Irradiated Foods

by | Aug 26, 2008 | Food Supply

In the UK, irradiated foods are already ‘available’ to the consumer. There is a difference, though, they are LABELED. They are labeled in the stores AND on the menus.  Now either the FDA thinks that Americans are stupid, or apathetic about their own health...

Food Bank needs Donations To Manage Food Crisis

by | Aug 13, 2008 | food crisis

The article below strikes a note because our daughter volunteers for a food bank/ministry.  She sees people who live in our very own county in the USA who are virtually starving and relying upon the food bank for aid. Read what was on the NBC4 Website as News...

100% Whole Wheat Bread

by | Jul 21, 2008 | whole Wheat

100% Whole Wheat Bread For the BOSCH Kitchen Machine In your Bosch mixing bowl, combine and mix on speed 2 until well blended: 6 Cups Hot Tap Water 2/3 Cup Oil 2/3 Cup Honey 2 Tablespoons Kitchen Specialties Vital Wheat Gluten (optional) (use only in wheat has protein...

No more wheat in U.S. government storehouse.

by | Jul 18, 2008 | whole Wheat

Talk about ‘the last straw’…what is it going to take for Americans to wake up and see we actually ARE in a food crisis? While we as an ‘affluent’ nation do have some worldwide responsibilities to help the hungry, would someone tell me...

Markets are full of 'food' – so where is the crisis?

by | Jul 9, 2008 | Food Supply

In an article found in the Wall Street Journal yesterday (7-8-08)  the two below paragraphs literally jumped out at me: The new famine is not about a crisis in global supply. Markets are full of food that developing-nation consumers cannot afford to buy. Prices for...

Tomato recalls and saving money

by | Jun 25, 2008 | Food Supply

Have you seen the prices of tomatoes in the store lately? Wow! Now that is AFTER they have been back on the market following a mass recall.  There is something wrong when produce, fresh, simple, whole produce gets recalled. It’s not like it’s a...

Low wheat inventory cause for concern

by | Jun 13, 2008 | whole Wheat

In multiple articles across the news there is clear concern for the low wheat inventory.  The thing is, although wheat inventory is low for America, that’s not the only problem. There is nothing BUT wheat in reserve inventory.  You heard right. No cheese, no...

Grain and Food prices compel hoarding

by | Jun 9, 2008 | whole Wheat

In a recent news article on ‘Bloomberg.com: Worldwide’ there is this breakdown of two categories of grain price increase: Milling wheat for November delivery on the Euronext.liffe exchange in Paris climbed 7.50 euros, or 4 percent, to 197.50 euros ($312) a...