Certified Organic

November 2012
You’ve no doubt heard of people splitting the check when they are out together, or splitting the difference when they can’t quite decide how to divide something up.

October 2012
You know the feeling, the weather outside is changing, and depending on where you live it could have a slight autumn chill in the air to being down right cold, wet, drippy, foggy, or rainy.

September 2012
Some people like to say "I get no kick from champagne," but I’d counter they have never tried Melissa’s sweet little globes of joy called Champagne Grapes.

August 2012
Two things occurred last week: first, I was working in a produce department. As I worked, I was watching a customer pick out a pineapple; as he picked up each one he would flick it with his index finger to check for ripeness.

July 2012
One thing I love about this time of year is the fresh flavor of Melissa’s organic green beans. I love them raw, lightly steamed, sautéed, roasted, or combined with bi-color corn and black krim tomatoes for a cool summer salad.

June 2012
Strawberry… this amazing fruit has been around for centuries. The name is believed to have come from several places.

April 2012
Have you ever eaten Italian Asparagus? I’ll bet you have! And probably quite often, unless you are a former president who just didn’t like it.

March 2012
When I was a produce manager, customers would often ask me, “what’s the best bunch of greens to eat to get the most calcium?”

February 2012
I was preparing for my radio show An Organic Conservations the other day and found some interesting information on childhood obesity from a University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study.