Clean fruits & vegetables
2024 ‘Clean Fifteen’ Fruits and Vegetables
Because we know you care about staying healthy and want to eat the ‘cleanest’ foods possible, here is information from EWG (Environmental Working Group) which publishes their research for both the annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ fruits and vegetables, which are happily clean or unhappily ‘dirty’ of pesticides. According to EWG, “These 15 items…
Read MoreSpring ‘Cleaning’
Spring is here and with that, for many, that means spring cleaning the house. EWG (Environmental Working Group) has a list of “Safer Sprayers” for Spring Cleaning, to help us sort through the vast array of cleaning products that we have on hand or need to restock. They’ve assembled a “quick and easy list of…
Read More“Dirty Dozen” List – Pesticides in Produce
Each Year EWG (Environmental Working Group) publishes their list of the “Dirty Dozen” pesticides in produce. In 2023 this is what their intensive research found, not just of the ‘Dirty Dozen” but also of the “Clean 15”. See the full list here: EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce | Full List The Shopper’s…
Read MoreGlyphosate/Gluten Connection
More and more evidence is coming out as to the problems with wheat gluten and sensitivities. This chart show the rise of Celiac incidence clearly increasing as Glyphosate has more and more been applied to wheat crops. Organic and ancient grains (Einkorn wheat) for instance has no Glyphosate, and not GMO’d (genetically modified) and no…
Read More‘Clean 15’ List of Fruits & Vegetables
Here is EWG’s list of 2021’s Clean 15. Avocados Sweet corn Pineapple Onions Papaya Sweet peas (frozen) Eggplant Asparagus Broccoli Cabbage Kiwi Cauliflower Mushrooms Honeydew melon Cantaloupes *A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from genetically modified seeds. Buy organic varieties of these crops if…
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