Mary Ireland discuss ways to use more of the produce you buy.

The Industrial Revolution moved our culture from farming to mechanization. One of the results is that we have become disconnected from nature. Farmers want rain, knowing that it is necessary for them to grow their crops. The rest of us sort of view it as a nuisance that will ruin our car wash or make [...]

Mary Ireland talks about the advantages of taking a lunch to work or school and enhances The Best Corn Bread Ever recipe.

Dr. Grandma discusses a study that leads us to eating a heart-healthy diet without breaking the food budget.

Dr. Grandma shares some ways to increase beans in your diet; in addition, she shares an easy Mediterranean-style recipe for Black Beans and Rice.

Dr. Grandpa discusses ‘Designing Foods for Craving’ in the second part of a series about the real full cost of subsidized commodities that end up as processed and junk food. Dr. Grandma shares a recipe for Exotic papaya and Wheat Berries.

Dr Grandpa, writing a guest blog, introduces a cause and effect model to show Part 1 of a way to consider the full, or true costs of the food we buy and eat. He uses a graphic and explains how the benefits of government subsidized foods and health care have social costs in taxes and public health problems.

When we have a particular job to get done repeatedly, we look around to “hire” a product or service to help us do that job better. Pancakes for the boring morning commute rise to the top of the chart.

In his first Guest Blogging post, Dr. Grandpa recounts his adventures in something he is calling “Foodland”, a term referring to the marvellous mixture of good and bad food offerings that give so much choice and abundance to the consumer, but at a cost.