Certified Organic

April 2016
There is a lot of hoopla around Kale these days. It seems as if everyone is talking about it or trying the latest Kale recipe. And yet long before Kale was King, Swiss Chard reigned supreme.

March 2016
In the children’s story Goldilocks, the young girl looked around the bear’s house for the perfect bed to nap in. One was toooo soft, one was toooo hard, and one was just right!

February 2016
During a conversation at lunch the other day with my clients in Lake Tahoe, CA I asked, “What would your favorite romantic meal be?” The answers were very interesting.

January 2016
This past year, I’ve been traveling across the US and teaching a new seminar to produce teams and retail shoppers.

December 2015
We all have them - you know, those guilty pleasure foods that are your go-to meals when you are tired or had a hard day or just want something yummy and easy to make.

November 2015
It’s November, and the weather is finally cooling down after a long, hot summer – I was just kayaking and lake swimming two weeks ago in the northern Midwest!

October 2015
Autumn is in full swing, and you're probably expecting me to wax poetic about Melissa’s organic apples, winter squash, or pomegranates - and of course that would be perfectly timed and quite appropriate.

September 2015
Tomatoes were once known as the “edible wolf peach” and “love apples”; nowadays most of us just call them good. And this time of year the flavor is finally what it should be.

August 2015
I have a fox that walks along the top of my organic blackberry bushes and eats to his heart’s content. Often that’s when I know they are ready to pick!