionally, beef cause a lot of greenhouse gas emissions (the most of any food you eat. Globally,
Product of the Week: Strawberries
Nothing quite says summer like fresh purchased strawberries covered in whipped cream or baked into a pie! You pay good money for their strawberries, so why buy something that was grown with poor labor practices and with really toxic and unsustainable farming techniques? Labor Issue: Strawberry pickers in Mexico and the USA pick berries for as much as 12 hours a day and earn a whopping $6 per day. Toxic farming: Strawberries are an absorptive fruit and therefore the pesticides
Product of the Week: Toilet Paper
Hug a tree, save the planet, wipe sustainably! Your choice of toilet paper can have a huge impact on the environment! Green Brands: Seventh Generation Toilet Paper and Scott Naturals. (100 Klerify Points) Yellow Brand: Cottonelle (62 Klerify Points) Red Brands: Angel Soft, Charmin, and Quilted Northern (0 Klerify Points) Fun facts:
• 270,000 trees are flushed away daily around the world, and that extra soft wipe is the smooth feel of deforestation.
• The pulp industry which
